Launching Government

as a Platform

Steven VanRoekel

US Chief Information Officer

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Our Opportunity

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We’re At A Major Inflection Point

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How do we bridge the gap?

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“ I want us to ask ourselves every day, how are we using technology to make a real

difference in people’s lives”

-President Barack Obama

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Government Innovation

Agenda

• Embrace smart use of technology to change

how we do business & serve Americans

• Unleash the power of government data

• Through cultural shift and people, transform

.GOV into a platform for innovation

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Digital Government

Strategy

The Fundamentals:

1. Open Data as the New Default

2. Anywhere, anytime on any device

3. Everything should be an API

4. Government as a Platform

5. Modular for mission

6. Involve people

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What We’re Delivering

Govt-Wide Open Data Policy

/developer pages

data.gov transformation

2 priority systems

Architecting for Openness

Information - Centric

Shared Platform

Security & Privacy

Citizen - Centric

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What We’re Delivering

Govt-Wide:

-Digital Innovation Center

-BYOD Policy

-Contract vehicle for mobile

devices & wireless service

-Mobile App Development

Program

-Mobile device

management platform

-Commercial mobile

applications delivery models

Build Once, Use Many Times

Information - Centric

Shared Platform

Security & Privacy

Citizen - Centric

What We’re Delivering

Optimizing services for Mobile

No New .Govs

Use of Analytics

Rapid prototype of new Federal

online & mobile experience

Shared citizen identity across .GOV http://nist.gov/nstic

Outside Looking In

Information - Centric

Shared Platform

Security & Privacy

Citizen - Centric

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What We’re Delivering

Mobile and wireless security

baseline & reference

architecture

Standardized implementation of digital privacy controls

Shift to securing data not just

devices

Common Approach

Information - Centric

Shared Platform

Security & Privacy

Citizen - Centric

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Call to Action

Public: Demand more--and do more--for your

government.

• http://wh.gov/digitalgov

• http://whitehouse.gov/developers

• http://wh.gov/innovationfellows

Government: Think outside the box. Bring

lean-start up mentality to government

Private Sector: Help us build a government for

tomorrow

• Modular Contracting

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whitehouse.gov/digitalgov whitehouse.gov/developers

whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows

All images sourced from .GOV except where noted