by Andrea Di Maio | December 16, 2011 | Comments Off
The struggling open government initiative that the federal US government launched last year may receive better funding than it did for the current fiscal year. As reported by NextGov and in blog post by the Sunlight Foundation, the current appropriation bill may grant $12.4 million, more than 50% more than the $8 million received this [...]
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Category: open government data web 2.0 in government Tags: government 2.0, open government
by Andrea Di Maio | December 2, 2011 | 8 Comments
Yesterday I read that both Statistics Canada and the British government have announced the publication of new opn data sets The latter in particular seems to have created quite some interest, as data sets include personal health records, transport data, house prices and the weather As usual the blogosphere has been buzzing with enthusiasm and [...]
Category: open government data Tags: Canada, open government, UK
by Andrea Di Maio | November 11, 2011 | 2 Comments
Like many other countries, Italy has launched its Apps4Italy contest (deadline is January 10, 2012). This is promoted by the Italian government and other organizations, such as the Piemonte Region and a few Internet-related associations. It is looking for further sponsors, whose participation would allow to increase the amount available for prizes. Organizations providing data, [...]
Category: open government data Tags: government 2.0, open government
by Andrea Di Maio | October 18, 2011 | 5 Comments
Italy has been on the news over the last few months, besides its colorful politics, for the sudden discovery that it is not immune to the economic and financial crisis that is storming across Europe. While just a few months ago Italians were looking at Greece, Ireland and even Spain with some (largely unjustified) sense [...]
Category: open government data Tags: open government
by Andrea Di Maio | September 21, 2011 | Comments Off
As a founding member of the Open Government Partnership the US Federal Government published its national action plan. The plan does complement and not replace the open government directive and the plans that all agencies have in place. It focuses on three areas: Increasing Integrity and Transparency Managing Public Resources More Efficiently Improving Public Services [...]
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Category: open government data Tags: open government
by Andrea Di Maio | September 6, 2011 | 7 Comments
Launched in July 2011, the Open Government Partnership aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. In the spirit of multi-stakeholder collaboration It is jointly governed by eight countries (United States and Brazil, – which are co-chairs – South Africa, the United [...]
Category: open government data Tags: open government
by Andrea Di Maio | August 31, 2011 | 1 Comment
Those who have been following this blog for a while certainly know me as being rather skeptical about some of the grand open government ideas that have been floating around – especially in North America and the UK, but spreading fast elsewhere too. To the risk of sounding obnoxious and self-referential, I warned about open [...]
Category: open government data smart government Tags: open government, smart government
by Andrea Di Maio | August 11, 2011 | 4 Comments
On August 8 the US Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra published a blog post about the future direction of the federal open government initiative. The post praises the current initiative (and data.gov in particular), makes reference to the international efforts started with the Open Government Partnership, and asks three questions to gather input from external stakeholders: [...]
Category: open government data Tags: Aneesh Chopra, open government
by Andrea Di Maio | August 5, 2011 | 4 Comments
Beneath the continuing enthusiasm around open government, including the announcement of yet another country (Singapore) and city (Edmonton) building their open data store, and the renewed commitment to open government in the new US CIO’s first interviews, I found two data points that still call for caution. The first one is the public consultation that [...]
Category: open government data Tags: open government
by Andrea Di Maio | June 22, 2011 | 5 Comments
Over the last 20 years and more we have heard all sorts of political statements highlighting how essential IT is to productivity and economic growth. Countless surveys have shown a clear correlation about factors like IT spending per capita and digital literacy, and growth and competitiveness of economies. Usually this leads to calls for greater [...]
Category: social networks in government web 2.0 in government Tags: Italy, open government, taxes
