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Lunchtime Listen: Greg Elin on One Click Disclosure
Here is a short, informative interview from NPR. You can listen online or download. It is only about 6 minutes long -- more of a coffee-break listen! One Click Disclosure, On the Media, (January 16, 2009). "Government spending data has long been publicly available but it's never been easier to find and interpret. That's thanks to USAspending.gov, a site created by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 which was sponsored by Tom Coburn and Barack Obama. The Sunlight Foundation's Greg Elin explains what makes the site so revolutionary. " Continue reading
Government Twitter Directory
There is a directory of government agencies using Twitter: GovTwit and you can, of course, follow GovTwit on Twitter: twitter.com/GovTwit. Mission:
"Looking for government agencies using Twitter or other social media? We want the GovTwit directory to include all facets of government on Twitter: state and local, federal, contractors, reporters, academics and more. The list will be a living list, and we hope to keep it updated via our own research, as well as your submissions...."Continue reading
Dept. of Labor Web Archiving Project
Starting on January 5, 2009, the Department of Labor (DOL) archived all DOL agency Web sites as they existed at that time.
- DOL Web Site Archive
- Labor Department launches digital snapshot project, By Wyatt Kash, Government Computer News, Jan 15, 2009.
FOIA and other documents in the Government Attic
governmentattic.org describes itself this way:
governmentattic.org provides electronic copies of hundreds of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and government bloopers, they're all here. Think of browsing this site as rummaging through the Government's Attic -- hence our name.Bruce Schneier says of one document that has recently show up at governmentattic, "Just declassified by the NSA, this document -- A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I and II); the David G. Boak Lectures, National Security Agency (NSA), 1973 -- is definitely worth reading. The first sections are highly redacted, but the remainder is fascinating." Continue reading
International Perspective: Making Government More Transparent
The government consulting firm Accenture has released a report in which they analyze their research to help public service organizations around the world serve citizens better.
- Leadership in Customer Service Report: Creating Shared Responsibility for Better Outcomes. Accenture. 2009.
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