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Open Town Hall aims to keep online public forums civil
In 2007, Robert Vogel and Mike Alvarez Cohen started Peak Democracy to “build public trust in government through online public comment forums that are civil yet meet government freedom-of-speech and transparency laws.”
This week on Gov2 TV: OGP, 'open government is dead' debate
This week’s Gov2 TV discusses the international Open Government Partnership, the “open gov is dead” debate and the latest government 2.0 news and trends with O’Reilly Media Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent Alex Howard and host Walter Schwabe.
How open government is changing NYC
New York City Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne's Strata New York 2011 presentation is a great overview of the city's open government work.
GovFresh on Gov 2.0 Radio: Open Honolulu with Deputy CIO Forest Frizzell
Honolulu Deputy Chief Information Officer Forest Frizzell joins GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell for the inaugural episode of GovFresh on Gov 2.0 Radio to discuss Honolulu open government and Gov 2.0, CityCamp Honolulu and the city’s upcoming partnership with Code for America.
Is AOL-Huffington Post making a gov 2.0 play?
Huffington Post Media Group, owned by AOL, announced it has purchased civic platform Localocracy for “under $1 million,” according to AllThingsD.
Florida, Washington seek chief information officers
Florida and Washington are both seeking chief information officers.