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Open Government Workshop Brings Promising Ideas

Transparency. Public Participation. Collaboration.
They sound great in principle. As models, they are ideals that are worthy and noble to subscribe to. But goals are different than action steps. What we “want” is different from what we “have.” Now consider that the path to getting “there” is not laid out (or funded) and the scene [...]


State Department to Hold Digital Town Hall

The State Department will hold a digital town hall on Friday.


Should Government Blogs Allow Questions?

It’s great that many federal agencies are actively embracing blogs. These blogs, such as the EPA’s Greenversations and the State Department’s Dipnote have great content and are popular with constituents. However, one issue that is frequently discussed is that many of these blogs do not allow comments.
While both Greenversations and Dipnote do allow comments, there [...]