by Andrea Di Maio | July 3, 2009 | 11 Comments
By now I think many agree that the evolution of e-government (and in particular the electronic delivery of information and services to various stakeholders) will follow a “government 2.0” path. While I really hate the term “government 2.0”, it is effective at summarizing the use of web 2.0 technologies that will have a transformational impact [...]
Category: Uncategorized web 2.0 in government Tags: citizen portal, cloud computing, crowdsourcing, social networks
by Andrea Di Maio | June 26, 2009 | 12 Comments
I have just finalized the agenda for the government tracks in our three flagship events, i.e. our Fall Symposia in Orlando, Cannes and Sydney. In two of these events I will present what I hope will be a controversial session, looking at reasons why government organizations should be very cautious with web 2.0. I have [...]
Category: e-government web 2.0 in government Tags: crowdsourcing, government 2.0, open government data, procurement
by Andrea Di Maio | June 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
Regulations.gov is the US federal government web site giving the public access to all regulations and rulemakings, allowing people to post comments to documents that are open for comment. The site has been in existence for a few years, but has never enjoyed great success – a fate that is common to many official web [...]
Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: crowdsourcing, recovery.gov, regulations.gov
by Andrea Di Maio | June 4, 2009 | 3 Comments
Yesterday I was reading David Osimo’s blog (always a good read) and stumbled across an interesting comparison he is developing between traditional government IT initiatives and web 2.0 ones. One particular line in his comparison table caught my eye: web 2.0 “bottom-up” initiatives require small or no investment in technology, while we know what’s the [...]
Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: crowdsourcing, recovery.gov, TCO
by Andrea Di Maio | June 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Aneesh Chopra, the recently appointed CTO for the US Federal Government, made a speech at the ACT/IAC Management of Change Conference, which was very well received, at least judging from the enthusiastic tweets and Facebook messages that I’ve read. In listing his priorities in his new role, he mentioned three areas that seem quite interesting [...]
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Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: Aneesh Chopra, crowdsourcing, open standards, R&D, US federal CTO
by Andrea Di Maio | June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments
Some time ago I posted about the innovative initiative taken by the US government to gather ideas about how to build Recovery.gov, the web site that is supposed to allow every dollar from the stimulus package to be tracked to relevant outcomes (such as projects and jobs created). According to today’s news, the Recovery Accountability [...]
Category: e-government Tags: ARRA, crowdsourcing, recovery.gov
by Andrea Di Maio | April 23, 2009 | 9 Comments
Starting on April 27th, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and the OMB in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration will run a national online dialogue to engage leading information technology (IT) vendors, thinkers, and consumers in answering the following question: What ideas, tools, and approaches can make Recovery.gov a place where all [...]
Category: e-government web 2.0 in government Tags: ARRA, crowdsourcing, Obama, recovery.gov, US CTO
by Andrea Di Maio | March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments
President Obama is walking the talk by giving people the ability to ask and rate questions on whitehouse.gov. The process is very simple, as it takes just a name, surname and postcode to register. Questions can be submitted in a number of different areas, ranging from Jobs to environment, from financial stability to budget. This [...]
Category: social networks in government Tags: crowdsourcing, e-democracy, Obama
