What we’re paying attention to:

• Google Public Data Explorer makes it easier for you to visualize public data
• TechPresident Nancy Scola’s lesson in technology and American Democracy
• Gov 2.0 Radio talks with Dries about Drupal and government
• New York City launches an online 311 service request map
• White House gives (code) back
• How will Gov 2.0 address the digital divide?
• Report (pdf): Open Government May Do More Harm Than Good?
• Secretary Clinton takes a ‘venture capital approach’ for Net Freedom Fighters, pledges $25 Million
• Ghonim Part 1: ‘If there was no social networks, this would never have been sparked‘
• Ghonim Part 2: ‘Our Revolution Is Like Wikipedia‘
• … but No, Social Media Did Not Ignite a Revolution
• Foreign Policy: My Year @ TwitterBay: The double-edged sword of covering the news, 140 characters at a time.
• ‘data does not respect national boundaries’ – Beating the snags in open data
• London Datastore gets a New Data Catalogue
• The State of Open Data in Canada
• U.S. Army Slideshare: Facebook Pages Redesign
• Sunlight’s new Open States project