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Raleigh-Durham, NC
Two decades experience analyzing user behavior interacting with web applications. Experience includes developing user interfaces using rapid prototyping and an iterative project management style to create award winning, user-centered information portals. Primary interests include Big Data and Open Data applications and community engagement in a public sector environment. Other interests include analytic-driven portal interface design, e-government acculturation, citizen engagement, open source platforms and government transparency.Reach Jason Hare on Twitter, Google+ and About.me.
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I would say Raleigh is taking a holistic approach. Open Government is a process. Open Data can lead to Open Services which then can lead to Open Government. I don't equivocate one with the other. They are all necessary but not sufficient conditions leading toward an open transparent citizen experience, We are at the beginning of what will be an acculturation process that is trying to catch up to technology and how users of technology interact with one anotther. There was an interesting article in the Economist a few weeks back talking about cities as "vast data factories." A lot of open data folks took this to mean this article was about open data. In fact it was about the way urban residents generate huge amounts of data using various interconnected devices. As government, we need to change the interaction model used to engage citizens. We need to match our engagement model with a citizens everyday experience in accessing and using information. This is both a technology and a cultural issue on the part of government and its citizens. Government needs to increase awareness of what is available and make e-engagement attractive to its constituents.
Maybe I will just start referring to you as Hibbets and I'll be Hare..:)