Experiments in Civic Sensemaking
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Towards the end of last week’s Open Gov West conference/unconference in Seattle, WA a series of follow-up meetings on the West Coast was announced, the first of which is scheduled to happen in San Francisco, CA the week after next:
San Francisco OGW Meetup: April 12th 6-8 PM
We’re continuing the conversations from the Open Gov West [...]
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There’s a flurry of conferences, unconferences and hybrids being planned that address Government 2.0 and Open Government, including — of course — the topic of participation. Here’s a list of events on our radar for the first half of 2010:
February 5-7, 2010: Gov 2.0 Camp Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA
February 17, 2010: Open Government Directive [...]
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Earlier today, the FASTForward Blog hosted a webinar discussion with Beth Simone Noveck, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government, and Andrew Rasiej, the co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, titled: Gov 2.0: The Collaborative Opportunities of Open Government
A recording of the webinar is available on the FASTForward Blog. I was lucky enough to get one [...]
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I just came across this project today (a sure sign I need to refactor my RSS reading habits). From their about page:
Background
Every two years, EU Ministers gather to agree on a Ministerial Declaration on e-government, which is the main European strategic document. This is usually accompanied by an Industry declaration.
We feel the urge to add [...]
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Our panel idea for SXSW 2010 from a few weeks ago made it to the next round and is now up for community voting. Here’s the final phrasing as submitted:
14 Ways to Make Online Citizen Participation Work
What is public participation? (incl. definition of the term, design principles, common success metrics)
What are typical challenges of web-based participation? [...]
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Back in February, the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD), along with a number of other established associations and organization in the field of dialogue, conflict resolution and public participation, launched a collaborative effort to craft a set of principles for public engagement that would inform the Open Government Directive currently being worked on by [...]
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The 10th Annual International Conference on Digital Government, dg.o 2009, is coming up May 17-20, 2009 in Puebla, Mexico and looks quite interesting. From their call for papers:
The dg.o 2009 conference theme “Social Networks: Making Connections between Citizens, Data and Government” focuses on Web 2.0 technology, the emerging Social Web, and social network systems that allow [...]
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