what i learned @ #g2e 2010
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An Ignite style, short and fun look at my experiences attending and speaking at the O\'Reilly Media Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC in May 2010TRANSCRIPT
Patrick McCormickManager Digital Engagement
Department of Justice Victoria
what I learned @ #g2e!reflections on the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC
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Gov 2.0 Expo - brought to us by Tim O’Reilly technology book publisher and net guru
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O’Reilly media also hosted the first Ignite session in 2006 and coined the term ‘web 2.0’ in 2004
DC Metro farecardautomated, integrated!
21st century government IT event: cloud computing, collaboration tools, cyber security, data management,
open source, open data, virtualization Gov 2.0 ExpoDC Metro ad
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and speaking of advertising on the DC Metro
DC Metro basedpolicy debates
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Melbourne
Sydney
Los Angeles Atlanta
Washington DC
Linux?
full disclosure: trip was self funded and I slept on my friend’s couch…
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Australian Senator Kate Lundy described 3 pillars of Gov 2.0 in her keynote
1. democratising data
2. citizen-centric services
3. participatory democracy
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Oz, VicGov and DOJ compares favorably with global best practices in Gov 2.0
me
Nicholas KateMark
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!?
so many great speakers and compelling topics and…
heaps of ipads
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U.S. Army adopting more open platform to foster innovation and collaboration
• open source software • modular, interoperable systems• Apps for the Army competition
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New Orleans Community Data Center taps into the wisdom of crowds with usable apps
lowering technical and bureaucratic barriers to information sharing
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U.S. Department of Defense using social media for strategic ‘asymmetrical’ communication
making use of diverse Information sources and tools
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NASA has developed secure cloud solutions for vast amounts of critical data
• rapid deployment• scaleable• collaboration friendly
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Bill Eggers on “accepting the mission for greatness” …and wait, his brother is Dave Eggers!?
Billwe can do this…
Dave at Melbourne Writers Festival in ‘07
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Sunlight Labs Clay Johnson announced contest winners
Sunlight focus on design buildson successes in app functionality
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using government data to create an environment for some healthy competition between counties
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putting government spending in perspective with stunning infographics
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mapping public spending to build transparency and accountability
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an open plans project empowers citizens to police unruly government employees
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Tim Berners-Lee invented the web and advocates for accessible, linked data
doing for data what the net has already accomplished by linking documents and pages
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describes a shared approach to linked data with a bag of potato chips…
machine readable
ingredients
nutritionalvalue
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• FOSS in government is mainstream
• data sharing is huge but approaches maturing
• government use of social media growing - many examples and no disasters
• cloud computing increasingly secure, cost effective option
• culture change and leadership are biggest enablers, barriers to Gov 2.0
Gov 2.0 Expo in summary
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Thanks! Patrick [email protected]: @solutist
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