Gov 2.0 Summit (September 7-8, 2010 in Washington, DC) assembles the leaders and decision makers from government and the private sector to discuss the concept of government-as-platform and explore the transformation of the relationship between the government and citizens.

------------------------ CONTEST CLOSES 9/1/10 at 11:59p EST --------------------------

****THE CONTEST****

1. Read the questions under each track below.
2. Share your idea(s), hit "Create Idea" then scroll back up page.
3. Assign your idea to a category (one of the track titles).
4. The top response under each track wins a free pass to the Summit.

****THE TRACKS****

FUELING THE INNOVATION ECONOMY
What are the most exciting sources of innovation that are fueling the economy and improving the way government (federal, state, local) serves its citizens?

THE POWER OF PLATFORMS
What ideas or fully realized programs best embody Government as a Platform - where government is demonstrating strategic mastery of platform thinking, and the private sector is innovating programs that can be adapted for government use?

EMPOWERING CITIZENS
What are the best citizen-driven innovations that are changing the government-citizen relationship for the better - turbocharged by the participatory technologies of the web, social media, and mobile phones, etc.?

1. Top Ideas
2. Hot Ideas
3. New Ideas
4. Accepted Ideas
5. Completed Ideas

1. 6 votes

   Participatory budgeting (PB): Our hands on the purse strings

   Five year olds in Newcastle use PB to design playgrounds, the alderman for Chicago's 49th ward hands his capital infrastructure budget to PB to implement the 14 of 36 community-designed projects voted up by his constituents, and the 10% of the citizens of La Plata, Argentina vote via paper, compu... more

   Five year olds in Newcastle use PB to design playgrounds, the alderman for Chicago's 49th ward hands his capital infrastructure budget to PB to implement the 14 of 36 community-designed projects voted up by his constituents, and the 10% of the citizens of La Plata, Argentina vote via paper, computer, and SMS to allocate over 30% of the city's budget.
   Newcastle: http://bit.ly/bgyHfJ
   La Plata: http://bit.ly/acM2Os
   Chicago: http://bit.ly/cz4O35

   by berendes in Empowering Citizens | 2 comments
2. 8 votes

   http://DataSF.org

   Opening city data for citizens has created a wealth of applications that analyze and decipher information into functional performance, operational, and programatic charts, graphs, and metrics. Instead of the government telling you how they are doing, the citizen can find out for themselves. Plus,... more

   Opening city data for citizens has created a wealth of applications that analyze and decipher information into functional performance, operational, and programatic charts, graphs, and metrics. Instead of the government telling you how they are doing, the citizen can find out for themselves. Plus, this has actively reduced FOIA requests for publicly accessible data.

   by Andreas D. Addison in Fueling the Innovation Economy | 0 comments
3. 3 votes

   Open Linked Data

   From finding biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease (http://esw.w3.org/images/d/d0/ISMB2010_Final.pdf) to mining environmental monitoring data (http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/demo/exhibit/demo-8-castnet.php), semantic approaches to data modeling are enabling innovation and discovery that make them worth t... more

   From finding biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease (http://esw.w3.org/images/d/d0/ISMB2010_Final.pdf) to mining environmental monitoring data (http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/demo/exhibit/demo-8-castnet.php), semantic approaches to data modeling are enabling innovation and discovery that make them worth the investment.

   by matt_case in Fueling the Innovation Economy | 0 comments
4. 3 votes

   Fed: Implement ITIL v3/BPM for control of resources

   Standardize "Plain Vanilla" business IT systems to provide FIT, Form and Function across the Federal Government. Use proven standards of private sector platforms to follow the entire lifecycle of people, processes and technology providing transparency to decision makers of total cost ... more

