Gov 2.0 Resources
Gov 2.0 blogs, books, directories, communities, events and more.
@GovFresh
- Feeds Live feeds of official U.S. Government social media.
- Gov 2.0 Books Recommended Gov 2.0 reading.
- Gov 2.0 Heroes Gov 2.0 Heroes are citizens and public servants actively engaging social media to build a more transparent, open and collaborative democracy.
- Gov 2.0 News Latest Gov 2.0 news.
- Gov 2.0 Radio Talking tech-enabled governance with the best of government and Web 2.0, collaborative and transparent, LIVE and worldwide.
- Gov 2.0 Video Latest, greatest Gov 2.0 videos from around the Web.
- GovFreshTV Latest videos from GovFreshTV.
Blogs
- Adriel Hampton Creating Government 2.0 and Social Media.
- blog.GC20.ca A blog about the Government of Canada and Web 2.0.
- Government 2.0 Beta Gov 2.0 blog by Jeffrey Levy.
- on dot-gov Gwynne Kostin’s blog focused on “how do we use technology and communications tools to make government more useful, more efficient and more transparent.”
- Social Media Strategery Government and social media blog by Booz Allen’s Social Media Lead Steve Radick.
- Sunlight Foundation Blog The official blog for the Sunlight Foundation.
- Sunlight Labs Blog Latest blog updates from the nerds at Sunlight Labs.
Books
- Government 2.0 Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock, and Enhance Democracy by David Eggers.
- Wiki Government How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful by Beth Simone Noveck.
Canada 2.0
- blog.GC20.ca A blog about the Government of Canada and Web 2.0.
- eaves.ca David Eaves’ thoughts on general and Canadian Gov 2.0.
Contests
- Apps for Democracy A government apps contest.
Directories
- GovTwit Directory of all state and local, federal, contractors, media, academics, non-profits and government on Twitter.
- Tweet Congress Directory of U.S. Congress Twitter users and effort “to get our men and women in Congress to open up and have a real conversation with us.”
- WeFollow Gov20 WeFollow’s list of Gov 2.0 Twitter users.
General
- Gov 2.0 Books Recommended Gov 2.0 reading.
- Government 2.0 (Wikipedia) Gov 2.0 Wikipedia entry.
- Government 2.0: A Theory of Social Government Dr. Mark Drapeau discusses the US government’s use of social media and provides his own theory of social government.
Meetings & conferences
- Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase Gov 2.0 conference produced by O’Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb.
- Gov 2.0 Summit Gov 2.0 conference produced by O’Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb.
- Transparency Camp Un-conference that convenes a “trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our governme
News
- #gov20 Twitter Latest results for the #gov20 Twitter hashtag search.
- Gov 2.0 via Google News Latest Gov 2.0 news via Google News search.
Open data
- Data.gov U.S. Government’s effort to “increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.”
- DataSF Central clearinghouse for datasets published by the City & County of San Francisco.
Open source
- Open Source for America Effort to raise awareness in the U.S. Federal Government about the benefits of open source software.
- Open source governance ‘Open source governance’ Wikipedia entry.
Organizations
- Open Source for America Effort to raise awareness in the U.S. Federal Government about the benefits of open source software.
- Sunlight Foundation Washington D.C.-base government transparency organization.
Radio
- Gov 2.0 Radio Talking tech-enabled governance with the best of government and Web 2.0, collaborative and transparent, LIVE and worldwide.
Social networks
- Governing People “An Online Community for Advocates of Smarter Government”
- GovLoop Social network connecting the government community.
Transparency
- Sunlight Foundation Washington D.C.-base government transparency organization.
- Sunlight Foundation Blog The official blog for the Sunlight Foundation.
- Sunlight Labs Blog Latest blog updates from the nerds at Sunlight Labs.
- Transparency Camp Un-conference that convenes a “trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our governme
- Transparency Corps Transparency Corps collaboration project that focuses on “How can I help?”
U.S. 2.0
- Apps.gov Official U.S. Government source for cloud computing.
- Data.gov U.S. Government’s effort to “increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.”
- WebContent.gov
Connect
Recent
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