I guess I'll jump in here. MM, I may have an opportunity for the more robust research collaborative tool set you are thinking about.
I am the director of the new E-Governance Lab in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California, and editor of the Journal of E-Government. One of our early initiatives has been to set up an e-government collaborative research portal and solution sharing network to accommodate just the kind of research collaborative you desire. A municipal/public sector broadband/WiFi "channel" is one of the areas we had been looking at to jumpstart. Others that are currently planned are "E-Government Taxonomy," "Public Sector Open Source/Open Solutions," and an open e-government bibliography. We are in the final stages of rolling out and testing the current platform--should have it operating at the next level within a month or two (still working out the kinks). We also have a nice foundation of international institutions who will be participating. Let me know if this is something you and others might be interesting in pursuing/working on. Gregory G. Curtin, Ph.D, JD Research Professor and Director E-Governance Lab School of Policy, Planning and Development University of Southern California [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, January 24, 2005 1:31 pm Subject: Re: [DDN] Municipal broadband efforts in the US > Charlie, et al., > > I'm trying to develop a mechanism in which to do so. I am > proposing an alternative model of collaborative action research: > it needs to be sustained (ongoing), open, collaborative, not > rooted in turf and ownership, and receptive to energies of > volunteers. For now I am describing a sort of research commons, > and have three projects in mind. One is the project you are > describing. I am experimenting with it a bit here: > > Join the State-by-State ICT Policy and Practice Project: > http://www.omidyar.net/group/state-by-state/ > > I'd want a more extensive tool set, for the open research > collaborative, and am working on defining those. > > Right now the content is not "there", but it easily could be, > given the right framework and committed parties. > > Regards, > > MM > > > --- Charlie Meisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is anyone out there tracking the various state-level > > initiatives to either > > block or encourage the deployment of broadband networks by > > local > > governments? I know there are a handful of actions underway > > in Illinois, > > Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota. Is there > > anyone > > monitoring these developments in a central location? > > > > Thanks, > > Charlie Meisch > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > > ===== > _______________________________________________________________________ > Michael Maranda > President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) > President, CTCNet Chicago Chapter > Vice President, NPOTechs > www.afcn.org > www.ctcnetchicago.org > www.npotechs.org > > http://del.icio.us/Tropology/ > > Join the State-by-State ICT Policy and Practice Project: > http://www.omidyar.net/group/state-by-state/ > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of > the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
