Online magazine archive · 50 articles · 2010–2013
Government, open data, civic technology, and politics — covered from the lab.
Government In The Lab was an online magazine reporting on the Government 2.0 movement, open-data programs, civic technology experiments, and the politics that shaped them — from 2010 through 2013. This archive preserves every article URL so the era's inbound links continue to resolve, with topical context paragraphs on each page restoring the institutional and political background of each piece.
From the archive · Civic Tech
Thoughts on Civic Crowdfunding with Rodrigo Davies
An interview with civic-crowdfunding researcher Rodrigo Davies on what civic crowdfunding actually is, where it overlaps with traditional public finance, and the platforms emerging to host it.
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Civic Tech
Le crowdsourcing : une source d'innovation pour entreprises et organisations
On crowdsourcing as a source of innovation for enterprises and public organisations — case studies and the open data / open innovation interface.
Open Government
The Future of Freedom of Information in the United States
On the achievements and remaining challenges in U.S. Freedom of Information practice — agency backlogs, exemption growth, and reform proposals.
Open Data
Tim Davies: 5 Stars of Open Data Engagement
Tim Davies's 5-star framework for open-data engagement — moving past publication into structured, two-way engagement with reuse communities.
Social Media in Government
How Ad-Less Affiliate Keywords Actually Work
On the affiliate strategy that targets queries with real organic search volume but no advertiser bids — the keyword categories Google AdWords has historically ignored, and how affiliate marketers built portfolios around them.
About the era
The years this archive covers — and what they meant.
The 2009 Open Government Directive. The September 2011 launch of the Open Government Partnership. The Arab Spring revolutions that ran in the foreground of the international beat. Tim O'Reilly's Government-as-a-Platform framing. Code for America's first fellowship cohort. The post-Citizens-United campaign-finance reset. All of it sits behind the articles in this archive — and a dedicated page collects the throughlines in one place.
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