This is a very interesting subject with a lot to learn still and a few issues to resolve:
1. I don't know if that was discussed, but I found it interesting to see how the experiment made by the Obama government with Change.gov showed the limitation of trying an open dialogue with citizens, at least in the format they had chosen. They were asking people to submit ideas and rate ideas from others. And the website completely got taken over by what I think is a small group of activists, so that the results of the exercise was that the top idea for America is "Legalize Marijuana" (http://change.force.com/ideas/ideaList.apexp? c=09a800000004fo6&lsi=2). There is a very good post on this here: http://blog.ecairn.com/2009/01/22/dell-ideastorm-and-obama/ 2. Similarly, Change.org organized a contest for ideas, and this time they asked people to submit their ideas by categories, and then they selected the top 3 of each category. So with this process, the results got a little better, because instead of one activist group taking over, they had at least activists groups in categories, and therefore there was a few more choices for the final selection process. What happened there was that they allowed people to submit ideas up until the very last day of the first round selection, and it was interesting to see that the ideas that got selected had only been submitted in many cases the very last day, or day before last. So these groups lined up voters ahead of time without appearing on the radar screen, and then flooded the system with votes at the last minute, preventing others from being able to react. 3. Lastly I talked recently with a hacker friend who told me that to go around the captcha images in sign up processes you could actually hire people in India to do the work, so it is a human and it cost only 3 cents by signups. So the next step would be to make really sure that whoever is signing up to vote on ideas is really legit, which I know was not really done beyond the captcha test in both the change.gov and change.org websites. There is still a lot of work to do in these matters... On Mar 3, 7:29 am, Mills Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert, > > From E-Gov to Connected Governance: the Role of Cloud Computing, Web > 2.0 and Web 3.0 Semantic Technologies > This page contains the program and proceedings of a one-day > conference / workshop held in Washington, DC on February 17, 2009 on > the role of information and communication technologies in an era of > connected governance. > Presentations, videos, and handouts are posted to the wiki page. > Attendance: 360 people signed up for this event to attend either on- > site or remotely via webcast. > Here is a link to an overview presentation of the workshop themes: > What is the role of cloud computing, web 2.0, and web 3.0 semantic > technologies in the coming era of transparent, collaborative, > connected e-governance? > > Key questions this workshop explored: > What is the significance of connected governance in the Obama > administration? > What role does cloud computing, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 semantic > technology play in an era of connected governance? > What immediate steps towards connected governance should government > agencies take? > The plan of the conference included the following: > > Our keynote session highlighted findings, conclusions and > recommendations from a recent UN study that examined the current state > and direction of evolution of e-government world-wide. > A second keynote featured running your organization on semantics, > presented by the Dutch government. Key to this approach is “separating > the know from the flow.” Excellent videos from this talk are posted to > the wiki page. > Following the keynote, we set the stage for the morning's panel > session with an overview presentation that outlines the role of Web > 2.0, Cloud Computing, and Web 3.0 semantic technologies in and era of > connected governance. This presentation highlighted new concepts and > practices of connected governance, the role of information and > communication technologies in realizing this vision, and near-term > steps towards connected governance that every agency can take. > Next there was a panel discussion featuring leading technologists. We > invited them to tell us briefly about the capabilities they provide, > the problems they solve, and the value their solutions bring, and to > discuss how the capabilities they provide might be combined to > further enhance the value to government, business, and citizenry in > the era of connected governance. > After lunch, the conference featured demos of next generation > capabilities and solutions for connected governance.. Each panelist > has the opportunity (about 10 minutes) to present. A topic we asked > to feature was what sort of free trial or quickstart package(s) they > offer that government agencies can access to learn more, or get started. > Also, the conference announced a program of briefings, technical > training of Web 2.0, Cloud Computing and Web 3.0 Semantic > Technologies, and services to support pilots of connected governance > solutions. These programs are produced by Semantic Exchange and > Semantic Communities in association with industry experts and leading > vendors. If your or your organization would like more information, > please send me an email. > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 09:33:10AM -0500, Mills Davis wrote: > >> Next week were conducting a 1-day conference > > > Mills, > > > How did this go? Any reports for us? > > > rl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CooperationCommons?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
