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I want to nominate Gabe Klein, our Director here at the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). I know, very self-serving, but Gabe is still very deserving of recognition as a Gov 2.0 Hero. He has made it a priority to make the agency more transparent and to improve communications with our customers, and he has pushed us to utilize every tool at our disposal to do that.
The enormousness of California’s government open data makes it an amazing resource as well as being difficult for citizens to find what they need. By opening up the state’s data with a custom search engine for the various data formats, the usefulness of our government open data increases tremendously.
Lucas Cioffi is the CEO of Online Townhalls, Inc., and founder of the Open Government Directive Workshop Series. The OGD Workshop Series is an inter-agency collaborative event hosted by a different federal agency each month. These self-organizing workshops help the public sector’s OpenGov community coordinate from the bottom up and make the critical transition from good to great.
It’s easy for one to say “Hey, on this website, wouldn’t it be cool if X?” where X is any given outcome of random neuronal firing in the brain of someone that might call themselves a New Media Strategist.
It’s a whole other thing altogether to make X a reality, to turn that idea into a tangible product. At HHS, that’s where Ted Hsieh (sounds like Shay) comes in. You won’t find him on Twitter nor GovLoop nor many meet-ups, but Ted has been called a ninja and a Jedi Knight. That’s right: He’s a Ninjedi Knight. As the lead developer for the US Department of Health & Human services, he takes all the crazy ideas that push and challenge our technological infrastructure, talks them out, adds a little magic and pumps out technical solutions to meet the needs of HHS web communicators. And he does it quickly. Like really quickly. (That’s where the magic comes in.)
I’d like to nominate Dr. Nicholas Gruen (@nicholasgruen) for the stunning work he carried out on our Gov 2.0 Taskforce Report (see also Government response).
Stephen Goldsmith’s new book, The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good, written with Gigi Georges and Tim Glynn Burke, offers tools for innovative government and nonprofit professionals to develop and scale their new solutions to public problems. The book is based on Goldsmith’s experience as chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service for nine years under Presidents Bush and Obama, mayor of Indianapolis, and Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School. Relying also on interviews with more than 100 top leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors, The Power of Social Innovation features illustrative case studies of civic leaders and entrepreneurs and the catalyzing role each plays in transforming a community’s social service delivery systems. The excerpt below—taken from Chapter 5 “Animating and Trusting the Citizenâ€â€”highlights innovative ways that private citizens, nonprofits and government officials are using digital media to “crowd source†or otherwise engage their communities in decision making and actual participation in solving their shared challenges.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell announced today he has sold GovFresh to Rosslyn, VA-based federal contractor BBI, Inc., for [REDACTED]. Effective immediately, he joins the firm as Chief Innovation & Engagement Officer and will actively recruit top government and military officials to BBI’s executive team and advisory board, including [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED].
Originally posted on GovLoop by Andrew Krzmarzick
If you’ve seen a series of posts called “Gov 2.0 Heroes” here on GovLoop, then you probably know about Luke Fretwell’s launch of GovFresh just a few months ago. GovFresh is a great website with a comprehensive list of feeds from scores of government agencies. In addition, Luke is providing thought leadership and innovative new content with the “What Does Government Mean to You?” video project.
Since Luke has been highlighting a lot of other individuals around the Government 2.0 space with his “Heroes” feature, let’s turn the tables on GovFresh to hear his story. Enjoy the GovLoop version of “Gov 2.0 Hero: Luke Fretwell.”
Stopped by #cadata camp in SF this a.m. Great turnout! #gov20 # Few photos from #cadata: http://bit.ly/3NQU43 #gov20 # 'Gov 2.0 – City of Manor Taps Citizens' Ideas for Improvement' http://bit.ly/3qJols #gov20 # haku wale’s Porter Felton talks about creating EcoFinder for iPhone http://bit.ly/iKCLQ #cadata #gov20 # haku wale’s Porter Felton shares his thoughts on [...]
