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Welcome Nathan Yang, guest blogger for September and thanks Emily Keller!
August just flew by didn't it? And that means it's time to introduce our next blogger of the month. So welcome to the FGI podium Nathan Yang. Nathan is a Ph.D candidate in Economics at the University of Toronto. Although his thesis is about industry dynamics and social learning, he has recently done some research on why politicians adopt Twitter. Take it away Nathan. And thanks also to Emily Keller, our August blogger from the University of Washington!! Continue reading
Welcome Emily Keller, guest blogger for August and thanks Shari Laster!
Welcome to the podium Emily Keller to the guest blogger podium for August 2010! Emily is the Political Science and Public Affairs Librarian at the University of Washington (full bio). Thanks also to Shari Laster for posting to FGI for the month of July! Take it away Emily! Continue reading
Emily Keller, Blogger of the month August, 2010
Emily Keller is the Political Science and Public Affairs Librarian at the University of Washington Libraries. Her primary focus is on reference and instruction, but she is also a self-described govpubs groupie with an interest in gov/mil 2.0 and integrating government information into general reference and instruction. You can find her on twitter too. Continue reading
Belated introduction of Shari Laster, guest blogger for July
My sincere apologies for not introducing Shari Laster sooner as our guest blogger for July (I swear I have an excuse :-)) Shari's taking time out of her busy schedule (she just started a 3-year term on Depository Library Council!) to find and write about juicy documents tidbits on FGI. Thanks and take it away, Shari!! Continue reading
A quick look at the bigger picture
For those of us who spend our lunchtimes wandering around the internet, TED Talks are an excellent and often-inspiring diversion. In a February 2010 talk, David Cameron discussed the relationship between politics and behavioral economics, arguing that the technology-driven empowerment of citizens ultimately increases their well-being. Whether or not you agree with Cameron's political perspective, and whether or not you agree with his assessment of human nature, his description of the relationship between "people power," and transparency, choice, and accountability is an interesting one. He points to the Missouri Accountability Portal as an excellent example of public access to technology resulting in public empowerment. Incidentally, Cameron promised a site that would track all government spending over £25,000, and all government contracts. Public spending data is now available in the Combined Online Information System (COINS) database. The UK government portal, direct.gov.uk, links to some guidance on using COINS, which indicates that the pledge about publicizing spending should be fulfilled by November 2010. It also indicates that user-friendly access options for some data subsets will be in place by August 2010. You can watch the video here, or view the video with subtitles and an interactive transcript on the TED Talks site.
- David Cameron: The next age of government. Filmed February 2010.
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