Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

#Gov20 enters #Cyberwar age or How does Government 2.0 play a role in cyberwar?

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Market maturation comes with ups and downs in any industry. With Government 2.0 we have now reached a point in my opinion, based on being directly involved with part of the trRead More....

Mobile medical app regulation or innovation stifling?

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
I have been following closely the debate surrounding the FDA's call to regulate apps like you use on your smart phone as a device, like a heart monitor or diabetes test kit. Is this the right thing to do? I am all for regulation of industries to ensure safety and make sure no one dies becRead More....

It Was Amazing.

Monday, April 30th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="Gov 2.0 L.A. Hybrid Un-conference"][/caption] It Was Amazing. Thank you to all who made Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 a success for the 3rd year in a row. We had over 44,Read More....

Citizen power rocks 2012.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="Gov 2.0 L.A. Hybrid Un-conference"][/caption] As the 3rd annual Gov 2.0 L.A. (Gov20LA) approaches on April 21, 2012; I have been thinking a lot about why I started this conference and what it means for yRead More....

Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 Partnership and Venue Change

Friday, February 24th, 2012
We have some exciting news to share. Gov 2.0 LA will be shifting the Gov20LA event venue to Pepperdine University in Malibu, California for theRead More....

Gov 2.0 mashups with Election 2012

Monday, January 16th, 2012
Election 2012 was either supposed to be about someone beating Obama or Obama beating someone. That part of the story is still being told. However the sub-story of election 2012 is not which GOP candidate got a "surge". Surge. That word; each time I heard the word "surge" I looked at my surgeRead More....

Great early success with Educate Mozambique

Monday, December 19th, 2011
Our project has just begun, and already positive results are showing themselves with promised funding now being placed into Mozambique's education system. We look forward to lots of pictures soon of new schools being built to replace pictures like this below. Read More....

Gov 2.0 LA 2012 is going to be April 21

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The third Gov20LA is coming up soon. In fact in On April 21 of 2012 at the same location as this year. As we have in the last Read More....

Listening to the Global pulse of Gov 2.0

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Change is here. It is happening everywhere. I have been fortunate in the last few months to speak and also do a tremendous amount of listening and asking pertinent questions of minister level officials in 5 national capitals, on 4 continents. The pace of change in government use and implemenRead More....