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sort alphabetically- IdeagraphThe Ideagraph is democracy as it ought to be - it's an open, non-profit system for organizing arguments and achieving consensuses.
- 350.org350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand. Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet. Our focus is on the number 350--as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number--it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.
- proximamobile.fr | Le portail des services aux citoyens sur téléphone mobile
- OpenDataLinks (Apps, Groups, References)A project of visiblegovernment.ca
- Twyfords (.au)..a wiser world where conversation builds connections...
- Center for Wise DemocracyThe Center for Wise Democracy has developed some exciting social innovations, which make it possible to solve many of today's most pressing public issues—global climate change, diminished economic viability, failing education, loss of community, citizen apathy, prejudice, terrorism, poverty, exorbitant health care costs, excessive partisanship, breakdown of families, wars, etc.
- OpenGovBlog.us — Open Government Initiative | Gov. 2.0 | Social Media for Governmentdedicated to tracking the efforts related to fulfilling the mandates and vision of the Obama Administratiion Open Government Initiative
- Open Government Directions (AmericaSpeaks, Ascentum)a space to consider how federal agencies can best reach President Obama’s goal of creating a more transparent, participatory and collaborative government. We will analyze new trends, assess open government progress, and discuss best practices from which agencies can learn.
- Keep Austin Wonkya weblog about public policy in Austin, Texas. Julio Gonzalez Altamirano is an Austin citizen and the author of this weblog.
- The 2009 Dialogue and Deliberation Practitioners Survey: What is the State of the Field? » About this Sitean online survey of dialogue and deliberation practitioners conducted by sociologists Caroline Lee and Francesca Polletta during September and October 2009. This survey was conducted for the purpose of academic research on the deliberation field by the researchers. Please explore the site to find out more about the survey, to browse or download our findings, or to ask questions or comment on the survey.
- GovTrack InsiderGovTrack Insider takes you inside the legislative process on Capitol Hill. We have a team of paid reporters going where no one has taken you before inside Congress, and we combine those reports with nonpartisan reporting from other sources. GovTrack Insider is brought to you by Civic Impulse, LLC .
- Guide to Creating Your Own Apps for Democracy | Apps for Democracyhe following guide has been provided in order to help governments and organizations around the world understand the ins and outs of how we’ve run Apps for Democracy contests over the past year+ and is structured in such a way that you’ll be able to start your own when the time comes.
- New Jersey Online CheckbookThe NJ Online Checkbook is a searchable Web site accessible to the public at no cost. From the menu you can query seven years of summary financial data. (nj.gov)
- Grasshopr: The Grassroots Advocacy Platform.Grasshopr is a communications and grassroots advocacy platform for the 21st century. We’ve combined aspects of social networking with grassroots advocacy technology to empower individuals and groups – from official national organizations to informal local communities – to collaborate and get engaged in public policy at the federal, state and local level. And because advocacy on Grasshopr is authentic, elected officials can build sustainable connections with real constituents. Organizations of all types and sizes can use Grasshopr to know which districts their members reside and target messages, advocacy alerts, polls, and event advisories accordingly. In addition, they can use Grasshopr as a communication and collaboration tool to interact with their members and move beyond one-to-many blast emails.
- BillMaps - putting Congressional bills on the map
- Metagovernment - Government of, by, and for all the peoplehe mission of the Metagovernment project is to support the development and use of Internet tools which enable the members of any community to fully participate in the governance of that community. We are a global group of people working on various projects which further this goal. We expect governance software to be adopted first in small communities, and then to spread outward with the potential to gradually replace many institutions of representative democracy with a new kind of social organization called collaborative governance. We conceive a world where every person, without exception, is able to substantively participate in any governance structure in which they have an interest. We envision governance which is not only more open, free, and democratic; but also which is more effective and less fallible than pre-Internet forms of governance.
- Modern.gov.co.ukThe Comprehensive Software Solution Created Specifically to Assist Local Government with the Decision Management Process The e-modernisation era within local government is underway; high on the agenda is the electronic delivery of democratic information. modern.gov is a computer system that uses Internet technology to assist councils automate key aspects of the modern government decision making process.
