Gov 2.0

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San Francisco's Plan: Open Government, Open Data, Open Doors to New Business and Better Services

Sarah Lai Stirland | Tech President | January 24, 2012

Headd has been urging local governments to think of open data as an economic development tool for some time. In particular, he has argued in the past that financially strapped states could leverage the data in lieu of loans and grants to stimulate the creation and growth of small businesses. Read More »

The Open Source Behind gov.uk Revealed

DJ Walker-Morgan | The H (h-online.com) | February 1, 2012

While the UK government's plans for wider adoption of open source have been uneven in their application, the new beta version of the gov.uk web site should give proprietary software vendors and contractors pause for thought, as it is almost entirely built on or with open source.

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With GOV.UK, British Government Redefines the Online Government Platform

Alex Howard | O'Reilly Radar | January 31, 2012

The British Government has launched a beta of its GOV.UK platform, testing a single domain for that could be used throughout government. The new single government domain will eventually replace Directgov, the UK government portal which launched back in 2004. GOV.UK is aimed squarely as delivering faster digital services to citizens through a much improved user interface at decreased cost.

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