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Connecting citizens to civic performance in Edmonton
The City of Edmonton has launched a Citizen Dashboard on top of their open data catalogue. Ashley Casovan, Edmonton’s Strategic Coordinator for ICT, explains how the initiative is creating new insights for citizens as well as city officials about how the city is performing on delivery of a selection of key services.
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Connecting the communicators with CommsCamp
CommsCamp 2013 brought together practitioners from across UK Government to Birmingham for an unconference about all things communication in the public sector. Ann Kempster from the UK Government Communications Network, and one of the co-organisers of the event, shares some of the key themes and insights from the event.
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Creating a Commons for Europe
Inspired by programs such as Code For America, the newly-formed Commons4Europe program is working with seven cities to bring together government administrations, digital innovators, volunteers and local businesses to develop and push a civic transformation program. Esteve Almirall and Carles Ferreiro from the Commons4EU consortium, based in Barcelona, Spain, explain the integrated approach they’re taking to innovation and development across a diverse range of civic cultures.
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Counting down to the Open Gov News Challenge 2013
As the deadline for submissions approaches for the News Challenge on Open Government, John Bracken, the Knight Foundation’s Director of Media Innovation shares his observations on the journey so far and provides some insights for making project submissions, as well as how everyone can contribute to this timely Challenge to accelerate better ways that government and citizens can interact.
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Utah.gov saves $61m through online service delivery
The State of Utah has been well regarded for a number of years for its portal at Utah.gov, and the University of Utah’s Center for Public Policy and Administration has recently completed a study to quantify the financial benefit of delivering these online government services. The results – based on just nine online services from over 1,200 available at Utah.gov – found a total of $61 million saved over five years.
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We’ll be chatting to the UNDP Transparency Team about the recent launch of open.undp.org
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Launching the Open Data Institute: bottom-up, middle-out, top-down
Nigel Shadbolt discusses the realities of harnessing the potential of open data for governments, businesses and citizens. With Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Shadbolt is the joint head of the newly formed Open Data Institute in London which he summarises as “… building the supply side; building capability and empowerment; developing a demand side”.
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February 12, 2013Open Government: Launching Knight News Challenge 2013
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February 4, 2013
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November 8, 2012
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October 17, 2012
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October 5, 2012
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December 3, 2012eDemocracy in Botswana – connecting citizens and leaders
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October 21, 2012
Launching the Open Data Institute: bottom-up, middle-out, top-down
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October 10, 2012
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September 27, 2012
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April 26, 2012
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April 1, 2012Collaborative tech in emergency planning + response
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December 11, 2011
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August 28, 2011
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November 21, 2010
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March 28, 2010
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June 12, 2012Bringing content to people, not people to websites
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May 24, 2012
When ROI = Return-On-Influence: Social communication for local government in Monmouthshire
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August 14, 2011
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