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Nominate a Colleague for an Award

[NextGov.com]
by Allan Holmes  Feb. 19, 2010
Do you know a federal manager who recently took risks to push through a bold idea, policy or program that uses technology to make government work better or improve public services? If so, we'd like to hear your story by nominating your colleague for a Nextgov Award... read more

From Open Source to Open Government

[ComputerWorld UK]
by Glyn Moody  Feb. 04, 2010
One idea was that companies on the "outside" might play an important role. This is similar to the concept of "government as platform" outlined by Tim O'Reilly... read more

Information Technology and the Military

[thekojonnamdishow.org]
by Mark Drapeau, Charles "Jack" Holt, Linton Wells II  Jan. 12, 2010
The Defense Department, like every other wing of the federal government, is on a mission to keep pace with the technologies of the "Web 2.0" era. But social media, "wiki" documents, and information sharing portals pose unique challenges for the military, which is sitting on an ocean of sensitive data... read more

An online gov2.0 conference - not all talk

[chaordix]
by Sarah Blue  Dec. 10, 2009
I attended the Gov2.0 online conference this morning and listened to 5 success stories on open government. I was really impressed with the quality of speakers and feel pretty inspired by all of the initiatives around web2.0, social media and the government... read more

The Power of Government-as-Platform

[BusinessWeek]
by Steve Hamm  Dec. 01, 2009
Tim O'Reilly, the founder of O'Reilly Media and promoter of the Web 2.0 and Gov 2.0 phenomena, calls this the Obama administration's most important technology initiative. "The government is starting to think like a platform provider rather than an application provider," he wrote me in an e-mail... read more

Gov 2.0 Tools Promote Awarness of Land Mine Treaty

[Governing People]
by John Duncan  Dec. 01, 2009
Governing People at the Gov 2.0 Summit! Read about this event. GP Blogger Board. Meet our Advisory Blogger Board... read more

Cheeky Geeky - Anil Dash creates Expert Labs to ...

[trueslant.com]
by Mark Drapeau  Nov. 18, 2009
of Expert Labs with me at the O'Reilly/Techweb-produced Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, DC this past September. I'm really pleased that he's followed up on his initial thoughts in such a thoughtful and meaningful way. ... read more

The Communicators: Gov 2.0 Summit

[The Communicators]
by Admin  Nov. 15, 2009
The Communicators: Gov 2.0 Summit Leaders in the telecommunications industry speak to "The Communicators" during the Gov 2.0 Summit. Program from Saturday, November 14, 2009. From: CSPAN Views: 62 2 ratings Time: 29:40 More in News... read more

Health IT & Healthcare Reform: Gov 2.0 on C-SPAN

[ahier.blogspot.com]
by Brian Ahier  Nov. 16, 2009
C-SPAN Communicators talks with Tim O'Reilly, Jack Dorsey, Craig Newmark, Beth Novak and Jack Dangermond from the first ever Gov 2.0 Summit, bringing together leaders from the private, public and government sector to find better ways of ... read more

See. Do. Type.: Gov 2.0 Summit - Texts for Africa

[katieroland.blogspot.com]
by Katie Roland  Oct. 23, 2009
A few weeks ago, I attended the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington D.C. that was put on by O'Reilly Media. Speakers from business, the government, and non-profits were on hand to present their latest work in the area of Gov 2.0. ... read more

Word Cloud From Gov 2.0 Summit Notes

[See. Do. Type.:]
by Katie Roland  Sep. 12, 2009
I was trying to summarize my eight pages of notes from the Gov 2.0 Summit this past week and decided to put them into a word cloud to help identify key themes from the conference. Here's the link if anyone's interested: ... read more

Inside the Net: a blog for job seekers with active security ...

[Inside the Net]
by Kathleen Smith  Sep. 22, 2009
The Gov 2.0 Showcase followed by the Gov 2.0 Summit kicked off the Fall. The showcase format was interesting in that it examined government as many different platforms rather than a building or institution. One thing that many people ... read more

Gov 2.0 Summit: GIS the Big Winner in Push for Open Government ...

[govtech.com]
by Tod Newcombe  Sep. 11, 2009
Geospatial applications and services dominate at Gov 2.0 Summit. read more

Ti Point Tork » Blog Archive » Gov 2.0 Summit: Clay Johnson

[nathan.torkington.com]
by gnat  Sep. 09, 2009
Gov 2.0 Summit: Clay Johnson. The second Clay, hairier and less well-dressed. Head of Sunlight Labs, part of the Sunlight Foundation. I was at his house on Monday night for a turkey cook-off between him and ... read more

FORA.tv - Social Media, Diplomacy and Co-Creation of Dialogue

[Fora.tv]
by unknown  Oct. 24, 2009
The Gov 2.0 Summit ends the first day with a conversation between John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Clinton and now President of the Center for American Progress, and James Fallows, author, journalist, and editor, ... read more

Gov 2.0 conference summary on C-span

[SF Gate]
by Craig Newmark  Nov. 16, 2009
Hey, this includes serious folks, like Beth Noveck, Tim O'Reilly, Jack Dorsey, and then there's me. (The lapel pin I wear, about twelve minutes in, reflects my involvement with the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America.)... read more

C-SPAN and Gov 2.0 Summit

[C-SPAN]
by The Communicators  Oct 11, 2009  

C-SPAN Communicators talks with Aneesh Chopra, Hal Varian, Monica Guzman, John Markoff and Carl Malamud from the first ever Gov 2.0 Summit, bringing together leaders from the private, public and government sector to find better ways of dispensing information.