- The Sunlight Solution | The American ProspectReview of Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil
- Neighborhood Democracy NetworkNeighborhood Democracy Network, Inc., invites you (yes you!) to jump-start a face-to-face public forum to talk about issues, big and small, that you and your neighbors care about. We offer you several simple Neighborhood Democracy Network online services, to help you do just that. Use our online forums to create public forums where you live, and refer to our information resources to get you started and to read about exciting ideas about the role of regular citizens in a democracy!
- Department of Human Services: Chapter 1: Sections 1.22 thru 1.24.5income pr
- Community Building InstituteFounded in 2000, the Community Building Institute (CBI) helps communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective in order to build vibrant, sustainable, and equitable communities. CBI works with all levels of government, nonprofits, foundations, and other community focused organizations, offering a complementary set of services.
- AscentumAt the heart of Ascentum’s public participation methodology is a deep appreciation for informed participation and the conviction that people must be at the centre of public participation process. Informed participation is an enriched knowledge gathering process. It taps into people’s collective experience, values, knowledge and common sense by providing them with an opportunity to consider multiple facets and implications of a given issue.
- DemocracySpace.orga place where community organizers and public officials can connect online to share news, views, and ideas. DemocracySpace is a project of Everyday Democracy. All community organizers, program participants, and public officials are welcome to take part
- EfficientGovNow (Northeast Ohio)In early to mid 2009, the first round of EfficientGovNow program aimed to accelerate efficiency by providing as much as $300,000 total in funding to as many as three collaborative government projects from throughout Northeast Ohio. Planning is currently under way for the second round of the program. Please check back for more details on January 6, 2010. The program is presented by the Fund for Our Economic Future as part of the ANEO Choice Awards, with fiscal oversight provided by Kent State University.
- Advance Northeast OhioAdvance Northeast Ohio is our region’s economic action plan to build a brighter future for our cities, towns, villages and all of our residents. It is the result of two years of input, analysis and collaboration from the 20,000 citizens who participated in Voices & Choices, leading economists and researchers, business, labor, government, education and civic leaders throughout the region. The Fund for Our Economic Future brought together the partners that crafted the action plan.
- Consensus Councilprovides a variety of services to support building public policy agreements from assessing the issues at the beginning to implementing, evaluating and presenting the agreement at the end.
- Conflict Transformation, Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding - Search for Common GroundFounded in 1982, Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. We work with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies' capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalities.
- AmericaSpeaks - Global Voices | Strengthening Governance Through ParticipationGlobal Voices helps decision makers tap into the collective wisdom of citizens and stakeholders. Our large-scale, interactive meetings identify shared priorities and recommendations on essential policies and plans.
- Archon FungMy research and teaching aim to understand whether and how participation and deliberation can make contemporary public governance more fair and effective. On this site, you can take a look at what innovative citizens, officials, and activists are doing to improve public education, policing, the condition of the environment, and even the lives of workers in sweatshops in America and abroad. These projects enable ordinary people get involved in the affairs of state. Government, big or small, Democrat or Republican (or even Communist and Worker's parties in developing countries like Brazil and India), just isn't going to work very well for them unless they do.
- Community 2.0: How the disruption of media and government has birthed a smarter community | A Smarter Planet BlogRecently, SeeClickFix was used to report increased instances of muggings occurring in a specific block in New Haven. The New Haven Independent used SeeClickFix to source leads for a story. The story linked to SeeClickFix, where the problem had first been acknowledged. Immediately, hundreds of citizens voted to have the problem “fixed.” Neighbors used the platform to organize a neighborhood watch, suggest solutions such as better lighting and an increased police presence, and arrange a meeting with the Mayor.
- Mannakee Circle Group (Brad Rourke)The Mannakee Circle Group thrives on taking part in projects that can transform a community – whether that be a town or an organization. Our goal is to show people who lead community and other public-facing organizations how they can do a better job.
