GovTrack’s Modest Proposal
Josh Tauberer is the proprietor of one of the finest open government tools available: GovTrack. It’s a database that includes information on …
UK Gov’t: Open Source is the future.
Liam Maxwell, Cabinet Office director of ICT futures, said Tuesday in London that open source has grown up and it’s time to …
GOSCON: Climbing the Mountain
The Government Open Source Conference, masterfully curated by Deb Bryant and the good people at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, …
New York CIO Dr. Daniel Chan
Chan said he believes in open technology approaches – including re-using solutions developed by other states – whenever feasible to avoid unnecessary …
The Hazards of Open Data Exceptionalism
The prospect of funding cuts for e-Gov initiatives like data.gov, USAspending.gov and friends is worrying. Everyone should join the Sunlight Foundation’s effort …
Citizen and government collaboration: let’s work it out.
Over the last couple years, many of us involved with open source in government have had discussions about what it means for …
“Patches Welcome”
It’s a phrase you’ll hear often in the open source community: “patches welcome”. It’s sometimes earnest, sometimes passive-aggressive. It’s a cultural norm …
The government doesn’t look good naked.
So 19 months into the Open Government Directive, we seem to have a backlash. The government has spent millions of dollars collecting, …
The future of the government forges
The GSA is currently planning forge.gov, which is widely assumed to be based on forge.mil, the much-discussed collaboration platform from the Defense …
Open Source headlines from the Open Government plans
The Obama Administration’s Open Government Directive ordered Federal agencies to produce open government plans by April 7th, and while some advocates are disappointed, …