US Federal Government Blesses “Government 2.0”
In a recent post I mentioned a White House Document issued together with FY 2010 budget request, which covers – amongst other things – cloud computing. An entire section of that document refers to...
View ArticleWhite House Misses The Mark On Participatory Policy Making
Yesterday the Obama administration took important steps toward open government. The first one was the announcement of how the citizen engagement process in policy-making will work. As explained on the...
View ArticleThe Four Facets of Web 2.0 in Government
Over the last week or so I’ve had a number of clients asking me to summarize the impact of Web 2.0 in government. I’ve come up with four different but interrelated areas: Internal (intra or...
View ArticleWhy The IT Industry Could Derail Government 2.0
By now I think many agree that the evolution of e-government (and in particular the electronic delivery of information and services to various stakeholders) will follow a “government 2.0” path. While...
View ArticleA Local Government Tale: A Portal Away From Web 2.0
Earlier today I had a very interesting conversation with an executive from a local government about their digital society initiatives. These include the development of broadband infrastructure to...
View ArticleThe Blurring Of Government
Last October, I posted about the theme I have been researching over the last two years, i.e. “The Future of Government is No Government” (see also Gartner research note, subscription required) Now some...
View ArticleGovernment Employees on Social Networks: Reversing the Burden of Proof
I have just published a Research Note on gartner.com (subscription required) with this same title, to summarize many of the client conversations I am having about whether and how to provide employees...
View ArticleHow Do I Know That I Am Using Government Data?
In a previous post I raised, amongst others, the issue of authenticity and quality of open government data. Yesterday, this came up in an interview appeared on the O’Reilly Radar, to Raymond Mosley,...
View ArticleHow social media is changing my life
This is my 500th post, and a good occasion to write something different. As I do cover government 2.0 and social media, I feel it is fair to share with people a few personal experiences that, I hope,...
View ArticleHow Objective Should You Be at the Boundary between Professional and Personal?
I’d like to share a personal experience that can be exemplary of the type of real or perceived conflicts between personal and professional role on social media. As I have always said, real and...
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