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----The GovLab is an action research center based at [[New York University]]’s Tandon School of Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/pr100515nyu.html|title=Press Releases {{!}} New Delhi, India - Embassy of the United States|website=newdelhi.usembassy.gov|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> It designs more open, effective and networked institutions to improve the quality of people's lives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nycroadmap.us/|title=The People's Roadmap to a Digital New York City {{!}} BetaNYC|website=nycroadmap.us|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref><!-- This is a vague and nondescript sentence. --> Through extended, multidisciplinary investigation, GovLab helps institutions work more openly and collaboratively by harnessing the power of the crowd in problem solving and incorporating the latest practices and innovations in data and technology.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kreiss|first=Daniel|date=2015-07-01|title=The Problem of Citizens: E-Democracy for Actually Existing Democracy|url=http://sms.sagepub.com/content/1/2/2056305115616151|journal=Social Media + Society|language=en|volume=1|issue=2|pages=2056305115616151|doi=10.1177/2056305115616151|issn=2056-3051}}</ref> Much of GovLab’s work involves connecting government to expertise outside government, including among the citizenry and in the private sector.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2014/10/putting-government-data-work-new-report-govlab-outlines-private-sector|title=Putting Government Data to Work: A New Report From The GovLab Outlines Private Sector Recommendations for Improving Commerce Department Data Management|website=Department of Commerce|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> It was founded by [[Beth Simone Noveck]] and [[Stefaan Verhulst]] in 2012. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndi.org/democracy-dinner-advisory|title=Twitter Chair Jack Dorsey and UN Representative Samantha Power to Speak at NDI 30th Anniversary Democracy Dinner Honoring Civic Innovators {{!}} NDI|website=www.ndi.org|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/stefaan-verhulst|title=Stefaan Verhulst|last=Verhulst|first=Stefaan|website=World Bank Blogs|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>{{Infobox organization
----The GovLab is an action research center based at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/pr100515nyu.html|title=Press Releases {{!}} New Delhi, India - Embassy of the United States|website=newdelhi.usembassy.gov|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> It was founded by [[Beth Simone Noveck]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndi.org/democracy-dinner-advisory|title=Twitter Chair Jack Dorsey and UN Representative Samantha Power to Speak at NDI 30th Anniversary Democracy Dinner Honoring Civic Innovators {{!}} NDI|website=www.ndi.org|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> and [[Stefaan Verhulst]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/stefaan-verhulst|title=Stefaan Verhulst|last=Verhulst|first=Stefaan|website=World Bank Blogs|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> in 2012 with the goal of promoting the design of more open, effective and networked governing institutions using data, technology and crowdsourcing.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kreiss|first=Daniel|date=2015-07-01|title=The Problem of Citizens: E-Democracy for Actually Existing Democracy|url=http://sms.sagepub.com/content/1/2/2056305115616151|journal=Social Media + Society|language=en|volume=1|issue=2|pages=2056305115616151|doi=10.1177/2056305115616151|issn=2056-3051}}</ref>The GovLab is also the chair of the [[Macarthur foundation|MacArthur Foundation]] Research Network on Opening Governance.{{Infobox organization
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==Projects==
==Projects==
Much of The GovLab’s work involves using technology to connect government to expertise outside government, including among the citizenry and in the private sector<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2014/10/putting-government-data-work-new-report-govlab-outlines-private-sector|title=Putting Government Data to Work: A New Report From The GovLab Outlines Private Sector Recommendations for Improving Commerce Department Data Management|website=Department of Commerce|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>. Some of the GovLab’s areas of focus are:

