These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? News: InformationWeek ? Sept 9. MORE >>

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ricard Espelt to learn more about the various projects he’s working on in Spain leveraging new technologies for public engagement, government transparency and community building.  government Learn more in the interview below. The only problem is the inability to catch everything. MORE >>

With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. With ever-shrinking budgets, many government entities have been forced to re-evaluate their resource allocations. Tags: Influence Government If so, please share an example or two below. MORE >>

Data.gov In brainstorming ideas to create Datamasher , the team spent a lot of time perusing data.gov and thinking about making government data more accessible by the average informed citizen. Applications like Datamasher would be far more numerous and effective if government made its data accessible over APIs. API s. Open Standards. MORE >>

We already have a few folks taking the initiative on some of these, and would welcome others interested to follow up: Build a community of developers interested in leveraging development data, similar to what Sunlight Labs has been able to do around open data for the US federal government. Engage this community on prioritizing next steps. MORE >>