- From: Daniel Smith <opened.to@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:14:09 -0600
- To: Bernadette Hyland <bhyland@3roundstones.com>
- Cc: "Jeanne M (1760) Holm" <jeanne.m.holm@jpl.nasa.gov>, egov-ig mailing list <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Thanks for that Bernadette. Very interesting the software history behind what they've done: http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/newbrandanalytics/key_people Daniel Smith Houston On 11/29/12, Bernadette Hyland <bhyland@3roundstones.com> wrote: > Hi Jeanne, > I thought this a particularly interesting story & emerging trend that the > eGov IG may be interested in knowing about. To me, this is clearly an > example of the semantically-enhanced public Web providing useful data > analysis ... in this case, for DC government officials. (It is comforting > to know that District of Columbia officials read a 6AM report ;-) > > In D.C., Social-Media Surveillance Pays Off > > > ... The local government in the nation's capital is paying hundreds of > thousands of dollars to a startup to gather comments on Twitter, Facebook FB > +2.39% and other online message boards as well as the government's own > website. The data help form a letter grade for the bureaucracies that handle > drivers licenses, building permits and the like. > > Full WSJ story, see > http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324712504578133530033916570-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwODEyNDgyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email > > > Cheers, > > Bernadette Hyland, co-chair > W3C Government Linked Data Working Group > Charter: http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/ > >
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