GovFreshTV: Q&A with Chicago CTO John Tolva
0During last week’s Code for America 2011 Summit, I sat down with Chicago Chief Technology Officer John Tolva and asked him about his current IT initiatives, challenges and lessons learned
During last week’s Code for America 2011 Summit, I sat down with Chicago Chief Technology Officer John Tolva and asked him about his current IT initiatives, challenges and lessons learned
GovFreshTV talked with Routesy founder and developer Steven Peterson about his experiences creating the app and asked him to share his advice to civic developers and government
I had the opportunity to sit down with San Francisco Chief Information Officer Chris Vein during sf.govfresh and ask him about his work around open government, open data and government innovation. What resonates most with me is how he touches on the importance of a partnership between mayor and CIO and SF Mayor Gavin Newsom’s willingness to let him ‘fail forward.’
Microsoft Director of Innovative Social Engagement Mark Drapeau asks, ‘Why has government gone from zero to Web 2.0 in 60 seconds?’
What do you think
Mark Drapeau, Director of Innovative Social Engagement, Microsoft, asks, ‘Why does government implicitly endorse Web 2.0 companies?’
During Transparency Camp a few weeks ago, I sat down with Red Hat Chief Architect Gunnar Hellekson and asked him the following questions around open source in government
GovFreshTV talked with NASA Nebula CIO Chris C. Kemp about Nebula’s role in cloud computing
The City of Manor’s open innovation portal, Manor Labs, has been live for a few months turning ideas into solutions. When talking with other cities, I find that the entire concept of open innovation is a bit misunderstood. It is very easy to put up a voting platform to rate ideas, but what happens afterwards? With Manor Labs, powered by the Spigit open innovation engine, the system is user-driven and self-sufficient. This allows our small agency the ability to process large quantities of ideas with limit staff involvement.
Here’s a breakdown of idea stages and functions
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GovFreshTV sat down with founder David Cohn to discuss his vision
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
Government 2.0 author Bill Eggers sat down with GovFreshTV to talk about his new book, If We Can Put a Man on the Moon … Getting Big Things Done in Government
Dr. Mark Drapeau (@cheek_geeky), co-chair of Gov 2.0 Expo, share his thoughts on Gov 2.0 in 2009, and what to expect in
GovFreshTV talks with Silona Bonewald of Citability.org and League of Technical Voters
GovFresh TV talks with City of San Francisco Director of Innovation Jay Nath
GovFreshTV talks with Dmitry Kachaev, Director of Research and Development, DC Government OCTO Labs
GovFreshTV interview with NationBuilder, act.ly and whitehouse2.org founder Jim Gilliam
Booz Allen’s Anna Gabbert answers the question ‘What does Gov 2.0 mean to you?’
UserVoice CEO Richard White answers the question ‘What does Gov 2.0 mean to you?’