RT @bethbeck: You can subscribe to NASA news releases: http://bit.ly/FWa54 # 'Creating Collaboration in Secure Environments' http://bit.ly/1GVXBg (@gov20radio @adrielhampton #gov20) # 'Fix It?' http://bit.ly/4qqjID (@gov20radio @adrielhampton #gov20) # No #gov20 Rap Video. # Ha. RT @You2Gov: @govfresh Founding Fathers rapping so not #gov20 but very funny indeed. :-) http://tinyurl.com/FoundersRap # 'City of Manor launches Manor [...]
RT @jgilliam: http://peace.facebook.com # How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media http://bit.ly/HpEhe (via @sradick) #gov20 # Thoughtful @timoreilly post 'Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal' http://bit.ly/1wDvyj #gov20 # Just getting to Twitter Lists. Thanks to all of you who've added us! #gov20 # Thank you! RT @ClearType: Helpful gov2.0 folks: @levyj413 [...]
'@govloop grows to 20K, hires employee number 2' http://bit.ly/2Fpy1s #gov20 # #gov20 'Talk Talk vs. Do Do' http://bit.ly/vdeMu (@gwynnek) # GovFresh is now proudly powered by wind thanks to @sustainableweb! # Gov 2.0 Radio: 'Shaking Gov 2.0 Ground' http://bit.ly/4mec80 #gov20 @gov20radio # RT @You2Gov: Official #gov20la website for Government 2.0 Camp L.A. http://bit.ly/1cgt0u # Great [...]
Gogo @fedscoop! You're going to rock. # Gov 2.0 Radio: ‘Breaking the Boundaries of Public Service’ http://bit.ly/2rpj6L # Gov 2.0 Radio: ‘Discussing Congress Camp’ http://bit.ly/85qSr # Gov 2.0 Radio: ‘A Masters in Gov 2.0' http://bit.ly/1VGyVM #gov20 @gov20radio # 'Gov 2.0 Radio: ‘Rethinking Conference Learning’ http://bit.ly/4pRjIW #gov20 @gov20radio # BIG shout-out to @adrielhampton @dslunceford @govloop for [...]
Updated feed: Navy 2.0 http://govfresh.com/military/navy (ht @tjohns06) # 'Hey dot-gov! Don't Believe Your Hype' http://bit.ly/FrkIt(@gwynnek) # 'Federal Register 2.0: Opening a Window onto the Inner Workings of Government' http://bit.ly/2ZdAYQ (via @whitehouse) # Great talking with #gov20, #opengov rock star hero @adrielhampton today. # 'New York City Wants You to Create an App For That' http://bit.ly/vo27r [...]
Updated feed: Navy 2.0 http://govfresh.com/military/navy (ht @tjohns06) # 'Hey dot-gov! Don't Believe Your Hype' http://bit.ly/FrkIt(@gwynnek) # 'Federal Register 2.0: Opening a Window onto the Inner Workings of Government' http://bit.ly/2ZdAYQ (via @whitehouse) # Great talking with #gov20, #opengov rock star hero @adrielhampton today. # 'New York City Wants You to Create an App For That' http://bit.ly/vo27r [...]
Updated feed: Navy 2.0 http://govfresh.com/military/navy (ht @tjohns06) # 'Hey dot-gov! Don't Believe Your Hype' http://bit.ly/FrkIt(@gwynnek) # 'Federal Register 2.0: Opening a Window onto the Inner Workings of Government' http://bit.ly/2ZdAYQ (via @whitehouse) # Great talking with #gov20, #opengov rock star hero @adrielhampton today. # 'New York City Wants You to Create an App For That' http://bit.ly/vo27r [...]
LIVE! RT @govfresh: 8 minutes till @gov20radio goes live: http://bit.ly/19hIx5 # @annagabbert @tjohns06 I'm just the Russel Simmons of #gov20 rap. http://bit.ly/lNmCB in reply to annagabbert # @kmcurry @krazykriz thanks for the recognition. What do we have to do to move ahead of @corbett3000? http://bit.ly/wz8Jx in reply to kmcurry # @adrielhampton @dslunceford sorry I missed [...]
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