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Why the next SF mayor needs to understand open government
In August of 1993, San Francisco officially adopted the Sunshine Ordinance, a law that allowed any citizen to request city documents, records, filings or correspondence, attend meetings of any group that meets with the Mayor or city department heads and make any meeting of the governing bodies of certain local, state, regional and federal agencies attended by City representatives public.
SF developers, journalists, civic activists kick off second Summer of Smart hackathon
It's 9:15 on Friday night, and there are about 100 people milling around the GAAFTA headquarters.
Five strategies to revive civic communication from The Aspen Institute, Knight Foundation
Last March, the Aspen Institute and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation released the white paper Civic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication.
We're tumblin'! govfresh.tumblr.com
In an effort to better share what we're reading (but not blogging), we're posting news items we find interesting on Tumblr.
The 411 on the 311: Q&A with Commons founder Suzanne Kirkpatrick
We asked new 311 iPhone app Commons co-founder Suzanne Kirkpatrick to share her thoughts on the new venture, 311 and trends in open government and Gov 2.0.
Social Congress and the 21st century legislator
How is it possible, in the 21st century, that I can Skype with friends in China, keep up with my friends across the country via Facebook and exchange messages with the CEO of a startup I admire on Twitter, but yet when I try to communicate with my members of Congress, it seems like everything I do is swallowed up by the black abyss?