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What's on our radar.

Gaming the future of government

On January 22-23, the Institute for the Future will host Connected Citizens, a 24-hour collective forecasting game to "to rethink and reprogram government services for a complex and connected world."

CivicMeet January: Sacramento, SF, Vancouver

January CivicMeets will be held in Sacramento, San Francisco and Vancouver (Rumor has it Oakland is starting one soon).

Is Piwik government's 'open' alternative to Google Analytics?

Piwik creator Matthieu Aubry shares how the open source real time web analytics tool may be a viable option for government.

9 ways to make your government website better (Part 1)

I spend a lot of time on government websites. I probably hold the world record for number of government website visits.

Civic accelerator Tumml to host 'Urban Innovation and the Role of Government' talk

Urban ventures accelerator Tumml will host a panel discussion, Uncharted Territory: Urban Innovation and the Role of Government, on January 28 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Hatchery in San Francisco (Register here).

Captricity frees government data from paper captivity

Captricity solves the “paper problem,” unlocking digital, machine-readable data from paper.