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Beautiful budgets? Look at Cook
Developed and designed by Derek Eder and Nick Rougeux, open data and visualization project Look at Cook was created in collaboration with Cook County (IL) Commissioner John Fritchey to bring aesthetics to the county’s budget and expenses.
Who determines government's 'Best of the Web?'
Government Technology announced its list of 2011 Best of the Web Award Winners today, and I’m completely confused as to how they came to these conclusions.
Cleaning up the neighborhood: A San Francisco case study
What if you could make litter, graffiti, and other problems in your neighborhood go away just by using your phone?
Open government hackathons matter
The civic hackathon - a gathering (either virtual or physical) of technologists for a few days or weeks to build civic-themed software - remains one of the more durable manifestations of the open government movement.
On this day one year ago, Alex Howard published his first GovFresh post
On this day one year ago, Alex Howard published his first GovFresh post. Since then, he has written a total of 302 on his OpenGovFresh blog.
FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell on 'Networking Government'
Excellent TEDxLondonBusinessSchool talk on open government by FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell.