Consumer product safety reforms enacted in 2008 required the commission to establish a publicly available, searchable database on product risks.
A new website, scheduled to be complete by March 2011, will be used by the commission to post product safety information within 10 business days after it informs the manufacturer of an incident in which the item caused harm, according to a proposed rule
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Product safety commission to use crowdsourcing
Posted by gio 106 days ago (http://www.nextgov.com)Crowdsourcing in e-government: InformationWeek
Posted by gio 108 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
A recent survey by Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project found that
- 82% of Internet users (61% of all American adults) looked for information online or completed a transaction on a government Web site in the year preceding the survey;
- 48% of Internet users have looked for information about a public policy or issue online pertaining to local, state, or federal governme Read More »
- 82% of Internet users (61% of all American adults) looked for information online or completed a transaction on a government Web site in the year preceding the survey;
- 48% of Internet users have looked for information about a public policy or issue online pertaining to local, state, or federal governme Read More »
Darpa’s New Plans: Crowdsource Intel
Posted by gio 207 days ago (http://www.wired.com)
Darpa wants to improve how the military uses its intelligence info by turning it into an open call for contribution. The $13 million dollar project, called “Deep ISR Processing by Crowds,” looks “to harness the unique cognitive and creative abilities of large numbers of people to enhance dramatically the knowledge derived from ISR systems.”
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Government 2.0: is crowdsourcing the foundation of real e-democracy?
Posted by gio 241 days ago (http://www.cnn.com)
If democracy is people participation to res publica what could be better of crowdsourcing to have citizens constantly involved in key decisions? Several cities are deploying mobile crowdsourced applications, citizens can report crimes, problems, send suggestions wherever they are and in real time. Other cities are crowdosurcing software development involving local developers in building new web a
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New federal CTO Chopra reveals early plans: Crowdsourcing @ gov
Posted by gio 456 days ago (http://gcn.com)One of the three main areas where Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said it will concentrate his thinking is indeed crowdsourcing "to continue to tap the potential of the crowds, use the networks of contributors and gather new ideas and fuel public-sector innovation".
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US Crowdsourcing gov: director of citizen participation position created
Posted by gio 464 days ago (http://apcmag.com)Obama's administration again moving toward a crowdsourcing politic.
The White House hired former Google product manager Katie Stanton as its Director of Citizen Participation. Stanton led the team that created Google Moderator, which applies crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions and was used by Obama’s transition team in a series of online Q&A sessions with the publ
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Crowdsourcing politics: continous participation
Posted by gio 487 days ago (http://joshingpolitics.blogspot.com)NY Senate is implementing democracy 2.0:
"The new website also provides a new platform for public participation in government, featuring public commenting on Senate blog posts, public markup on proposed legislation, and crowdsourcing of citizen ideas about critical pending legislative issues."
http://nysenate.gov will host more than 90 unique web
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