Open Government

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• Three Misconceptions about the Open Government Directive

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 612
  There are three common misconceptions about the Open Government Directive that I’d like to clear up. 1. “It was late.” Not so, unless you’re talking about hopes rather than requirements. This misconception comes from the language in the January 21st memo , which directed the “Chief Technology ...
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• Raucous at Ewa Neighborhood Board Meeting

  
  Mel's Internet Universe Weblog — Authority: 103
  Got wind of this from State Rep. Kymberly Pine s post on Facebook this morning: "After 3 months of trying to oust Ewa Neighborhood Chair Kurt Fevella for conducting illegal activities, his removal finally gets on the agenda. Board members are about to vote. Fevella family members in the audience pretend to start a ...
  6 hours ago

• Let a thousand open gov plans bloom. Or at least 17.

  
  techPresident — Authority: 617
  With a degree of coordination more associated with a teenage gymnasts than the United States federal government, in the short time since the Obama White House issued its call for a more open government on Tuesday morning, 17 of the biggest federal agencies have out memos or press releases touting what will be in their ...
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• A little outside help for federal new media directors

  
  techPresident — Authority: 617
  The Sunlight Foundation is offering advice to all you federal new media directors out there on how to comply with the new Open Government Directive from the White House.* Prefer a little one-on-one guidance? Starting December 21st, theyll be having a series of open office hours so that you can come by their south ...
  7 hours ago

• Then they laugh at you: Open gov gets Daily Showd

  
  techPresident — Authority: 617
  Sure, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra , U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra , and White House new media director Macon Phillips come in for a round of Jon Stewarts special blending of mocking. (How many times do you think Chopras been called "an Indian George Clooney " since this aired?) Its got to ouch a bit. But theres a way to ...
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• An Unimpressive Report, Part 3

  
  Electric City Weblog — Authority: 142
  $60,000.00 for that ? Seriously, the City of Great Falls was charged $60,000.00 for that report ? Considering it came in months late, one would have expected something more than what is, in essence, a warmed over recitation of old history layered on a very superficial analysis. First, I discussed the larger ...
  8 hours ago

• Pres. Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (video + transcript)

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 430
  The following is an official White House transcript of Pres. Obama’s address, upon acceptance of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, as delivered on 10 December 2009, at Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway 1:44 P.M. CET THE PRESIDENT: Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel ...
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• Commerce pledges to open patents, small biz data

  
  techPresident blogs — Authority: 132
  Soon, were going to start bundling these announcements of new open government initiatives that every agency and their moms are issuing these days, but it makes sense to give some love and attention to the early movers. Here, the Commerce Department details the the steps its taking. Its worth keeping an eye on what ...
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• Another federal entitlement headed for insolvency

  
  Electric City Weblog — Authority: 142
  As Congress creates even more entitlements, yet another existing one heads towards insolvency:  “ Pell Grant program’s deficit is largest ever.” Yesterday, President Obama proposed another $150 in federal “stimulus” spending. Today’s question to commenters:  How do you think it will it all end?
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• Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce releases report on government transparency

  
  JoeTrippi.com — Authority: 422
  Earlier this week, the Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce issued a very interesting report on opening up government to increase transparency and deepen democratic participation. They found Australia is a bit behind the US and UK but I think we all have a ways to go. From a column in Financial Review : The ...
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• Trickle, trickle: Treasury Dept. gets into the open gov game

  
  techPresident blogs — Authority: 132
  Three makes a trend! Tim Geithners Treasury Department just put out a press release touting its open government plan . Or, at least, some core building blocks for a plan to come. Specifically, Treasury committed to the publication of what it sees as three high-value data sets: migration data culled from tax ...
  2 days ago

• What Data Do You Want? How Would You Use It?

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 612
  Based on the Open Government Directive issued by the White House yesterday, American Public Media is asking its National Public Insight Network to find out what kind of data people would really like to see. Here’s a link to their survey . Minnesota Public Radio has already begun to ask its listeners this ...
  2 days ago

• NASA Making Government More Accessible With Cutting-Edge Use Of New Media

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 607
  WASHINGTON — NASA is supporting the White House’s Open Government Directive with a number of Internet-based programs designed to make the agency more accessible and create a dialog with the American people about their space program. NASA is one of six departments and agencies working to spur innovation by making ...
  2 days ago

• The open science part of open government

  
  techPresident blogs — Authority: 132
  And another in what might become a series of "trickle down" effects from the Open Government Directive. This one is less unexpected, given that the Office of Science and Technology was intimately involved the the creation of the directive, but still. Theres a Request for Information in todays Federal Register that, ...
  2 days ago

• Justice Dept. responds to Obamas open gov call with reworked FOIA reports

  
  techPresident blogs — Authority: 132
  Here, perhaps, is some of that hoped for trickle-down effect we mentioned below. Minutes ago, the Justice Department put out a press release touting the release of information on each departments FOIA program -- with details on the number of requests received by each individual office, the number of open requests, ...
  2 days ago

• Gazette on Baucus Tryst

  
  Electric City Weblog — Authority: 142
  The Tribune editorial board has remained silent on the matter, but the Billings Gazette speaks its mind about the Baucus-Hanes conflict-of-interest story: Whatever hope of privacy Baucus and Hanes may have had vanished when he recommended her for an important appointed office. Baucus and others who have said ...
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• Sotomayor Issues First Ruling of Term in Quasi-’State Secrets’ Case

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the high court’s newest addition, was given the honor of issuing the first ruling of the Supreme Court’s term yesterday. On its face,  the case — about the right to appeal a judge’s order to disclose confidential attorney-client communications — doesn’t look very controversial, ...
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• White House transparency initiative

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 150
  David L. Sobel comments: The Obama Administration today issued its long-awaited Open Government Directive (OGD), a blueprint for transparency that the President promised on January 21, his first full day in office. The OGD is “intended to direct executive departments and agencies to take specific actions to ...
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• This is a Big Deal

  
  Blake's Think Tank — Authority: 136
  I’m stunned that the mainstream media isn’t paying more attention to the White House’s Open Government Initiative . This process, which included three months on public discussions, concluded yesterday with this Open Government Directive issued by Peter Orzag , Director of the Office of Management and Budget. ...
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• Obama Makes More Promises About Open Government

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 442
  The Obama Administration has finally published a set of guidelines for making the federal government more open , sharing information with citizens about its activities. Woo. Hoo. Color me impressed. Another set of promises from President Obama. I’ll be sincerely impressed when I see the promise of open ...
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