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Open Data and the Public

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  • Rachel Burstein
May 15, 2013

President Obama made headlines last week when he issued an executive order on open data. The order reasserted the administration’s commitment to opening data, arguing that the measure will result in “continued job growth, Government efficiency, and the social good”. The order also stressed the importance of releasing data in ways that are accessible to the public.

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In Defense of Research

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  • Rachel Burstein
May 8, 2013

At CCIP we spend a lot of time conducting and disseminating “actionable research.” Whether it’s advancing our understanding of the innovation process in local government as we did in our recent study of knowledge sharing and the meaning of innovation for city and county administrators in California, or whether it’s evaluating the effectiveness of Vallejo’s participatory

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Considering the Town Meeting System

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  • Rachel Burstein
April 30, 2013

During the last presidential election, the President and his Republican challenger held a debate promoted as a town hall meeting. In this event, ordinary people, rather than journalists, posed questions on topics as varied as gun control and national security. Commentators gushed about the eloquence of the public, explaining that the town hall format afforded an unique opportunity for candidates to get outside of the political-insider thinking that predominated in the Beltway.

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Understanding Local Government Innovation and How It Spreads | GovLoop

April 22, 2013

Open data, BYOD, data analytics, for many local government's those innovative ideas aren't a reality. For many them most important innovations are those that change their bureaucratic processes to improve the way they deliver their services while reducing their costs, according to a recently released report from the New American Foundation.

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What Is Fair Pay in Local Government?

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  • Rachel Burstein
April 22, 2013

There was a public outcry after the City Council in Cambridge, Massachusetts approved a $330,000 salary for the incoming city manager and current Deputy City Manager Richard C. Rossi last month. Rossi’s salary is $17,000 less than the salary of the outgoing city manager and nowhere near the almost $800,000 package collected by Bell, California’s city manager in the late 2000s.

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In Boston, the Press is an Ally of Government

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  • Rachel Burstein
April 17, 2013

Bostonians and the rest of the nation are grieving their shattered sense of security and the lives destroyed on Marathon Monday. Meanwhile, a combination of city, state and federal authorities are investigating the explosions that killed three people and injured scores more. Governmental staffers are seeking information from the public through hotlines and email. Only time will tell what insights evidence collection and analysis will yield.

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Why Government Needs to be Part of the Solution

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  • Rachel Burstein
April 15, 2013

In its LA2050 contest, the Goldhirsh Foundation solicited proposals for projects that would result in lasting improvements to Angelenos’ quality of life over the next four decades. A variety of stakeholders submitted projects in categories including education, health, arts and cultural vitality, and public safety, among others.

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Scaling Down to Scale Up

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  • Rachel Burstein,
  • New America Foundation
April 11, 2013 |
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Vote for Los Angeles' Future

  • By
  • Rachel Burstein
April 8, 2013

Vote for CCIP’s proposal for an LA Civic Engagement Lab by April 17th!

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Why Should Local Government Care about Innovation in the Private Sector?

April 8, 2013

By Bige Yilmaz    

Bige Yilmaz, PhD is a consultant with the California Civic Innovation Project. She is working on a project to explore the similarities and differences between the process of innovation in the private and public sectors.

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