   Standardize "Plain Vanilla" business IT systems to provide FIT, Form and Function across the Federal Government. Use proven standards of private sector platforms to follow the entire lifecycle of people, processes and technology providing transparency to decision makers of total cost of ownership cradle to grave. It is NOT a difficult task: If we can track 10k stocks trading in milliseconds between global exchanges and 100's of different Counterparties with $$$$$$ while apropriately managing risk WE CAN more efficiently run the government. (it is not too complex). Implement the same standards and controls that you currently use in private sector for compliance, best practices SOX, FFIEAC, ETC and Governence and stop reinventing the wheel. The spots are a different color but the underlying animal is of the same species. Track Government Spending of US Sharholder (Taxpayer) funds as you are required to do in Private Sector. Do NOT put together a study, add another layer of beauracracy or throw money at another technology. Do a proper business needs assessment: people, process, requirement for enable it with technology. Agile, efficient, optimized, transaction based platform secured on proven technology and practices!!! (when is the last time you heard of the NYSE getting hacked) Identify, measure, monitor, and control risks then. Put the saved money into saving lives, creating a better educations system....etc.

   by Susan Hess in The Power of Platforms | 0 comments
5. 6 votes

   iWorld

   Dude 1: Hey, man what’s up?
   Dude 2: Nothin’. Just renewing my Drivers License on the DMV App. Am I really that old? (Texting/Typing 100 wpm)
   Dude 1: Yep, you’re OLD! I’ve got to get on the (insert government agency) App and get some work done. Do you have that document you were working on?... more

   Dude 1: Hey, man what’s up?
   Dude 2: Nothin’. Just renewing my Drivers License on the DMV App. Am I really that old? (Texting/Typing 100 wpm)
   Dude 1: Yep, you’re OLD! I’ve got to get on the (insert government agency) App and get some work done. Do you have that document you were working on?
   Dude 2: Sure. Uh, here it is.
   Tap Phones
   Dude 1: Cool, thanks.
   Dude 2: Oh, man. The boss just pinged me. Looks like she’s around the corner at Blank’s Coffee. (Stands, still Texting/Typing at lightning speed.) Well, to the office.
   Dude 1: I’ll tag along. I need some caffeine anyway.

   This could be your workday. Pretty nice, right? Mobile Apps could open up a whole new world to how the government does business. Telecommuting would be common, which studies say increases individuals’ community involvement. How else would you get social interaction if you didn’t have to go to work? You could work from anywhere. Quality of life would improve. Pay/Benefits would be a direct correlation of the AMOUNT of work you do, not the amount of time you spend at your cubicle. Productivity goes up, overhead goes down. What will the government do with all of that money they’re saving?

   -And citizens will marvel at the service they receive from the bureaucracy that was once drowning in paper. I think Mobile Apps offer what some agencies struggle with: INTEGRATION. Imagine, you can pick out and upload all of the information you need to work (and play) right in the palm of your hand. Dreamy.

   by Aimee O'Brien Rosenow in Fueling the Innovation Economy | 0 comments
6. 11 votes

   Challenge.gov

   Challenge.gov allows federal government agencies to post challenges and contests, and at the same time, allows the public to find all challenges in one place. Challenge.gov is a powerful platform because citizens can :
   -Show support for all government challenges
   -Sort challenges by time left,... more

   Challenge.gov allows federal government agencies to post challenges and contests, and at the same time, allows the public to find all challenges in one place. Challenge.gov is a powerful platform because citizens can :
   -Show support for all government challenges
   -Sort challenges by time left, prize amount, popularity, topic, agency
   -Discuss and post solutions to challenges
   -Share challenges with their friends via email and social media
   -Receive email or RSS updates

   by Karen Trebon in The Power of Platforms | 0 comments
7. 66 votes

   mGOV2: Social Media and eVoting

   We are a research institute in Brazil (i3g institute) which is proposing the use of social networks to extend public discussions in local areas, allowing direct voting through e-Voting platforms (web and mobile phones, SMS), about local government subjects and themes, giving to the citizen the re... more

   We are a research institute in Brazil (i3g institute) which is proposing the use of social networks to extend public discussions in local areas, allowing direct voting through e-Voting platforms (web and mobile phones, SMS), about local government subjects and themes, giving to the citizen the responsibility for a part of local public politic decisions.

   by Thiago Paulo Silva de Oliveira in Empowering Citizens | 2 comments
8. 6 votes

   Open311

   by Naoya Makino in The Power of Platforms | 0 comments
9. 6 votes

   Empowering Government Employees

   We started a government employee group called Drupal4Gov. We are gov't employees working together to build our skills through mentoring, code sprints, discussions and sharing code.

