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Departments of Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Transportation Rank Highest for Openness and Transparency; Use of Open Source Technologies and Open Formats Factored Heavily in Determining Rankings Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 13, 2011 Open Source for America (OSFA), an organization of technology industry leaders, non-government associations, and academic and research institutions promoting the use of open source technologies in the U.S. federal...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omidyar Network and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) today announced an equity investment in SeeClickFix, the developer of technologies that enable citizens to report and monitor non-emergency issues in their local community. The investment reflects both organizations' belief that technology can scale programs that foster meaningful engagement among citizens, their local government and others in the community. It is Omidyar Network's...

BLATA-L-BAJDA, Malta, December 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission has released a summary of the 9th eGovernment Benchmarking Report which measures public sector performance of 32 countries (27 EU member states plus Croatia, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey). The report measures six core indicators and through a ranking system, it shows the best performing countries that have implemented the most mature e-Government services. This year Malta was established as the...

To commemorate e-SignLive's new support for the Apple iPad, Silanis today announced Adrian Griffith of Oval Business Solutions as the November winner of the monthly iPad contest which closes December 31, 2010. Montreal, QC (Vocus/PRWEB) December 15, 2010 To commemorate e-SignLive's new support for the Apple iPad, Silanis today announced Adrian Griffith of Oval Business Solutions as the November winner of the monthly iPad contest which closes December 31, 2010. Oval Business Solutions...

To commemorate e-SignLive's new support for the Apple iPad, Silanis today announced Christine Shiebler of CW Financial Services as the October winner of the monthly iPad contest which closes December 31, 2010. Montreal, QC (Vocus/PRWEB) December 06, 2010 Silanis announces October winner of iPad contest for for e-SignLive. To commemorate e-SignLive's new support for the Apple iPad, Silanis today announced Christine Shiebler of CW Financial Services as the October winner of the monthly...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Appriss, a leading provider of information services that keep the public safe and informed, announced today that is has acquired Open Portal Solutions (OPS). OPS is an Indiana-based company specializing in document and content management solutions that provide government and private-industry clients with innovative ways to access public information. OPS is a leading innovator in helping public safety agencies use technology to keep the public...

Data.gov portal to expand and improve efficiencies through use of Qbase technologies and services Reston, VA (PRWEB) November 14, 2010 Qbase, LLC, a leading provider of information technology and business intelligence solutions, announced today it has been selected to provide dataset hosting and managed IT services to the General Services Administration (GSA) under a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with a ceiling of $46 million. Under the Data.gov Dataset Hosting Services BPA,...

Governments Leverage Government Resource Planning (GRP) Solutions to Enhance Budget Transparency and Accountability Ottawa, Canada (Vocus) October 27, 2010 FreeBalance, a global Government Resource Planning (GRP) software company, announced that three of its government customers: Afghanistan, Liberia and Mongolia, have been recognised by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) for substantially increasing their levels of budget transparency in the IBP Open Budget Survey (OBS). In the...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The public isn't convinced that the government is open with Americans, according to a new survey. The ForeSee Results/Nextgov Government Transparency Study measured citizen perceptions of government transparency with the White House and Congress, among other government entities. The White House earned a 46 on the study's 100-point scale for its efforts to be transparent about what it is doing; federal agencies overall scored a 40,...

The Digital Policy Council releases global rankings to reveal which world leaders seek direct communication with their citizenry. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Digital Policy Council (DPC), an international, non-partisan "think tank" on 21st Century Governance, has released updated rankings on the use of social media by heads of state. The DPC is the research and public advocacy arm of Digital Daya ('digital influence'), a new generation strategic consultancy that...