New York City Calls for 'Brilliant' Tech Minds to Spur Voter Engagement
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, May 11 2011
The New York City Campiagn Finance Board announced the first four members of the new Voter Assistance Advisory Committee, a nine-member board of political appointees residing at CFB that is mandated in the City Charter ... Read More
But Will Gov. Brewer Interrupt Speeches for a Pledge Drive?
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, May 11 2011
A catchphrase among online political consultants is that the Internet is more than an ATM machine, but deposits and withdrawals seem to be good enough for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) and other lawmakers in her state. ... Read More
Mayor-elect Emanuel Promises to Open the #$%@ing Government
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, May 10 2011
In a transition report released today, Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has pledged to put records of lobbying activity online within his first year in office, as well as searchable budget data and a slew of city data ... Read More
VA Hopes a Blogger's Voice Will Create Change
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, May 10 2011
The Washington Post's Lisa Rein profiles Alex Horton, a military blogger critical of the Department of Veteran's Affairs who has been hired to continue blogging about the VA, from the inside: The agency hopes to use the ... Read More
'Hacking Tyler' to Chronicle Digitization of a Small Texas Town
BY Nick Judd | Monday, May 9 2011
A news app developer at the Chicago Tribune promises to chronicle his efforts to improve a small Texas town's community, through technology, in a new blog announced in The Atlantic: Tyler has information that could be ... Read More
Bright Lights, Small City: Is Tiny Roosevelt Island a Microcosm of Urban Innovation's Future?
BY Nick Judd | Monday, May 9 2011
The Roosevelt Island tram, one of the only urban tram systems in the country. Photo: Shinya Suzuki / flickr Jonathan Kalkin gets excited when he talks about his latest scheme, a plan to build one of the world's first ... Read More
A Door to Canadian Open Government Slams Shut
BY Nick Judd | Friday, May 6 2011
The CBC reports that the Canadian federal government has closed down a database of freedom of information requests that watchdogs had been using in transparency work and in research. Called the Coordination of Access to ... Read More
Government of Japan Asks for 'Apps for Japan'
BY Nick Judd | Friday, May 6 2011
The government of Japan's IT Project Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Policy has put out an open call for the development of websites and apps to help in the aftermath of the tsunami and earthquakes that ... Read More
Did the Internet Care About the GOP Primary Debate?
BY Nick Judd | Friday, May 6 2011
So last night's Republican primary debate, despite being so early and without a party headliner, still managed to outdo chatter about Osama bin Laden in terms of Twitter conversation: "GOP" in Twitter mentions as seen ... Read More
An Open-Source Redesign
BY Nick Judd | Friday, May 6 2011
Oklahoma City has a Tumblr blog devoted to sharing updates and collecting feedback around a project to redesign its website. Maybe turning a city's web property redesign into an open process is just starting to catch on ... Read More