Tag Archives: Open Government
Weekly bits of interest – 19 December 2011
Recent developments and articles of interest: Is it easier to be innovative in small teams? Michael Schrage looks at the trend for smaller innovation teams. “The key performance indicator here is, ironically, slow growth. A fast-growing innovation team means either the wrong people were hired or that the wrong challenge […]
Weekly bits of interest – 7 November 2011
And we’re back with a bumper weekly bits of interest post. Recent developments and articles of interest: “Can you get things done without making people hate you?” is a post on some psychology research looking at the assertiveness “sweet spot”. “So the tacit belief that you get the best results in business […]
Weekly bits of interest – 11 April 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: The US Government has launched a Good Government site which covers open government and transparency. The UK Government has launched the Red Tape Challenge, an open platform inviting comment on regulations from businesses and the public. This is an example of a […]
Weekly bits of interest – 15 March 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: The Australian Government has released a revised data.gov.au site. You can use the site to suggest other datasets that could be included, commenting on the datasets up there, and provide feedback on the site. More information can be seen in the […]
Weekly bits of interest – 10 January 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the past couple of weeks: Late last year the US Congress passed the America COMPETES Act to provide federal agencies with the authority to conduct prize competitions. ”By giving agencies a simple and clear legal path, the America COMPETES Act will make it dramatically easier for agencies […]
APS 200 Public Sector Innovation Project – update
I am chairing the APS200 project on public sector innovation that DIISR Secretary, Mark Paterson referred to in his post in August. I want to give you an update on where the project is up to, and what lies ahead.
Weekly bits of interest – 11 October 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: The Attorney-General’s Department has amended released an amended Statement of Intellectual Property Principles for Australian Government Agencies, including that agencies should license their public sector information under Creative Commons BY license (the same license that this blog site uses). In its post about this, […]
Weekly bits of interest – 19 July 2010
Last week’s picks of interesting articles: In this post, MindLab’s Innovation Director Christian Bason looks at the word innovation, what it really means and why it is both needed and overused. “But to place the practice of innovation more squarely at the heart of government, we need to continue to […]