Historic global Open Government Partnership launches in New York City
Open government is about to assume a higher profile in foreign affairs. On July 12, 2011, the State Department hosted an historic gathering in Washington to announce the (OGP) with Brazil and six other...
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The maker movement's potential for education, jobs and innovation is growing
Dale Dougherty (@dalepd), one of the co-founders of O’Reilly Media, was honored at the White House yesterday as a “Champion of Change.” This White House initiative profiles Americans who are helping...
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2011 Gov 2.0 year in review
Sections Three dominant tech policy issues A meme goes mainstream Gov 2.0 goes local Rise of the civic startups Emerging civic media Open source in government Open government goes global Federal open...
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"The President of the United States is on the phone. Would you like to...
We’re suddenly very close to science fiction becoming reality television, live streamed to large and small screens around the world. On Monday, January 30th, 2012, the fireside chats that FDR hosted on...
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Top Stories: May 21-25, 2012
Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week. White House launches new digital government strategy The nation’s new strategy for digital government is built on data,...
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President Obama participates in first Presidential AMA on Reddit
Starting around 4:30 PM ET today, President Barack Obama made history by going onto Reddit to answer questions about anything for an hour. Reddit, one of the most popular social news sites on the...
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An innovation agenda to help people win the race against the machines
If the country is going to have a serious conversation about innovation, unemployment and job creation, we must talk about our race against the machines. For centuries, we’ve been automating people out...
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White House moves to increase public access to scientific research online
Today, the White House responded to a We The People e-petition that asked for free online access to taxpayer-funded research. As part of the response, John Holdren, the director of the White House...
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White House Science Fair praises future scientists and makers
There are few ways to better judge a nation’s character than to look at how its children are educated. What values do their parents, teachers and mentors demonstrate? What accomplishments are...
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#SocialCivics and the architecture of participation
It was big news recently that former Twitter executive Jason Goldman is joining the White House to head up a new office of Digital Strategy. In his post, Jason asked for advice, posted anywhere, using...
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