Author: adrielhampton
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People-Focused Reform: Where’s the Pain Point?
Intriguing conversation tonight on Gov 2.0 Radio with Lewis Shepherd of Microsoft. Shepherd, an experienced leader in intelligence IT projects, argued that the most successful government IT projects – GPS, the Internet – have come in secretive environments. What does that mean for Gov 2.0, open government and “government as a platform?” “I’d like to…
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What Comes Next?
An interesting presentation caught my eye this week, and it’s well worth sharing. It’s titled 2015, the web is dead, and if you can ignore a few typos, it’s a powerful look at where infotech is headed – decentralized, mobile, integrated. It also ties in with a point that Deloitte analyst Bill Eggers made on…
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“The Stargate Trap”: From Politics to Implementation
In a new book that applies systems thinking to complex government initiatives, “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon … Getting Big Things Done in Government,” authors Bill Eggers and John O’Leary describe the moment that a public initiative translates from design to reality – the moment of legislative passage – in scifi…
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Gov 2.0 Radio: Bill Eggers and John O’Leary
I hope you’ll join us Sunday night for a very special edition of the Gov 2.0 Radio podcast, as we host a conversation with Bill Eggers and John O’Leary, authors of the new reform treatise “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government.”Eggers in 2005 chronicled the rise…
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Gov 2.0: Mission, Tools, Metrics, Teach (The Four Laws of Levy)
I got thinking again this week about one of my favorite Gov 2.0 practitioners, the EPA’s Jeffrey Levy.Levy is important not just because he’s one of the nicest folks in Gov 2.0, which he is, but because he’s making real strides in creating road maps for integration of social media into the practice of government.…
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Building Community at CA Data Camp
Saturday, Citizen Space in San Francisco hosted the first California Data Camp and DataSF App contest. The event was a great mix of journalists, developers and govies, with an unconference and on-site app-building competition. Sponsor Spot.us liveblogged the event. You can also check out short videos from Craig Newmark and GovFreshTV. I’ve also thrown together…
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More Gov 2.0 Blogs
Following on my recent 10 Gov 2.0 blogs to track, here are a few more resources: Recommended by Gwynne Kostin and Sarah Bourne: http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio – Gartner’s Andrea DiMaio http://candioncontent.blogspot.com/ – Candi on Content Recommended by Christoph Berendes (whose own Citizen Tools – http://citizentools.netalyst.com/ – is worth your time): http://blog.e-democracy.org/ – E-Democracy.org Project Blog (and related…
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Making Gov Easy for Citizens and Business
There’s a whole industry around advising commercial sectors about new laws that impact business. And yet, new laws in general get rigorous review before that go into effect. Why not create a list of categories of impact (businesses of 50 or less, businesses that serve food, condo associations, etc.) and invite folks to opt into…
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