- ChangemakersChangemakers is a community of action where we all collaborate on solutions. We know we have the power to solve the world’s most pressing social problems. We’re already doing it, one project, one idea at a time. How do we do it? We talk about the issues, share stories and mentor, advise, and encourage each other in group forums, even engage in friendly competition. We form surprising connections and unexpected partnerships across the globe that turn the old ways of problem solving upside down. We try things that have never been tried before.
- What Public Officials Want To Know About New Technology | Washington Times Communities
- Digital Government through Social Networks: A Natural Alliance? (Blaser, Searls, Trippi) [PDF]A virtual congressional district is the epitome of politician advice and consent, guiding a representative’s policies as effectively as an airplane's "trim tab" governs its far more unwieldy rudder. We will provide a guideline for using 435 virtual districts to promote digital signature legislation. path.
- Virtual political districts for participatory government (P2P Foundation)North Americans possess a “participatory surplus” that fuels open source software and presidential campaigns, energizing millions. Well-understood social networking services could provide a barackobama.com for the constituents of any politician and to the stakeholders of any government agency or service. How might campaign web site experts design and host a network to govern governance?
- Data Dot Gov IdeasData Dot Gov Feedback Forum - So we've got lots of federal data coming our way from http://data.gov. What applications should be built? What would be useful to you? (UserVoice)
- Problems and ideas for DC that can be solved with technologyDC Wide Feedback Forum Do you live in/visit DC and have an idea or problem that can be solved through technology? We want to hear from you! (UserVoice)
- NCOC: Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic ForeclosureAs economic distress continues through the summer and into the fall, Americans are suffering from a “civic foreclosure” that is limiting the range and depth of their civic engagement,
- LegistalkerAn accountable government requires an informed citizenry. Every day, Congress relies more and more on the Internet to communicate with the world. Legistalker makes it easy for you to stay on top of what your elected officials say and how they vote. The ever-growing database is updated every 20 seconds, and relies on data from Twitter, YouTube, Capitol Words, literally hundreds of different news sources, and others.
- Santa Cruz BudgetSimply put, the City will have to cut more services and employees at rates that have never been seen in our history. Many of the choices that we are forced to make now are distasteful, and run contrary to long held assumptions about what a City is capable of providing for its citizens. We are in a crisis, and the size of the problem is such that we need to look not only at the cuts that we are presently facing, but moving forward, at the structure of our organization so that we may sustainably realign it.
- Open Government and Government 2.0 Online Conference - Fall 2009 - O'Reilly Media
- Santa Cruz • Community Suggestions for Fixing the Budget Crisis in Santa Cruz
- CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | PACE - PHILANTHROPY FOR ACTIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENTto inspire interest, understanding, and investment in civic engagement.
- California Forwardto improve the quality of life for all Californians by creating more responsive, representative and cost-effective government.
- 10 Ways Facebook Pages Can Help Local Governments Better Serve Their Constituents
- Christine Whitney Sanchez LLCAs an organizational consultant for the past fifteen years, I have collaborated with visionary change leaders from over eighty organizations across five continents to nurture healthy growth, to transform organizational practices, to tap collective wisdom and to foster dynamic and sustainable collaboration.
- Change we can believe in - Change, Reform, Collaboration (Richard Fahey)
- Talkin' bout a revolutionI work as a Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant for a large Consulting company. My interests are Social media, Collaboration, Government 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 and Cloud Computing. I blog infrequently about SAP and Business Intelligence at SDN.
- E-Voting.CCCompetence center for electronic voting and participation
- CBC News - Canada - Elections Canada advocates online voting to increase turnoutAllowing Canadians to cast ballots electronically may be the remedy for the ever-dwindling percentage of voters who bother to exercise their democratic rights, Elections Canada suggests.
