Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 - Honor Innovation!
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.?
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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 responsibility for a part of local public politic decisions.
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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, 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/cz4O356 votes -
6 votes
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6 votes
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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.5 votes
