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Retrospecting agile government
Last week, I was in New Orleans for the CivicActions corporate retreat, and presented to the team on the work done around Agile Government Leadership, and I wanted to share some of this here because, while there’s still much to do around changing government project management practices, we’ve accomplished a great deal over the past 18 months since its inception.
What should governments require for their open data portals?
My fundamental suggestion is that government-run open data platforms be fully open source. There are a number of technical and procurement reasons for this, which I will address in the future, but I believe strongly that if the platform you’re hosting data on doesn’t adhere to the same licensing standards you hold for your data, you’re only doing open data half right.
Take the 2015 Agile Government Survey
Agile Government Leadership wants to learn more about the state of agile project management in government, its challenges and successes, and how AGL can better support the community.
California launches innovation contests to improve government operations
The state of California has launched a $25K Find a New Way innovation contest that gives residents a chance "to identify areas of improvement within the state government and share their untapped expertise to create solutions."
7 books for better digital government
Continuing on my book cleaning spree, I wanted to highlight a few web product design and development books I'm getting rid of that are helpful for anyone focused on providing government digital services.