New for the iPhone: Watch Congress in Real Time « ResourceShelf. Wednesday, 13th January 2010 New for the iPhone: Watch Congress in Real Time Once again, another useful resource from the Sunlight Foundation.
It's easy to see how this app could easily be fee-based but, via the Sunlight Foundation, the app is free. Word of a new iPhone app from Sunlight Labs/Foundation named Real Time Congress. We want to make data about what's happening inside Congress more available to the public. Note: The CRS Reports listed are just some of what's available sources like OpenCRS. Other Reports Available via Real Time Congress Come From: + GAO + OMB Memos + Democratic Policy Committee + Republic Policy Committee + Joint Committee on Taxation Reports + CBO + Statements of Administration Policy + Statements of Republican Policy The News Section of the App Includes Headlines From: + Roll Call + Politico + Open Congress + The Page + New York Times + The Hill Source: Sunlight Labs Category: Source File (ResourceShelf) Web 2.0 (ResourceShelf) Views: 1229.
Toronto Innovation Summit on Open Government. High Performance Government « Results for Canadians: Measuring Success in Government. Today I attended the Deputy Ministers’ Panel discussion at Canada’s Government Technology Event (GTEC) on high performance government.
Here are my unedited notes for those who didn’t make it. Moderator: Michelle D’Auray, Secretary of Treasury Board Secretariat Panel: Carole Swan, President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency Neil Yaetes, Deputy Minister, Citizenship & Immigration Canada Ian Shugart, Deputy Minister, Environment Canada What is risk profile of your org? EC trying to find best info out of a lot of data, very quickly from many sources including the increased use of social media. CFIA Rich & varied mandate Things are more complex (eg patterns of how food is produced) now than ever. CIC Assessing risk ongoing for immigration & refugees. 1.5 million decisions every year.
EC difficult to sift through everything, link data from other countries, systematically and efficiently. Committees are one way that they try to look at horizontal issues. What is high performing government anyway? TED TALKS that can change the way you think: Clay. Ideas Project. Gov 2.0 Summit 09: Andrew McLaughlin and Tim O'Reilly, "Closing Keynote" - Gov 2.0 Summit on blip.tv.
Social Media Subcouncil / Web 2 0 Governance Policies and Best Practices. Home > library > policies & best practices Please use this space to share any official governance policies or best practices (with your agency approval).
You may upload or provide links to relevant documents. At this time, we are collecting existing policies and best practices from leading edge governments and corporations. The social media subcouncil has not yet determined its scope of work in this area. Other lists are linked at the bottom of the page. Public Sector Private Sector Public Sector Private Sector Other lists: Other groups collecting similar information: Munigov 2.0 Monitoring Solutions: Get Ready To Participate: Crowdsourcing And Governance. By Henry Jenkis A year or so ago, Mark Deuze (Media Work) and I edited a special issue of the journal, Convergence, which explored some of the issues around "Convergence Culture.
" One of the best essays we received in our open paper call came from Daren C. Brabham, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Utah, who was doing his dissertation on "crowdsourcing. " I've remained in touch with Brabham ever since and recently encouraged him to share some of his own recent thinking about how the crowdsource model can and is being adapted from the commercial arena to address issues of social welfare and public policy. I am happy to share Brabham's insights with the readers of this blog. Crowdsourcing and Governance by Daren C. It's been three years since Jeff Howe coined the term "crowdsourcing" in his Wired article "The Rise of Crowdsourcing.
" In each of these cases, the company has a problem it needs solved or a product it needs designed. Daren C.