Comments on: Thinking about earmarks and democratisation

By: Ramon Estopina

Ramon Estopina — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:13:26 +0000

JP, Considering I posted Wednesday night and Vivek was apointed Thursday morning, either the White House reads this page or I need to buy some lottery tickets… or both.

By: JP

JP — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:49:39 +0000

Thanks for the comments.

Steve BTW I received the CD thanks a lot.
Paul, I have no further news on the Boris example.
Ramon, I guess you know that Vivek has been appointed Obama’s CIO?

By: Ramon Estopina

Ramon Estopina — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:42:57 +0000

JP, if you are interested in democratisation through data availability for mashups outside of “controlled areas” check this article on Vivek Kundra, DCs CTO and one of Obama’s tech policy adviser (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/04/AR2009010401235.html).

He has a very different approach from typical government agencies, like the Apps for democracy contest (http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/ and http://mashable.com/2008/11/13/government-mashups/). He has been providing DC government data to be used by any app. Something other public (and private) agencies can learn from.

By: PaulSweeney

PaulSweeney — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:20:38 +0000

Any news on the Boris-London-Crime Mashup potential? Haven’t seen anything on that since the announcement.

By: Steve Ellwood

Steve Ellwood — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:52:48 +0000

stimulus.org is a holding site. I think stlr.org might be better?
http://www.stlr.org/volumes/volume-ix-2007-2008/

By: Reggie Greene / The Logistician

Reggie Greene / The Logistician — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:05:52 +0000

You are to be complimented for not joining the chorus of nay sayers who criticize every move taken by others. Additionally, for all the whining that we do about spin, misinformation, misrepresentation, and such, there is truly only one solution: The appreciation and absorption of information through education. Always has been, always will be.

By: Wirearchy · In Search of Government Transparency

Wirearchy · In Search of Government Transparency — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:07:16 +0000

[...] to a tweet by JP Rangaswami, I’ve just finished reading Jerry Brito’s "Hack, Mash and Peer: Crowdsourcing [...]

By: Paramendra Bhagat

Paramendra Bhagat — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:38:17 +0000

http://twitter.com/paramendra/status/1216407735 Obama’s election was not just about a grassroots campaign, it is also about grassroots governance. The grassroots has to be more involved now in 2009 than it was in 2008. And, golley, was it involved in 2008!