SECTOR: PUBLIC

Kristin Bockius (St. Louis, MO) — As the U.S. passes its one-year anniversary of the Open Government Directive, it’s a good time to reflect and think about how far things have come, but also to contemplate where they are going during the next year. Now that social media and government has largely moved past a ... Read more »

Kristin Bockius (St. Louis, MO) — These are tough times for governments. Well, for governments that can’t print money, that is. While at the Federal government level there are some, shall we say, creative solutions to financial problems, state governments around the U.S. don’t have so many options. States have to balance their budgets and increasingly need ... Read more »

Mike Strand (Seattle, WA) - I hate hype. Believe it or not, I’ve never seen the movie Titanic. To this day, I refuse to “fist pound” people as a greeting. The bottom line on hype for me is that if something is too popular, I get turned off. At times, my experience with micro-blogging felt similar. Everyone ... Read more »

Patrick Svenburg (Washington DC) - What happens when brainy folks from NASA, The World Bank, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google put their heads together to develop innovative solutions to humanity’s problems? Random Hacks of Kindness, or RHoK, is about building a community of innovative people who can contribute technology expertise to help make the world a better place. ... Read more »