   Working together, we are able to demonstrate the power of the Drupal community and the way in which Gov't employee... more

   We started a government employee group called Drupal4Gov. We are gov't employees working together to build our skills through mentoring, code sprints, discussions and sharing code.

   Working together, we are able to demonstrate the power of the Drupal community and the way in which Gov't employees are also giving back to the community. Sort of a public private partnership in a cloud.

   by Kirsten in The Power of Platforms | 0 comments
10. 6 votes

    Public web sites. Simple & empowering. Allowing anyone to provide input for change

    by Nichole Henley in Empowering Citizens | 1 comment
11. 3 votes

    Interactive Data Increases Transparency, Access and Constituent Engagement: The XBRL Example

    After 10 years of refinement and utilzation as a standard for business reporting, XBRL has proven its scalability, openness and agillity in appllications in Europe and Asia. It is now in the middle of Standard Business Reporting (SBR) intiatives in a number of countries. SBR initiatives ratioan... more

    After 10 years of refinement and utilzation as a standard for business reporting, XBRL has proven its scalability, openness and agillity in appllications in Europe and Asia. It is now in the middle of Standard Business Reporting (SBR) intiatives in a number of countries. SBR initiatives ratioanlize federal agency and other regulatory reporting requirements to streamline constituent submissions and cross-agency colllaboration. XBRL has been adopted by the FDIC, SEC and other federal programs in the US. We can discuss how this new, open standard can be of value at the federal, state and local level to meet a variety of legacy needs.

    thank-you,
    Patrick

    by anonymous in Fueling the Innovation Economy | 1 comment
12. 6 votes

    Open Source products are the driving force behing open governement

    Open source is the driving initiative for Open Government. Government needs a cost effective way to adopting new technologies to allow for Gov 2.0 involvement in Community Engagement.

    by Darron passlow in The Power of Platforms | 1 comment
13. 4 votes

    Uniform Positions Descriptions for NAVSEA

    by Tom Watson in Fueling the Innovation Economy | 1 comment
14. 3 votes

    govAscend

    govAscend is a PaaS mobile application platform. govAscend provides the application designer, cloud based storage, and export tools allowing agencies to build, deploy, and share custom-designed mobile applications without licensing, maintenance, or infrastructure cost.

    by Frank Traylor in The Power of Platforms | 0 comments
15. 32 votes

    NIGP Observatory - Spend Analysis

    The NIGP Observatory is a new spend and supplier management solution that delivers the data, tools and intelligence required to give the procurement function the insight it needs to reduce costs, realize cooperative opportunities, improve contract compliance, and drive continuous improvements in ... more

    The NIGP Observatory is a new spend and supplier management solution that delivers the data, tools and intelligence required to give the procurement function the insight it needs to reduce costs, realize cooperative opportunities, improve contract compliance, and drive continuous improvements in spend and supplier management.

    Underpinned by a unique, proprietary and proven methodology for the quick and cost effective extraction, standardization, classification and enrichment of Government agency expenditure data, the NIGP Observatory includes a range of powerful but intuitive online tools designed to allow you spend more time making decisions and a lot less time, effort and money grappling with data.

    Regarding the launch of the NIGP Observatory, Rick Grimm, Chief Executive Officer of NIGP said:

    "The NIGP Observatory will help develop and support the procurement profession and elevate its value within the organization. It provides the tools, intelligence, and data a procurement professional needs to reduce costs, realize collaboration opportunities, improve contract compliance, and drive continuous improvements in spend and supplier management."

    by Candace Riddle in The Power of Platforms | 1 comment
16. 10 votes

    NASA Nebula

    by alyciap1 in The Power of Platforms | 1 comment
17. 5 votes

    Spigit

    Provides government entities to receive suggestions, field questions and facilitate communication with the public, thus helping government make more informed civic decisions.
    Ideas generated through the platform have created measurable value, including revenue generation and cost savings.

    by Derrick in Empowering Citizens | 1 comment
18. 10 votes

    Data.gov

    by sressler in The Power of Platforms | 0 comments
19. 6 votes

    SeeClickFix

    by sressler in Empowering Citizens | 0 comments
20. 6 votes

    Mobile apps

    by sressler in Fueling the Innovation Economy | 0 comments