* '''Expert Networking'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citiscope.org/story/2016/cotopaxi-awakens-quito-and-its-suburbs-get-ready-volcanic-eruption#sthash.DwVMCfrN.sXd3epXh.dpuf)|title=As Cotopaxi awakens, Quito and its suburbs get ready for a volcanic eruption {{!}} Citiscope|website=citiscope.org|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>: Network of Innovators<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/10/07/fact-sheet-administration-celebrates-five-year-anniversary-challengegov|title=FACT SHEET: Administration Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Challenge.gov with Launch of More than 20 New Public- and Private-Sector Prizes|website=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>, HHS Profiles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2016/03/09/hhs-profiles.aspx|title=How the FDA aims to speed review of medical devices -- GCN|website=gcn.com|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>.
=== The GovLab Academy ===
* '''[[Open data|Open Data]]:''' Open Data 500<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/04/08/impact-open-data|title=The Impact of Open Data|website=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>, [http://odimpact.org/ ODImpact.org]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://openmena.net/en/19-studies-on-open-datas-impact-worldwide/|title=19 Studies on Open Data's Impact Worldwide • Open MENA|website=Open MENA|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>, Open Data Era in Health and Social Care<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Care-News/implementation-critical-to-use-of-open-data-in-nhs--govlab)|title=Health Care News Hub – NHS News {{!}} National Health Executive|website=www.nationalhealthexecutive.com|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>.
Through workshops, classes, and coaching, the Academy engages participants and graduate students across disciplines and universities to design, build and implement collaborative governance platforms. Through a hands-on, personalized, project-based learning model, the Academy seeks to provide participants with mindset and skill-set required to tackle hard public problems and institutional challenges around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nycroadmap.us|title=The People's Roadmap to a Digital New York City {{!}} BetaNYC|website=nycroadmap.us|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> The programs are fully online and for small groups, usually just ten projects per program, with participants and teams often from inside government institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2015/02/25/govlab-coaching-programs-apply/|title=Working on a civic tech project? Apply to GovLab's 'coaching programs' for help - Technical.ly Brooklyn|website=Technical.ly Brooklyn|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>
* '''Coaching & Mentorship:''' The GovLab Academy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2015/02/25/govlab-coaching-programs-apply/|title=Working on a civic tech project? Apply to GovLab's 'coaching programs' for help - Technical.ly Brooklyn|website=Technical.ly Brooklyn|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>.

====== Agile Networks of Expertise ======
To help the government of Ecuador prepare for the imminent eruption of volcano [[Cotopaxi]], in October and November 2015, the GovLab Academy held a dozen online meetings, each themed around a different aspect of disaster preparation, such as sheltering strategies or maintaining access to health services.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thrivingexchange.org/dont-know-where-to-go-when-the-volcano-blows-crowdsource-it/|title=In the shadow of a rumbling volcano, Quito, Ecuador solicits just-in-time advice from the world's disaster experts|last=Johnson|first=Anne Francis|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> By tapping into a network of researchers and practitioners, they recruited experts from around the world to share best practices about technology-enabled ways to prepare for the coming natural disaster. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citiscope.org/story/2016/cotopaxi-awakens-quito-and-its-suburbs-get-ready-volcanic-eruption#sthash.DwVMCfrN.sXd3epXh.dpuf|title=As Cotopaxi awakens, Quito and its suburbs get ready for a volcanic eruption {{!}} Citiscope|website=citiscope.org|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>

===MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance===

The GovLab chairs the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance a collaborative group of interdisciplinary experts, in fields like computer science, management science, social psychology and law, that studies data-driven and collaboration-based methods to enhance decision-making in the public interest.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hickey|first1=Kathleen|title=Public interest labs to test open governance solutions|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2014/04/02/govlab.aspx|website=gcn.com|accessdate=29 February 2016|date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/10/07/fact-sheet-administration-celebrates-five-year-anniversary-challengegov|title=FACT SHEET: Administration Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Challenge.gov with Launch of More than 20 New Public- and Private-Sector Prizes|website=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>

=== Network of Innovators ===
The GovLab and MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance have developed and launched the Network of Innovators (NoI); an expert skill-sharing network for government & civic innovators. NoI makes searchable the know-how of innovators on topics ranging from opening up data, developing prize-backed challenges and use of crowdsourcing for public good. Platform users answer questions about their skills and experiences, creating a profile that enables them to be matched to those with complementary knowledge to enable mutual support and learning.<ref>{{cite web|author1=White House Office of the Press Secretary|authorlink1=White House Office of the Press Secretary|title=FACT SHEET: Administration Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Challenge.gov with Launch of More than 20 New Public- and Private-Sector Prizes|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/10/07/fact-sheet-administration-celebrates-five-year-anniversary-challengegov|website=[[WhiteHouse.gov]]|accessdate=29 February 2016|date=7 October 2015}}</ref>

=== HHS Profiles ===
The GovLab and its MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance work with the United States Food and Drug Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve and speed the review of medical devices. The project – HHS Profiles – tests the effectiveness of technology (Harvard Catalyst Profiles) to target opportunities to participate in the regulatory review of medical devices to those with expert knowledge of the device in question. The project is funded by the General Services Administration through The Great Pitch investment contest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2016/03/09/hhs-profiles.aspx|title=How the FDA aims to speed review of medical devices -- GCN|website=gcn.com|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>

=== Open Data ===
The GovLab studies the real-world impacts of open data across across a number of initiatives.

