Wikis and government
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Wikis and Government
Collaboration Project
- organization: National Academy of Public Administration
- http://www.collaborationproject.org/display/home/Home
The Collaboration Project is an independent forum of leaders committed to leveraging the interactive web and the benefits of collaborative technology to solve government's complex problems. Powered by the National Academy of Public Administration, this "wikified" space is designed to share ideas, examples and insights on the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the field of public governance.
Government 2.0
- organization: New Paradigm
- organization: Socialtext
- http://www.socialtext.net/wiki-government-and-democracy/index.cgi
For both emerging and established democratic societies, the Wikinomics era holds the promise and the inevitability of new models for delivering the functions of government. Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government & Democracy is a global research project that will identify and analyze emerging opportunities to harness new models of collaboration to transform the public sector. It builds on a wealth of continuing research by New Paradigm – a renowned think tank led by author and strategist Don Tapscott – and a global faculty of experts.
Wikis Make Gains in Government and Legislatures
- author: Pam Greenburg
- date: 18-Jun-2008
- http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2008/06/wikis-make-gain.html
Wikis are slowly finding a place in government and in state legislatures. Wikis allow users to add and edit content on a web page, taking advantage of the idea that a collective wisdom will create a better result. Utah Representative Steve Urquhart's Politicopia, which we highlighted in 2007, was the first state legislative policy wiki. It created a place for citizens and legislators to discuss a number of policy issues facing the Utah Legislature. But wikis are also being used within and across government agencies.
Gettin' Wiki With It
- author: Anne Lauren
- date: 28-Mar-2008
- http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2008/03/gettin_wiki_with_it_1.php
The Transportation Safety Administration has been running a wiki for employee input since last April, and getting plenty of participation.
Collaborative technologies drive accountability, say international CIOs
- author: Jill Aitoro
- date: 15-Apr-2008
- http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080415_7758.php
Karen Evans, administrator of IT and e-government for the Office of Management and Budget and the Bush administration's top IT executive, said Web 2.0 applications can help improve government operations. For example, OMB developed an in-house wiki called the MAX Federal Community, which the agency used to compile and solicit comments on earmarks, The Washington Post reported. The wiki has 5,500 members and is growing by hundreds each month, according to the Post.
"There was nervousness because the comments are there for everyone to see, and may become a political commentary," Evans said. "But we've found people just want to contribute to the process. We remind people that [this kind of collaborative application] is just a Web site. It's just using a different set of tools."
Webcontent.gov: Wikis
- organization: Webcontent.gov
- date: 02-Sep-2008
- http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/wikis.shtml
Webcontent.gov is for government web managers everywhere. While U.S. federal web content managers are the primary audience, we also welcome web managers from state, local, and international governments.
Wikis can foster collaboration both within government agencies and across agencies, including different levels of government. Wikis can break down barriers to collaboration, such as employees who work at different locations and have different access to technology. Wikis can help bring greater continuity and cohesiveness to communities that are fragmented or within organizational silos. Given the limitations of teleconferences, e-mail, and face–to–face meetings, wikis can help the government build strong and productive communities of practice—in a short period of time.
- author: Richard Walker
- publication: Federal Computer Week
- date: 29-Apr-2008
- http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152383-1.html
Wikis are proliferating in the federal government as officials seek effective ways to share information and collaborate, experts said April 28 at the ninth annual Knowledge Management conference in Washington. For example, the State Department's Diplopedia has 700 registered editors and contains about 3,700 articles, said Eric Johnson, leader of the Knowledge Management Action Team in the department's Office of eDiplomacy.
The U.S. Joint Forces Command and the Marine Corps also have adopted wiki-like tools to share knowledge.
Army intranet tops 1 billion log-ins
- author: Gautham Nagesh
- date: 24-Oct-2008
- http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081024_5245.php
Army Knowledge Online is a collection of applications and social networking tools on the service's secure network, such as e-mail, file storage, discussion forums and video messaging. Its more than 2 million users include active-duty soldiers, as well as National Guard and Reserve members, civilian employees, and the Army's contractor workforce.
The wiki component, which allows users to share information and knowledge about various subject areas, is new, but Fritzsche said it has caught on quickly.
"The wiki capability has grown in popularity immediately. On a day-to-day basis we're adding 10 to 20 entries at the highest level," he said, referring to the content submitted by users. To deal with the deluge of information, the Army Knowledge Online program office designates subadministrators to manage content in their areas of expertise, similar to the system used by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Those contributors include Army personnel, contractors and civilian staffers.
Intellipedia Marks Second Anniversary
Many people in today's world are familiar with Wikipedia, the free online collaborative encyclopedia. But, have you ever heard of Intellipedia?
Intellipedia is the Intelligence Community's version of the famous encyclopedia. It is used by analysts, working groups, and engineers throughout the IC. Since its unveiling in 2006, Intellipedia has grown exponentially – with more than 1.5 million edits on the top secret network alone.
Case study: Intellipedia
4 studies in collaboration — Case 1: Intellipedia
- author: Jason Miller
- publication: Federal Computer Week
- date: 03-Mar-2008
- http://www.fcw.com/print/22_5/features/151790-1.html
Intelligence analysts establish trust in an online community of their own making. The more than 80,000 members of the intelligence community who work on unclassified, secret and top-secret networks make on average more than 5,000 contributions to Intellipedia daily.
video: Briefing on "The Intellipedians" The social software movement within the U.S. Intelligence Community
- presenter: Chris Rasmussen
- publication: Federal Computer Week
- date: May 2007
- http://www.fcw.com/specials/intellipedia/
A cadre of U.S. intelligence analysts is working to shake-up the ways that national security intelligence has been customarily shared, sifted, and presented to policymakers. Using simple collaborative software tools and instituting "new rules" for mashing the data, the "Intellipedians" are slowly changing a mindset molded by years of stove-pipes and intelligence hoarding.
In this Web audio-slide presentation, Chris Rasmussen, Knowledge Management Officer, Intellipedia, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, talks about what it's like to work as an Intellipedian, the rules they live by, and how the new tools are helping transform the ways of the intelligence-processing for good.
Intellipedia's next act
- author: Ben Bain
- publication: Federal Computer Week
- date: 30-May-2008
- http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152705-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
About 70,000 users from the intelligence community, other federal agencies and local law enforcement, along with sponsored academics and experts, can search, add and edit entries in Intellipedia, a wiki for the intelligence community. It is the best known of ODNI's Web 2.0 collaboration tools.
Although Intellipedia has been successful gaining participants in the past two years and encouraging postings and mass collaboration, the community's organizers said they are anxious to move forward to a more advanced level.
Wiki-Government
- author: Beth Simone Noveck
- publication: Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
- date: Winter 2008
- http://www.democracyjournal.org/article.php?ID=6570
How open-source technology can make government decision-making more expert and more democratic.
