Enterprisey thoughts – John Gøtze
Book 2.0
I am pleased to announce that the book, “State of the eUnion: Government 2.0 and Onwards“, is now in production and will be available for ordering in your favorite bookshop very soon.
But wait, there’s more: On 18 November, the free, online version will be available from 21gov.net.
Read the press release.
Follow the book @gov20book on Twitter. The book’s twitter hashtag is #gov20book. Also, follow the list of contributors.
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Project NemFORM
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
The Danish Government Business Reference Model – FORM (in Danish) – is an overview of what the Danish public administration does, which services it provides, and which legislation that regulates these services.
I have been ‘playing around’ with the dataset FORM makes up. In the blog menu, you will find links to pages about Project NemFORM.
To More >
Next Book: Government 2.0 and Onwards
about 7 months ago - No comments
Now the Coherency Management book is out, my next book project has ben launched. With the working title “State of the eUnion – Government 2.0 and Onwards”, the book will be published in min-November this year (reason), so it needs to be written in a rush. I have already invited a number of contributors, but More >
Next: Canada, US, and Iceland
about 8 months ago - No comments
As indicated in a 140 char note on Twitter, I’m leaving Europe. For a month, that is. I am going on a flight/roadtrip, part work, part vacation. Locationwise roughly as follows:
Toronto from July 17th to 25th.
Washington, DC from July 26th to 31st.
Ottawa from July 31st to August 6th.
Boston from August 7th More >
That’s Some Business Case You Got There, Area 12
about 2 years ago - No comments
Speaking of changes … the Danish central administration is facing some major changes.
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Good Enough Standards? No Way
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
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But bias seem to be the menu More >
Democracy and XML
about 2 years ago - No comments
I’m in the US (Washington, Boston, Washington) from 26 Nov to 7 Dec.
I have been invited to come over to Washington, DC, to attend a researchers and practioners meeting in the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, which will be held Thu-Sat this coming week.
After that, I go to Boston for the XML 2007 conference.
Pop quiz: At More >
Denmark Says No With Comments
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
It’s official: Denmark has voted No with Comments to ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML. See Danish Standards’ press release (in Danish). They are submitting 64 pages of comments, and state that Denmark will work for an approval assuming the comments will be addressed.
I’ve read through the comments, and find them balanced and thorough. It will require More >
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about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Have you noticed how relatively little is written about enterprise architecture in government? Time to change that …
We started writing this report as a final deliverable from the ICA Study Group on Enterprise Architecture in Government, which we co-founded back in 2003. Having done that, we then thought, why not keep writing. So we More >
Gartner and the European Interoperability Framework 2.0
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
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about 2 years ago - 3 comments
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Lars Roark, CIO More >
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