Top Gov 2.0 Project
GovLoop is teaming up with O’Reilly Media/UBM TechWeb for a contest to pick the “Top Gov 2.0 Project.” There are hundreds of great projects leveraging Web-based and mobile technology, but some really stand out.
The contest will run for one week (April 16-23) and close at 11:59p GMT.
The top vote-getter receives one (1) complimentary pass to the Gov 2.0 Expo (http://www.gov2expo.com) in Washington, DC on May 25-27, 2010.
So what are your picks? Please share the project name, a brief description, relevant link(s), and point of contact.
24 results found
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CitySourced
CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement tool. CitySourced provides a free, simple, and intuitive tool empowering citizens to identify civic issues (graffiti, trash, potholes, etc.) and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to save money and improve accountability to those they govern; and a positive, collaborative platform for real action. Our platform is called CitySourced, as it empowers everyday citizens to use their smart phones to make their cities a better place.
599 votes -
Bubble Ideas - Leadership 2.0
Bubbleideas has been designed to leverage decision-making for national or state leaders. Based on social web, bubbleideas treats negative & positive inputs in equal light so that leaders can see what's rocking and what sucks.
Since Gov 2.0 deployments are likely to be large scale, BubbleIdeas employs Natural language Processing to locate near-duplicate ideas, lowering human effort significantly.
Bubbleideas brings power of Public APIs to Governance so that the developer community can create & pro-create downstream applications.
We launched only yesterday; do give us a look.
Thanks,
Team BubbleIdeas347 votes -
TSA Blog
This the gold standard for government blogs and was in many respects a pioneering project of Government 2.0, proving that engagement with citizens can be productive...and polite! Great staff, super-duper comment policy, real-time response to citizen concerns, and innovations like the "Got Feedback" initiative that allows people to solve their air travel issues quickly.
Website: http://www.tsa.gov/blog
Contact: @TSABlogTeam207 votes -
DotGov.com Mobile App
DotGov, Inc., is developing a mobile platform that will dramatically change how citizens interact with their local government. DotGov combines the power of Mobile Devices with Social Media and Open Data. It provides citizens with tools to directly interact with their city and benefit from all information and services local governments offer in an unprecedented way.
185 votes -
TransparencyData.com
Transparency Data is a central source for all federal and state campaign contributions made in the last twenty years. Here you can begin your search, find the information you need and then download records of what a candidate has received, what an individual has given, and how much companies and their employees have given.
166 votes -
TSA IdeaFactory
TSA's internal social network that gives employees a voice into agency operations. Employees can submit ideas to change or establish new policies, procedures or programs, comment on other employees' ideas or rate ideas. The IdeaFactory is a model for crowdsourcing and collaborative government
165 votes -
SeeClickFix
Mobile Web, Android, Iphone, Blackberry, web and soon text and speech allow citizens to communicate non-ermgency public problems to those accountable for the public space. Making democracy more participatory and encouraging citizens to speak-up and help shape-up their communities.
154 votes -
PolicyPitch.com
PolicyPitch.com is ushering in a new era of participatory democracy by bringing the power to effectuate change to the people. Policypitch.com is a crowd-powered platform that allows ordinary citizens to pitch new public policy ideas at the local 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.
Policypitch.com has a twofold approach to enabling ordinary citizens to influence change. (1) The first is through government transparency and legislative…
125 votes -
Town of Fishers Comprehensive iPhone App
The Town of Fishers iPhone App is the first app of its kind that goes way beyond reporting potholes through the iPhone. The Town's recently-launched app - available in the iTunes store - gives mobile users instant access to a variety of town information - department contacts, key services, maps to government facilities, access to Town social media sites AND reporting various issues to departments -- it's an app that truly has it all!
For more information - http://www.fishers.in.us/egov/docs/1267552462276.htm - or download it to see it in action.
90 votes -
CSC Labs
Our goal is to utilize technology to transform Colorado government at all levels (state, county, and city) to be more transparent, accountable, and accessible. One of our first goals is to publish a Colorado state-wide data catalog for all organizations - state, county, and city.
71 votes -
OPSpedia
A government wide internal platform for learning, connecting and sharing: includes enterprise-wide wiki, blogging platform, professional network (profiles, groups, events, status updates, etc.), social bookmarking, community-driven news and community moderation systems. All integrated with single sign-on and a single user interface. Everything is open: based on open source software, and open to be viewed by everyone in the civil service.
68 votes -
GSA Citizen Service Tools
Creating central repository of web 2.0 tools for all agencies to quickly use. Saves time and $ on adoption, security, etc.
56 votes -
Armed With Science Podcast
DoD's "Armed With Science Podcast," a weekly webcast that interviews DoD-related scientists, administrators, and operators on cutting-edge scientific research and development. Outstanding for many reasons: (1) informs the public about DoD's activities, (2) provides an incredible educational tool for students of all ages, (3) a great recruiting tool for next generation of scientists...and building a key knowledge repository, too.
Website: http://science.dodlive.mil
Contact: @ArmedwScience42 votes -
GAO Watchdog Report podcast
Both Congress and the public seek accountability in government programs and agencies. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is charged with delivering the non-partisan, non-ideological evidence necessary to make it possible. The new, five-minute GAO Watchdog Report audio podcast series highlights new findings from the agency by way of engaging interviews with senior GAO officials on new reports and testimonies. Recent episodes have focused on VA health care services for women veterans, how Recovery Act funds are being spent, and GAO's covert testing of the Energy Star program.
41 votes -
Manor Labs - manorlabs.org
Manor Labs is an open innovation platform designed to allow you to help us solve problems that plague our local government agency. This is also a place for you to submit ideas on how we can do things better.
24 votes -
EPA Lifecycle Building Challenge http://lifecyclebuilding.org
This online crowdsourced international green building competition is a virtual library of visionary submissions on designing buildings that are adaptable, reduce waste, reduce GHG emissions, and create local deconstruction and reuse jobs.
The project has changed the way buildings are being designed and resulted in new green building rating system credits.
23 votes -
VideoMinutes/MakeAMotion
Allows local governments to put their public meetings on video and online. With linked agenda items and 24/7 access, you don't have to sit through a long meeting. We've developed a smart camera system so that no camera operator is needed (the video feed switches automatically to the person who's talking). http://www.makeamotion.net and http://www.videominutes.net
23 votes -
GovLive
GovLive.com aggregates official government news releases in real-time from over 5,000 agencies, enabling you to follow what you care about within a single dashboard. Clicking "Nearby" will display only the information around your location.
18 votes -
2009 Flu Prevention Video PSA Contest
HHS held a video contest via YouTube during the peak of the H1N1 outbreak calling for creative flu prevention messaging. Public voting on the top 10 (chosen from the hundreds of submissions) was used to select the overall winner: a rapping doc from NY. bit.ly/9b8LZR.
16 votes -
Washington DC DOT (DDOT) Project Transparency Portal
Washington DC DOT (DDOT) dTAP system provides project transparency throughout the organization. Check it out:
More details about this Gov 2.0 Project: http://bit.ly/cSdGt4
16 votes