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SF CIO, Innovation Director discuss city's tech progress, innovation
San Francisco Chief Information Officer Jon Walton and Director of Innovation Jay Nath discuss government innovation and the work they're doing within the SF Department of Technology.
Mobile democracy: How governments can promote equality, participation and customer service
There’s a lot more to democratic government than holding elections and town hall meetings.
Does government innovation need its own department?
In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, SF city attorney and mayoral candidate Dennis Herrera said, if elected, he would create an innovation department and appoint a Chief Digital Officer to lead the city's web and social media strategy that embraces open engagement with citizens.
OpenDataRace Begins in Philadelphia
Several months ago, with the unveiling of the OpenDataPhilly website, the City of Philadelphia joined the growing fraternity of cities across the country and around the world to release municipal data sets in open, developer friendly formats.
Government sharing is government caring
Just discovered this MESH Government to the Rescue TEDxGotham talk by former New York State Senate Chief Information Officer Andrew Hoppin.
Georgia.gov has Drupal on its mind
The next iteration of Georgia.gov will be built using the open source platform Drupal.