- PlaceShakers and NewsMakersbrought to you by Ben Brown and Scott Doyon, two communicators with the town planning and development advisory firm, PlaceMakers. We spend our days cheek by jowl with urban designers, architects, civic boosters, enviros, developers and community activists, and our job is making sense of them all. Making the interconnected — and often competing — agendas of community design accessible and illuminating the inevitable benefits and trade-offs that result from the choices we make.
- Corner Allianceunderstands that government leaders face serious challenges when trying to drive change through their organizations. Uncertainty, resistance, and organizational barriers often mark the process of managing change. Change within government is uniquely challenging since it is designed to have multiple points of accountability, complex regulations and oversight, and competing sources of authority.
- Emergency 2.0 Australiaexamining how Social Media can assist in Emergency Managemen
- OpenMeetings.organ audio/video transcription and annotation platform built from entirely free and open source software. Launched in June 2009 and inspired by MetaVid (metavid.org), the open video archive of the U.S. Congress, OpenMeetings.org hosts and welcomes submission of conference recordings and formal proceedings. Project goals are to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on archived meetings as to improve the degree of informed civil discourse across a broad range of social issues." [edit]
- Open-Government Blogwhat we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.
- Common Sense Californiahelping civic innovators inspire, support, and learn from one another on a state-wide basis. This is an ambitious and much-needed role... By connecting local civic experiments, fostering new ones, and looking for new ways to connect citizen voices with state-level policymaking, CSC has taken a leading role in the field of democratic governance
- MixedInk - Free Collaborative Writing Tool
- Public Comment “Toolkit” for Regulatory Agencies Launched at UMass Amherstassists agencies in searching, analyzing, and responding to citizen comments submitted to federal regulatory agencies
- Government 2.0 - Best Practices Wiki / FrontPagea central list of current initiatives (and eventually "best practices") involving social media and government.
- Peter Levine: truth is not power
- Collaborative Societyhelping organizations avoid costly pitfalls, vague assumptions and lofty expectations of unsuccessful online collaboration strategies.
- Five reasons corporations are failing at social media
- U@MareNostrum: Public participation for water protection and managementsupporting citizens and local actors to identify and solve important environmental problems related to the management of water and marine environmental protection in the French Riviera, Valencia and Ionian Islands regions in order to enhance their participation in the environmental legislative and decision making processes.
- Critiquing Matthew Hindman's "The Myth of Digital Democracy" | Personal Democracy Forum
- Open Budgets Blog (International Budget Partnership)Citizen participation in the government budget process improves the quality and responsiveness of government budgets. The International Budget Partnership makes this blog available for the discussion of issues related to government budgets and citizen participation.
- PolicyPitch | state legislative tracking, ideas & fundraising for public policy & community changePolicypitch.com is ushering in a new era of participatory democracy by literally bringing the power to effectuate change to the people. Policypitch.com is a crowd-powered platform that allows ordinary citizens to pitch new policy ideas at the local and state level, collaborate with others to refine and promote their policies, and transform that online communication into real world action. Our goal is to give ordinary citizens a direct voice in local government and enable them to influence change in their community. Get started and PITCH YOUR OWN IDEAS!
- Public Agenda: Helping Americans Explore Today's Issues | Public AgendaFor over 30 years, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public Agenda was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975. Public Agenda's two-fold mission is to help: American leaders better understand the public's point of view. Citizens know more about critical policy issues so they can make thoughtful, informed decisions.
- Online Townhall Meetings: Exploring Democracy in the 21st Century (Complexity and Social Networks Blog)he results of a series of randomized experiments, involving 13 Members of Congress meeting with constituents in small groups online. What were the quality of these sessions? What impact did these sessions have on participants? The results were quite heartening.
- California Economic Recovery Portal - Stimulus MapAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funding is disseminated by the federal government directly to various entities within a state including state government entities, local government entities, local businesses, local non-profits and other organizations. Under 50 percent of Recovery funding is estimated to flow through state government entities. This page provides information about projects known to have been awarded Recovery funding within the geographic boundaries of California, by County. The California Recovery Task Force continues to receive federal guidelines and information regarding additional projects awarded Recovery funding. This map will be updated as additional information becomes available.
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