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“Freedom of Information Summit brings journalists, open-records advocates together”

• The event was held in New Hampshire (in part) by the National Freedom of Information Coalition.

“Real-Time Data Helps Iowa Households Lower Their Water Bills”

• Data = potential for cost-savings.

“New GAO Report Shows the Benefits of Spending Transparency”

• “Often, when talking about why Recovery Act transparency provisions are important, we have to talk vaguely about the unseen.”

“FCC Releases Broadband Progress Report”

“Schools and Colleges Are Learning from Online Video”

• “‘I would lose my head if we stopped recording lectures,’ said Russ Scaduto, director of education technology for Penn State Hershey Medical Center.”
• This also includes a 50-minute video on a panel discussion at Streaming Media East.

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This week’s version isn’t the shortest ever, that’s for sure. Feel free to add more links in the comments section!

• “New York Releases ‘Road Map for the Digital City’” (HT Alex Howard’s Tweet on Twitter)
  • Also see: “With a new road map, New York City aims to be the nation’s premier digital city”

• Report: “Using Online Tools to Engage – and be Engaged by –The Public” (PDF, from IBM)
  • “Deciding how best to use online tools to engage the public may be the ultimate moving target for public managers. This is not just because of the rapid development of new tools, or ‘apps,’ for engagement. The main challenges now facing government managers are understanding:
    • The increasing complexity of how people organize themselves online
    • Citizens’ evolving expectations of government”

• “3 Ways Government Could Save Time & Money if They Used Social Media”
  • “You hear it all the time: Facebook this, Twitter that, social media… blah, blah, blah. But why should government care? … Well for starters, two words: Time & money…”

• Where does the federal gov’t rank for the top choice of employers among new information technology graduates?

• “Philadelphia Must Catch Up on Open Government, Councilman Says” (GovTech.com)
  • “Philadelphia Councilman Bill Green wants the City of Brotherly Love to take a liking to open government.”

• “comScore Releases April 2011 U.S. Online Video Rankings”
  • “comScore, Inc. released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 172 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in April”
  • “81.9 percent of the U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.”
  • More data in the Press Release…

• “A Bucketful of Transparency Papers”
  • This has also been added to our Open Government Resources page.

• “Newspapers + Government: 2.0”

• “High-speed internet prices drop by 50% around the globe”




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• “Open government requires accessibility, not just data, specialists say”

  • “Making important agency information easy to find online can also be a key factor in improving the agency’s public image, said General Services Administration digital government specialist Sheila Campbell.”

• “Open Government Philadelphia: an initiative and policy paper from Councilman Bill Green”

  • The post has “his 10 recommendations and what they could mean for the future of Philadelphia governance, in addition to a related presentation his office shared.”

• Report: Federal CIO Wants State and Local Collaboration for Better Online Customer Service

• “Model local open government initiative gains traction in Cook County. Who’s next?”

  • This post by Alex Howard has several bits of recent info going on in the local open government space.

• Chart: Email Activities of US Internet Users

• Social Media & Political Campaigns: Resources

• Open Government West in Portland, Oregon

  • It’s scheduled for Fri. and Sat.
  • Portions of it have been live-streamed
  • Follow the Twitter hashtag #ogw11 for more info.

• Oregon Debuts State Broadband Map

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“Where is broadband available? How does it compare with other areas? Who are the providers? And what can you expect for your home broadband speed?” (source)

Well, on the new National Broadband Map’s website, you can type in your address or browse the map to research various information about broadband access in your area (or across the country).

The National Broadband Map even has it’s own blog. The opening line to it’s 2nd post says:

Welcome to the first-ever public, searchable nationwide map of broadband access.

Why was it created? They answer that on the post: “We created the map at the direction of Congress, which recognized that economic opportunities are driven by access to 21st Century infrastructure.”

According to the website for the National Broadband Map, it “is a tool to search, analyze and map broadband availability across the United States.”

The website also says:

We are very excited to provide a rich collection of data about the state of broadband availability across the country, along with tools to analyze, explore and share.

According to @NTIAgov:

HT The WallStreet Journal, techPresident, National Journal, and @BaileyMcC Tweet on Twitter (and probably others)

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Update (2/22/11): Government Technology has an article out called “National Broadband Map’s Accuracy Questioned“. (HT)

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