Open Government: Launching Knight News Challenge 2013
Ahead of taking formal applications, an “inspiration phase” has been launched for the 2013 Knight News Challenge. Some $5 million of Knight Foundation funding will be announced in June for innovative projects around Open Government.
Escalating open government for the Francophone world
Jean-François Gauthier and Mario Asselin from Démocratie Ouverte discuss how they have been working with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) as well as their colleagues across the French speaking world to support Governments to broaden and deepen the opengov and open democracy movement.
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”.
Open Government: Real world cases; Real innovation
Beyond the buzz, for many agencies the journey to open government and open data is tempered by a need to see and understand the evidence of benefits.
Trends in Transparency: Talking with Sunlight Foundation’s John Wonderlich
Sunlight’s Director of Policy John Wonderlich shares national and international perspectives on open government, where collaboration between government and civil society, and good decision-making about data are the next open government frontiers for public agencies.
A Plan for Openness: NASA’s Open Government Plan v2.0
NASA’s Nicholas Skytland and Alicia Llewellyn preview the NASA Open Government Plan 2.0 which highlights the progress that NASA has made in the Open Government arena, and plots a course for the future.
Countdown to OGP and NASA’s global Space Apps Challenge
In this special countdown episode, the White House’s Chris Vein and NASA’s Nicholas Skytland return to Gov 2.0 Radio. April 2012 will see the inaugural Open Government Partnership forum of 54 nations in Brasilia,…
OECD e-Leaders 2012: From e-Gov to OpenGov
David Eaves was special guest keynote at the OECD High Level Meeting on e-Government held in Mexico City on 26-27 March 2012. This National e-Leaders gathering focused on ‘New ICT Solutions for Public…
Open Government goes global
Tune in to a Gov 2.0 Radio conversation with Nathaniel Heller, the founder and Executive Director of Global Integrity. We speak about the international Open Government Partnership program, with an ever-increasing list of…
