Read about the Global Development Commons in the news!
November 15, 2009
- Dave Ferguson, Director of Global Development Commons, mentioned in NextBillion.net blog post about Net Impact 2009 in Ithaca, New York.
August 21, 2009
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Oliver Subasinghe at DevEx.com: Crowdsourcing Used to Monitor Afghan Elections
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Through PR News Wire the Press release is in a number of places, including Fox Business and Australia's The Age and Yahoo news : USAID Partners to Map the Afghanistan Elections, Invites All to Share Data On Open Platform
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Dow Jones news wire in Greece on Capital.gr: USAID, Partners Map Election Incidents in Afghanistan
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Sidney Morning Herald.com: USAID uses online Map to Track Afghan Election Incidents
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Agence-France Press, MSN: USAID, Partners Map Afghan Election Incidents
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Brisbane Times.com USAID Uses Online Map to Track Afghan Election Incidents
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GIS Development blog: USAID Partners to Map Afghan Election Incidents
August 20, 2009:
- Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC: Mapping Elections the Afghan Elections
- Blog posts on Afghan Election mapping: Stamen Designs: British Newstin: CSIS blog: High Earth Orbit
May 11, 2009: The Washington Post highlights Global Development Commons' Director Karen Turner for "Harnessing the Power of Mobile Devices"
April 14, 2009: Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business, features the Global Development Commons sponsored Open Government Panel at CSIS on his blog
January 27, 2009: Eric Gunderson of Development Seed blogs about the Global Development Commons work in "A Phase Zero for Open Data in Government"
January 9, 2009: Global Development Commons featured on Social Developments blog, "USAID Hosts 1st Development 2.0 Challenge Awards Ceremony for Technology Innovators"
December 17, 2008: David Francis, author of DevEx's "Obama's Foreign Aid Reform" Blog writes about the new Global Development Commons.net site in "New USAID Website Seeks to Encourage Innovation"
December 4, 2008: Oliver Subasinghe, contributing author of DevEx's blog, writes about the Global Development Commons' Development 2.0 Challenge in "USAID Challenge Exposes the International Development Community to Tech Innovation"
November 26, 2008:
- Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business, features USAID's Development 2.0 Challenge on his blog in "If I Were an Editor and You Were All Reporters"
- Next Billion.net blogger Rob Katz features USAID's Development 2.0 Challenge in "Crowdsourcing Mobile Tech for Development: 10k Up for Grabs"
Press Releases:
July 20, 2009: World Bank blog showcases Global Development Commons co-sponsored Open Development Camp which took place at the World Bank on July 10th, 2009
July 15, 2009: USAID Press Release, "USAID Co-Sponsors Open Development Camp, Highlights Innovative Ways to Collaborate"
July 15, 2009: DAI Press Release, "Open Development Camp Explores New Ways to Collaborate"
May 2009: Service to America Medals features Karen Turner and the Global Development Commons Team as Service to America Medal Finalistsin National Security and International Affairs
May 6, 2009: USAID Press Release, "USAID is Honored with Two Service to America Medal Finalists"
April 16, 2009: USAID Press Release, "USAID Convenes Panel on Opening the Federal Government to Innovations"
January 9, 2009: USAID Press Release, "USAID Partners with The Tech Awards to Promote Innovation for Development"
December 18, 2008: USAID Press Release, "Top 15 Finalists Chosen in the USAID Development 2.0 Challenge"
