Government

Ozone Widget Framework required to be open source under congressional law

The Ozone Widget Framework went open source recently.

Ozone is:

A customizable open-source web application that assembles the tools you need to accomplish any task and enables those tools to communicate with each other.

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2 CommentsPosted 5 Mar 2013 by Luis Ibanez

New leaders in science are those who share

The Obama administration recently responded to a petition asking the government to "require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research."

I first heard about the petition on Google+, and am very proud to be signature #52. Back then 25,000 signatures seemed like a tall order for what is a somewhat niche area. In the end, the petition gained over 65,000 signatures and an official response from the White House. The Open Science Federation posted a screen capture of the 25,000th signature landmark on June 3, 2012. John Wilibanks started the petition with signature #1.

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0 CommentsPosted 5 Mar 2013 by Marcus D. Hanwell

Download free eBook about the principles of open government

Download our free eBook: Open Voices: Applying open source principles to government

This is the soft launch in PDF form of this eBook that collects our best articles about open government initiatives from around the world. In them, our authors discuss the intersection of open source and government, with a special focus on the way municipalities adopt and release new technologies and cultivate open source communities.

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5 CommentsPosted 1 Mar 2013 by Jen Wike (Red Hat)

Public access to scientific research endorsed by White House

The White House responded last week to the petition: Increasing Public Access to the Results of Scientific Research. It was posted to the We the People petition site and got 65,704 signatures (the minimum required is 25,000).

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4 CommentsPosted 27 Feb 2013 by Luis Ibanez

Open States gathers legislative data from all 50 states

After more than four years of work from volunteers and a full-time team here at Sunlight we're immensely proud to launch the full Open States site with searchable legislative data for all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Open States is the only comprehensive database of activities from all state capitols that makes it easy to find your state lawmaker, review their votes, search for legislation, track bills, and much more.

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0 CommentsPosted 21 Feb 2013 by Nicko Margolies

Open Source for America awards: Nominate someone today

Open Source for America (OSFA) announced today the opening of its nomination period for the annual OSFA awards. Each year, the organization recognizes individuals, projects, and deployments that support its mission to encourage free and open source software adoption in the U.S. government.

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0 CommentsPosted 20 Feb 2013 by Melanie Chernoff (Red Hat)

Using open data for regional collaboration

I have a regional, collaborative philosophy of open data initiatives and municipalities. In North Carolina, the cities of Cary, Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill all share the economic engine that is the Research Triangle Park. They also share the innovation engine of five, top universities.

The Triangle just got its next open data participant: the Town of Cary.

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4 CommentsPosted 18 Feb 2013 by Jason Hare

US Department of State unveils Open Book Project

In late January, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the Open Book Project (remarks, project page, press notice), an initiative to expand access to free, high-quality educational materials in Arabic, with a particular focus on science and technology. These resources will be released under open licenses that allow their free use, sharing, and adaptation to local context. » Read more

6 CommentsPosted 15 Feb 2013 by Cable Green

Bring openness to your local government with Code Across America

Code Across America is scheduled for February 22-24. It will be a weekend of community building and moving the needle for more openness in local governments across the United States.

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2 CommentsPosted 12 Feb 2013 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

International Open Data Hackathon Wiki now live

The wiki

The Open Data Day wiki (sans logo, so a little rough around the edges) is now live and ready for action.

The wiki is where organizers can list the city in which they’ll be putting together an event and where interested participants can find local events and let people know that they’ll be attending (to give organizers a sense of numbers) and what projects, workshops, discussions, or other activities they are interested in participating in. » Read more

2 CommentsPosted 8 Feb 2013 by David Eaves