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Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on August 24, 2010 at 3:34pm

Great interview from Chris Dorobek with Gov 2.0 Summit co-chair Dick O'Neill - a preview of what's in store for attendees with the Gov 2.0 Summit program this year!

Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on August 9, 2010 at 7:33pm

Gov 2.0 Week in Review
On open data, open government, open cities, open source and more.
by Alex Howard | @digiphile | Originally posted on O'Reilly Radar, August 6, 2010

Last week, I watched Tim O'Reilly talk about Gov 2.0 and Code for America with Shira Lazar on CBS News. Their interview focused upon how Gov 2.0 uses the technology and innovation of Web 2.0 to address the needs of government. As Lazar put it, the future of government is in your hands.

The call to civic action that is implicit in that vision for Gov 2.0 may resonate withGeneration Y in unprecedented ways. New Research on millennials by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the "the generation gap in government" suggests a a majority of millennials "would be more likely to support political candidates who embrace improving government performance, effectiveness, and efficiency." The poll from CAP suggested, in a larger sense, that Americans want better government, not smaller government.

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Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on August 9, 2010 at 7:31pm

Opening the doors of government to innovation
by Tim O'Reilly | @timoreilly | Originally posted on O'Reilly Radar, August 6, 2010

When I organize a conference, I don't just reach out to interesting speakers. I try to find people who can help to tell a story about what's important and where the future is going. We've been posting speakers for the second annual Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington DC Sept 7-8, but I realized that I haven't told the story in one place. I thought I'd try to do that here.

First off, our goal at the Gov 2.0 Summit is to bring together innovators from government and the private sector to highlight technology and ideas that can be applied to the nation’s great challenges. In areas as diverse as education, health care, energy, jobs, and financial reform, there are unique opportunities to rethink how government agencies perform their mission and serve citizens. Social media, cloud computing, web, and mobile technologies -- all provide unique new capabilities that government agencies are beginning to harness to achieve demonstrably better results at lower cost.

Our focus this year is on opening the doors to innovation - learning about the latest technology and its application, and breaking down the barriers to its adoption.

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Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on August 4, 2010 at 4:08pm

Hey everyone!

The program schedule for Gov 2.0 Summit is now live! Two days of in-depth conversations, keynotes, and panel discussions, spread among 6 topic areas:

* The Power of Platforms
* Feuling the Innovation Economy
* Identity, Privacy, and Informed Consent
* Cost Savings and Doing More with Less
* Empowering Citizens
* Improving Government Effectiveness

Gov 2.0 Summit is September 7-8, 2010 in Washington D.C. Registration is by invitation only. Reserve your seat today and request an invitation today - and spread the word!

Comment by GovLoop on July 26, 2010 at 9:17am

Awesome. Excited to see Brad Feld as follow-him online.

Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on July 23, 2010 at 6:50pm

More speakers confirmed for Gov 2.0 Summit!

Osama Bedier - VP, Platform, Mobile & New Ventures: PayPal
Mark Bolgiano - President & CEO: XBRL US
Brad Feld - Co-creator: Startup Visa
Peter Ho - Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs): Singapore
David McQueeney - Vice President, Technology and Strategy & CTO: IBM Federal
Craig Newmark - founder & customer service rep: craigslist
Ory Okolloh - Co-founder & Executive Director: Ushahdi
Indu Subaiya - Co-founder: Health 2.0

We'll be unveiling the program schedule very soon, with deep conversations planned around Education, Healthcare, Open Government, Security, and more.

Registration is by invitation only. Reserve your seat today and request an invitation - and spread the word!

Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on July 8, 2010 at 7:50pm

We've put up the initial list of speakers

We’re pleased to announce our initial list of speakers confirmed for Gov 2.0 Summit 2010, happening September 7-8, 2010 in Washington DC. We’ll be looking at the big opportunities in education, healthcare, finance, and more this year. Confirmed speakers Include:

Debra Bowen - Secretary of State, State of California
Karen Cator - Director of the Office of Education Technology, U.S. Department of Education
June Cohen - Executive Producer. TED.com: TED Conferences
Elizabeth Coleman - President, Bennington College
Dale Dougherty - Editor and Publisher, MAKE / O’Reilly Media
Nicholas Gruen - Chairman, Gov 2.0 Taskforce (Australia)
David Hale - Project Manager, Pillbox: National Institutes of Health
Steve Herrod - CTO and Senior VP of R&D, VMware
Steve Killelea - Chairman and Founder, Institute for Economics and Peace
Clare Lockhart - Co-founder and Director, Institute for State Effectiveness
Carl Malamud - President, Public.Resource.org
Gregory Miller - Executive Director, Open Source Digital Voting Foundation
Tim O’Reilly - Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media
Todd Park - CTO, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
John Seely Brown - Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge
Jim Shelton - Assistant Deputy Secretary, Innovation and Improvement: U.S. Department of Education
Kathy Sierra - Author: Creating Passionate Users
Bryan Sivak - CTO, Government of the District of Columbia
Jim Traficant - VP & Senior Executive Account Mgr: Healthcare Solutions, Government
Padmasree Warrior - CTO, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Harlan Yu - Co-author: Government Data and the Invisible Hand

Gov 2.0 Summit is the place to join other leaders from federal, state, and local government along with individual and corporate entrepreneurs, citizens, not-for-profits, and educators, to articulate and explore the idea of Government as a Platform. Registration is by invitation only. Reserve your seat today and request an invitation.

Comment by Jaimey Walking Bear on July 6, 2010 at 4:55pm

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This survey is for those working within the federal government (including contractors /integrators).

This survey will take under 10 minutes to complete. If you complete the survey by tomorrow, July 7th, you will be eligible to enter a drawing to receive one Apple 32GB iPod touch valued at $299 from UBM TechWeb. Your responses will remain confidential and will only be reported in aggregate.

Click here to complete the survey. Thanks for your help!

Comment by Sterling Whitehead on June 2, 2010 at 10:40am

Kathy Sierra's mentioning of LOLCat Bible Translation Project got me thinking -- why not apply this to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). It's a fun way to learn legalese. (Yes, I am aware of how that sounds).

Any interest here in translating the FAR into LOLCat?

Comment by Paul Eric Davis on June 1, 2010 at 4:44pm

Slide deck for Accela's Gov 2.0 Expo preso on Oregon's statewide e-permits now posted http://bit.ly/9EpCJD. See how Oregon did it!

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