====== Open Data 500 ======
The Open Data 500 study is the first index of US companies using open government data as an key business resource to generate business and develop products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/open-data-500-proof-that-open-data-fuels-economic-activity/|title=Open Data 500: Proof that open data fuels economic activity - TechRepublic|website=TechRepublic|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>It consists of a list of more than 500 companies that include “data-focused startups” and large web companies like Apple, Google and Yahoo and others like IBM and Bain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2014/02/government-data-unbound/79118/|title=How Government Data Is Fueling a New Economy|website=Nextgov|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> The study project aspires to “identify, describe, and analyze” these companies in order to better understand how open data can better serve companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/04/08/impact-open-data|title=The Impact of Open Data|website=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> As part of the study, the GovLab convened a series of Open Data Roundtable events to directly connect business leaders and entrepreneurs with government officials in order to maximize the value of open data for the public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/04/08/impact-open-data|title=The Impact of Open Data|website=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>

====== Open Data's Impact ======
Working with Omidyar Network, the GovLab studied how open data is creating a number of real-world impacts around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://openmena.net/en/19-studies-on-open-datas-impact-worldwide/|title=19 Studies on Open Data's Impact Worldwide • Open MENA|website=Open MENA|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/thisweekindata1-808|title=#ThisWeekInData- Data-Smart City Solutions|website=Data-Smart City Solutions|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> The study examines cases where the accessibility of data is helping to improve government, empower citizens, create economic opportunity and solve public problems. They stretch across sectors, including health, education, philanthropy and politics and elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://poweredbydata.org/blog/2016/2/9/how-canada-leads-the-way-in-charity-data|title=How Canada leads the way in charity data|website=Powered by Data|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>

====== Open Data Era in Health and Social Care ======
The GovLab also partnered with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) to create an open data blueprint for the NHS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Care-News/implementation-critical-to-use-of-open-data-in-nhs--govlab|title=Implementation critical to use of open data in NHS – GovLab|website=www.nationalhealthexecutive.com|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref> The report examines the open data activities of the NHS to date, and provides guidance on next steps for the agency as it looks to improve patient care through making its non-personally identifiable data more accessible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecommissioningreview.com/article/blueprint-represents-milestone-uks-healthcare-system|title=Open data blueprint to be NHS 'milestone'- The Commissioning Review|website=www.thecommissioningreview.com|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:59, 18 April 2016

  • Comment: It's possible that this meets the notability standards, but I'm having trouble seeing past all the promotional language. This reads more like a press release than an encyclopedia article. Bradv 20:05, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment: Still not enough in-depth third-party sources overall to suggest solid independent notability. SwisterTwister talk 05:47, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

The GovLab is an action research center based at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.[1] It was founded by Beth Simone Noveck[2] and Stefaan Verhulst[3] in 2012 with the goal of promoting the design of more open, effective and networked governing institutions using data, technology and crowdsourcing.[4]The GovLab is also the chair of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance.

The GovLab
Formation2012 (12 years ago)
TypeAcademic
PurposeInnovation
Headquarters2 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, 11201, US
Location
  • Brooklyn, New York
Founders
Beth Simone Noveck & Stefaan Verhulst
WebsiteThe GovLab Official Website

Projects

Much of The GovLab’s work involves using technology to connect government to expertise outside government, including among the citizenry and in the private sector[5]. Some of the GovLab’s areas of focus are:

References

  1. ^ "Press Releases | New Delhi, India - Embassy of the United States". newdelhi.usembassy.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  2. ^ "Twitter Chair Jack Dorsey and UN Representative Samantha Power to Speak at NDI 30th Anniversary Democracy Dinner Honoring Civic Innovators | NDI". www.ndi.org. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. ^ Verhulst, Stefaan. "Stefaan Verhulst". World Bank Blogs. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. ^ Kreiss, Daniel (2015-07-01). "The Problem of Citizens: E-Democracy for Actually Existing Democracy". Social Media + Society. 1 (2): 2056305115616151. doi:10.1177/2056305115616151. ISSN 2056-3051.
  5. ^ "Putting Government Data to Work: A New Report From The GovLab Outlines Private Sector Recommendations for Improving Commerce Department Data Management". Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  6. ^ "As Cotopaxi awakens, Quito and its suburbs get ready for a volcanic eruption | Citiscope". citiscope.org. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  7. ^ "FACT SHEET: Administration Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Challenge.gov with Launch of More than 20 New Public- and Private-Sector Prizes". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  8. ^ "How the FDA aims to speed review of medical devices -- GCN". gcn.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  9. ^ "The Impact of Open Data". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  10. ^ "19 Studies on Open Data's Impact Worldwide • Open MENA". Open MENA. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  11. ^ "Health Care News Hub – NHS News | National Health Executive". www.nationalhealthexecutive.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  12. ^ "Working on a civic tech project? Apply to GovLab's 'coaching programs' for help - Technical.ly Brooklyn". Technical.ly Brooklyn. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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