Citizen 2.0

Gov 2.0 guide to Crisis Commons and CrisisCamp

Luke Fretwell
January 22nd, 2010 · Add your comments
Citizen 2.0, Crisis, Crisis Commons, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Guides, Gov 2.0 Video

CrisisCamps are efforts by local communities to garner the collective skills of volunteers, particularly technology related, to support relief efforts during crises, such as natural disasters. Crisis Commons is the supporting organization whose mission is “empowering global citizens to save lives through technology.” Most recently, CrisisCamps have been active in supporting relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti. Here’s an overview of CrisisCamp, CrisisCommons and how you can connect and get involved.

Luke Fretwell
January 12th, 2010 · Add your comments
Citizen 2.0, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Video, GovFreshTV

Spot.Us is a nonprofit effort from the Center for Media Change that supports community-funded investigative reporting. Citizens recommend and fund local news stories, which are then written by participating journalists and published on the site. Contributions are tax deductible and re-imbursed if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the content. The group currently operates ‘beats’ in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.

GovFreshTV sat down with founder David Cohn to discuss his vision:

Luke Fretwell
January 5th, 2010 · 3 comments
Citizen 2.0, Code for America, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Heroes, Gov 2.0 Heroes Video, Gov 2.0 Video, GovFreshTV

Jen Pahlka on her new role as founder of Code for America, the new role developers play in democracy and the importance of their involvement.

Luke Fretwell
January 4th, 2010 · 1 comment
Apps, California, Citizen 2.0, Gov 2.0, San Francisco, United States

San Francisco residents can take full advantage of the city’s open data via Web and mobile applications featured at DataSF App Showcase. Apps offer crime updates, recycling locations, restaurant health inspection scores, BART/MUNI schedules and more. Developers can also submit apps for submission.

According to the site, DataSF App Showcase “celebrates the innovators and innovations who are championing the Mayorâ€™s vision of a more collaborative and open government.”

Luke Fretwell
December 15th, 2009 · Add your comments
Citizen 2.0, Code for America, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Video

Code for America founder and director Jen Pahlka discusses Citizen 2.0 (related: Four Steps to the (Gov 2.0) Epiphany: Better Government Through Citizen Development.

Quotable:

The line between citizen and consumer is shifting … it’s gotten a lot blurrier.

I wrote this post to explore a question: how could normal, everyday citizens be as passionate about and engaged with their government as they are with companies like Apple or Google? Here’s what I’ve come up with: government needs a Citizen Development strategy.

Luke Fretwell
November 19th, 2009 · 11 comments
California, Citizen 2.0, Crowdsourcing, Gov 2.0, Missouri, Texas

Local governments and federal agencies are leveraging crowdsourcing feedback tools such as UserVoice to gauge citizen feedback. Here are 6 examples.

What other agencies are doing the same?

Free-wheeling Government 2.0 discussion with hosts Steve Ressler and Adriel Hampton, guest host Ari Herzog, guests Alan W. Silberberg (You2Gov.org), Steve Radick (BAH social media lead), Andrea Baker of Navstar and Maxine Teller of MiXT Media Strategies live from SXSW, Jeffrey Levy and Marilyn Clark from the Federal Web Manager’s Council and Social Media Subcouncil, and social media expert Michael J Russell.