Op-Ed Piece in Federal Computer Week
Last week, Federal Computer Week published an op-ed they had invited me to write on the issue of crowdsourcing, public participation and how the former might be applied in the context of the latter:...
View ArticleParticipateDB in GSA’s Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter
I was recently invited to write a short article about ParticipateDB for the Spring edition of GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications’ Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter (PDF, 3.4 MB)....
View ArticleThree Op-Eds On “What’s Next California”
I was invited to contribute one of three short op-eds about the upcoming Deliberative Poll “What’s Next California?” for Zócalo Public Square, an online magazine on civic issues based in Los Angeles,...
View ArticleEconomist Article on Wiki Legislation
I’m quoted in the Economist today: Government by (all) the people [...] Successful examples of legislation by the masses are rare. Most people don’t know how to write laws. Tim Bonnemann, the founder...
View ArticleLA Mayor FixDWP E-Petition Site: More Background Information, Please!
My Twitter commentary yesterday about LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “Fix DWP!” online petition site (here, here) got picked up by NextCity correspondent Nancy Scola, who interviewed me for her piece. Here’s...
View ArticleMarketplace Morning Report: “Giving Residents a Crack at City Budgets”
The other week, I got to do an interview with Queena Kim of Marketplace. Her short piece on the City of San Francisco’s recent push to take participatory budgeting online aired on Marketplace Morning...
View ArticleCapitol Public Radio: “Lawmaker Turns to Crowdsourcing to Create Legislation”
I was interviewed last week by Katie Orr, State Government Reporter at Capitol Public Radio in Sacramento, CA to talk about California Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s recent open policymaking experiment (see...
View ArticleMarketplace Morning Report: “Hey, Let’s Crowdsource This California Law!”
Quick follow-up on the earlier post, here’s Marketplace with a slightly shorter version of the piece: Hey, let’s crowdsource this California law!
View ArticleParticipateDB: Article in APA Tech Division Spring Newsletter
Here’s a short article (PDF) I wrote for the latest edition of APA Technology Division‘s quarterly newsletter about the ParticipateDB relaunch that’s currently underway: ParticipateDB: Digital...
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