If you live in the US or Canada you probably know that you can dial 911 for emergency services and 411 for directory assistance. However, did you know that many communities in these two countries offer 311 service as well?
The Open311 project promises to bring 311 services into the digital age.
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Open Data, Government Gains Momentum in U.S. with Project Open311
It’s Friday and I am in a Microsoft (news, site) state of mind. Particularly when it comes to news about SharePoint or cloud offerings like this one: Microsoft will offer governments a version of its Business Productivity Online Suite that more secure and private than the current one.
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Microsoft’s New Super Secure BPOS Government Cloud Service
Think you know what websites have the best usability?
A survey by the UK-based research firm Webcredible found that the top performing industry sectors were news and media websites, followed by travel and utility websites. The sites voted most unfavorably belonged to local authority and government sector websites.
The study surveyed 1,000 users during the last quarter of 2009. The results indicate that some industries could improve from a renewed focus on their interfaces.
See more here:
Challenges With Transparency, Usability and Government Websites
Ladies and gentleman, Anil Dash has officially left the building.
As the very first employee at blogging and social media software maker, Six Apart (news, site) and a seasoned blogger himself (10 years!), Dash has been intrinsic to the company as well as the online writing discussion since the beginning. Consequently, his departure throws up a little red flag for some of us — what does this mean for blogging? Or for Six Apart? Well we asked him, and this is what he had to say:
Excerpt from:
Anil Dashes, From Six Apart to GOV Social Media
In the never-ending argument over which country is Number 1, the UK has just surpassed the US in one particular area: that of open data.
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UK Gov Surpasses US Gov in Number of Public, Open Data Sets
