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Gov 2.0 International: Global Innovation Meeting Local Challenges

Next week I’ll be speaking at Gov 2.0 International, an online conference being hosted by O’Reilly Media.
The conference will be running from noon-2:15 EST with an agenda I’ve copy and pasted from their website (might as well admit it!). The conference is free (hard to beat) but you’ll still need to register, which you can [...]

Posted 03 March 2010 | David Eaves § cool links § open data § public policy ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , ,

The PM’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service: The Good, The Bad, The Hopeful

On February 25th Paul Tellier and David Emerson – two men whose understanding of Ottawa I have a tremendous amount of respect for – released The Fourth Report of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service. It is a document that is worth diving into as these reports will likely serve as reference [...]

Posted 02 March 2010 | David Eaves § open data § public policy § public service sector renewal § reviews ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Open Government – New Book from O’Reilly Media

I’m very excited to share I have a chapter in the new O’Reilly Media book Open Government (US Link & CDN Link). I’ve just been told that the book has just come back from the printers and can now be ordered.
Also exciting is that a sample of the book (pictured left) that includes the [...]

Posted 22 February 2010 | David Eaves § cool links § open source § public policy § reviews § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , ,

Today in the Globe: Facebook’s Political Reach

I have the following piece published in the Globe and Mail today. It isn’t going to further endear me to Michael Valpy (who is already not impressed with me)… but felt another perspective on the issue was needed. He, like many traditional columnists, is not a fan of social – or digital – media. Indeed, [...]

Posted 19 February 2010 | David Eaves § canadian politics § commentary § free culture § media § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Canadian Foreign Policy: The War on Independent Thought

Two stories this week highlight Canada’s rapidly decaying capacity to think, engage and act on foreign policy issues. The first was the Globe’s story Canadian Aid Groups Told to Keep Quiet on Policy Issues, the second is Paul Well’s detailed and devastating account of the implosion of Rights and Democracy, an NGO run by the [...]

Posted 12 February 2010 | David Eaves § canadian foreign policy § canadian politics § commentary ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

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