Rock Creek Roundup (December 31 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Dec 31, 2009 0 Comments

The Obama Administration releases visitor logs, Mark Drapeau shares Gov 2.0 predictions, Venture Beat tips its hat to some NYC apps, and OhMyGov.com announces great federal blogs, all in this, the last edition of the Rock Creek Roundup in 2009. Happy New Year and see you in 2010!

—This week, the Obama administration followed through on the earlier promise of its voluntary disclosure policy and released another batch of White House visitor records dating from September 16 through September 30, 2009. The records chronicle the 25,000 visits that took place during that time period, and include people who arrive at and depart from the White House on a daily basis. Bloggers on both sides of the political spectrum are busy dissecting the logs; it will be interesting to see if any news stories come out of who’s on the list…and who isn’t.

—In a December 23rd blog post on Federal Computer Week, social media and Gov 2.0 expert Mark Drapeau shares four predictions for the world of Gov 2.0 in 2010. Drapeau suggests that projects taken on by local government agencies may serve as small scale “experiments” for larger initiatives to be implemented on the state or federal level, and asserts that we will continue to see citizens taking a larger role in analyzing and interpreting government data in a way that works for them. Drapeau also addresses mobile applications and video content within his predictions; definitely worth a read, or a listen—FederalNewsRadio.com has an MP3 download of an interview on this topic with Drapeau.

—Speaking of local and state government agencies taking on cool projects, Venture Beat has a post that gives an overview of some of the coolest apps available today—and all were created in response to New York City’s Big Apps contest. The first app, PrimoSpot, helps big city car owners figure out where they can park and where they’ll be tempting the meter maid or the tow truck. Bookzee shows New York library patrons which local library has the book they’re searching for. And Taxihack lets folks in the Big Apple share their opinions on their taxi driver’s service. It’s absolutely amazing how creatively people will use data once you make it available to them.

—What do the Transportation Safety Administration, the State Department, and the Executive Office of the President all have in common? You’re right—they were all recognized as having “Great Federal Government Blogs” in a blog post at OhMyGov. The TSA Blog, DipNote, and the White House Blog share their kudos with blogs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others. Congrats to all the agencies that were recognized!

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