Ask Beth Noveck a Question!
Are you concerned about Federal government transparency?
Think your representatives could be doing more?
Do you have questions or concerns about the Obama administration's Open Government Initiative attempts?
Have Your Voice Heard
If you said yes to any of these questions, Web 2.0 Expo New York offers you a unique opportunity to have your voice heard: Beth Noveck, United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government, has agreed to answer a question from the Web 2.0 community. Tim O'Reilly will be in conversation with Noveck at Web 2.0 Expo New York this November 19, and he will ask her the winning question.
15 Questions
Submit your question for Noveck below or vote for the one you most want asked. On Wednesday, November 18 at 5 p.m. EST we will take the top 15 rated questions and present them to Noveck and O’Reilly. They will select the question to be answered in the keynote.
Wiki Government
The author of the winning question will receive a signed copy of Noveck's book, "Wiki Government."
To Participate
1) Sign in with your Twitter account (or create one if you don't already have one).
2) Read through the questions and vote on your favorites.
3) Ask a question yourself!
4) Promote your question on Twitter, Facebook, etc. and ask people to vote for it.
Interesting Proposals
Does social media effectively pave the way way toward online voting?
Can government transparency overseen by Private organizations?
Information Transparency, Congruence, and Perception :: "The Digital Tug of War"
In this era where the Digital Age is hitting its peak, we are hitting a phenomenon where information is intentionally made transparent through tools such as Facebook and Twitter, and little thought goes into the potential repercussions of this information liquidity. Now taking this idea and attaching it to the methods...
Transparency and the Fed
The Fed prints and spends trillions of our dollars. Unfortunately, our power to audit as specified in the US Code is virtually non-existent due to exemptions like (the Fed must agree to audited a priori, foreign transactions cannot be audited, monetary policy related transactions cannot be audited, etc...). Given that the...
Limits on Executive Privilege
What do you believe are the appropriate limits of executive privilege in the disclosure of information to Congress and the public?
Checks and balances
Web vox populi approaches to gain the perspective of the common citizen always sound right on paper, but most of the popular systems (twitter, commenting, social bookmarking, etc.) seem so easy to spam or skew to extremes and misrepresent the common viewpoint. The Democrats showed how to effectively exploit that in...
What are steps for meaningful public collaboration & engagement?
To achieve meaningful collaboration, public engagement must go beyond simple crowd sourcing of comments and doc voting. Working relationships must be built with practitioners across ecosystems and industries. True value will emerge when thought leaders can help frame public policy online in real-time, not after the fact. Can OSTP via the...
Can government transparency overseen by Private organizations?
Can government transparency overseen by Private organizations?
Accountability for government contractors
Open government advocates talk a lot about government accountability--but what about accountability for the many contractors who have been in the news recently? Can government contracts mandate the contractors to show data--such as expenditures, salaries, and results--that will help the public determine whether the contract is being well spent?
Shouldn't Data.gov be more like eBooks?
After 5 mos., Data.gov has only 600 raw datasets. How about extending Atom XML for data cataloging -- allow entries to point to subcatalogs and encourage agencies to build their own data catalogs? Then, use Data.gov to show agencies and others how to do it right. Data.gov can set the standard....
Is transparency boring?
Lots of government data is dull. How do you surface the important parts?
Does social media effectively pave the way way toward online voting?
I applaud the government for experimenting with Web 2.0 and social technologies. Gov2.0 is a terrific way to engage more citizens with their government. Is online voting the next natural step? Online voting is one of those "Buck Rogers future" type scenarios. I'm curious if the government is interested in pursuing...
Native American Voice in FERC Relicensing & Water Rights
Numerous hydroelectric dams throughout the west severed the food supply, ceremonial practices and cultural lifeways of indigenous people throughout the the west coast. Many hydro facilities are being relicensed to PG&E for the next 50 years, yet *Native Voices, Stories and Inclusion* in the federal relicensing is not accessible to thousands...
so if you dont like the way the conversation goes..
What happens if you dont like the tenor/content of the proposals that arise out of the open forums. Are your values such that you will continue championing open goverment?
Challenge
Can you name one incentive and one disincentive that you would like to provide/wield to govt departments to be make them more transparent.
Power of Social Media
Obama was elected by the power of Social Media or Social Media finally found a good reason to show your power?
Implement a cultural change for Participation and Collaboration.
The Memorandum calls for instilling three principles: Transparency, Participation and Collaboration. Transparency is a long way you should go step by step, but is an achievable goal. Perhaps the most complicated is to define what level of Information should be made available and which not. It`s a hard day to day...