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Get ready for an apps battle

[San Francisco Examiner]
by Mike Aldax  Oct. 01, 2009
The contest is being sponsored by the Center for Investigative Reporting's California Watch reporting team, Spot.Us, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, MAPLight.org, the Gov 2.0 Summit, Sun Light Foundation and others, the mayor’s office said... read more

Mr Gruen goes to Washington

[gov2.net.au]
by Nicholas Gruen  Oct. 03, 2009
Being flat out on other duties has prevented me from providing you with a 'write up' of my time in Washington D.C. at the Government 2.0 Summit. To picture yourself there, just picture Kate Lundy's Sphere Camp and then soup it up by making the speakers the most energetic and… read more

SEO, Google For The Public Sector, Gov 2.0

[highposition.net]
by Kerry  Sep. 29, 2009
According to Carl Malamud, who spoke at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, public now means 'on the internet'. This makes perfect sense as an increasing number of people use YouTube, Google, Twitter and the like to find out the answers ... read more

Can 'Government 1.0' manage an upgrade?

[techblogplus.com]
by Tim Conneally  Sep. 11, 2009
At the Government 2.0 Summit this week, deputy CTO in the office of the president Beth Noveck cited the FCC's Broadband.gov as an example of the Obama administration's move toward a more open and transparent government... read more

FCC Chair Pledges New Media, Web 2.0 Push

[Internetnews.com]
by Kenneth Corbin  Sep. 11, 2009
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission pledged to move the agency into the Web 2.0 era, committing to bring the same social media tools that have transformed the private sector to the regulatory body that oversees the nation's communications systems... read more

Congressman uses social media to collect health care reform feedback

[Government Computer News]
by Rutrell Yasin  Sep. 24, 2009
Culberson, who attended the Gov 2.0 Summit held in Washington earlier this month, was looking for technology such as SharedBook "because he wanted, particularly on the health care bill, to get it out to his constituents and he wanted to hear... read more

Journalism Isn't Dead: Long Live Entrepreneurialism and Multimedia Skills

[debbieweil.com]
by Debbie Well  Sep. 25, 2009
I was struck by the smarts of one of the panelists at the recent Government 2.0 Summit. Monica Guzman is a young reporter at the Seattle Post Intelligencer who was one of the few to survive the drastic cuts when the print edition was shut down in March 2009... read more

At Gov 2.0 summit in DC, Podesta talks about the power of "tools of freedom"

[San Francisco Examiner]
by Tanya Gupta  Sep. 09, 2009
At the Gov 2.0 summit today, taking place in our very own Washington DC, John Podesta asked James Fallows of The Atlantic, what would happen if the US openly supported the "tools of freedom" in the world... read more

Gov 2.0 Showcase - Looking at 2.0 Technology Differently - Inside ...

[clearedjobs.net]
Sep. 22, 2009
The Gov 2.0 Showcase followed by the Gov 2.0 Summit kicked off the Fall. The showcase format was interesting in that it examined government as many different platforms rather than a building or institution. One thing that many people ... read more

Messina and Recordon explain OpenID authentication and .gov websites

[IT Knowledge Exchange]
by Alexander Howard   Sep. 11, 2009
This week, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra announced a pilot program that will allow people to log in to government websites using OpenID authentication and InfoCard technology. In the video embedded below, open source advocate Chris Messina and David Recordon, senior open programs manager at Facebook, discuss the details of the… read more

FastCompany: 2Do.Over

[Fastcompany.com]
by Marcia Conner  Sep. 16, 2009
What if 2.0 were an authentic chance to revisit and do over what came in 1.0? Enterprise - Government - Web - School - Work - HR - PR - Publishing - Management - Market Research - Sales - Learning - Library - Video - Media - Education - Surveillance… read more

Complete Coverage of Gov 2.0

[Oh My Gov.com]
by Brad Clark, Richard Hartman, Jenifer Reinhardt, Mark Malseed   Sep. 23, 2009
Link to several articles covering Gov 2.0 Summit... read more

U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra on Data.gov, OpenID and government transparency

[searchcompliance.com]
by Alexander B. Howard  Sep. 11, 2009
Transparency and government aren't traditional bedfellows, especially for the federal government. Under President Barack Obama's administration, however, technology is steadily being applied to bring the two together... read more

Government as a Platform?

[Technosailor.com]
by Aaron Brazell  Sep. 12, 2009
Data, data, data. This is the answer for government in this new world of Government 2.0. Making government available to the citizens by building platforms for change. These are the ideas bandied around when the Silicon Valley Warlords came to Washington, D.C. this week to put on the invitation only… read more

Open Government Directive only weeks away

[Government Computer News]
by Joab Jackson  Sep. 09, 2009
Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said the White House is weeks away from issuing the Open Government Directive. The CTO spoke at the Gov 2.0 conference being held this week in Washington... read more

Social Media's Growing Influence

[NPR]
by Scott Simon  Sep. 12, 2009
Someone who's thought a lot about the uses and implications of social media in government, politics and problem solving is Clay Shirky. He follows the social and economic effects of digital technology. He spoke this week at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C. That's a conference on using technology… read more

OpenID federated identity framework set for .gov authentication pilot

[searchcompliance.com]
by Alexander B. Howard  Sep. 15, 2009
Welcome to the identity economy. Last week, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra announced a pilot program to allow individuals to authenticate themselves on government websites using an open trust framework (OTF). The technologies chosen come from OpenID or Information Card, a move that puts the substantial weight of the federal government… read more

Bringing Open Identity to Government - A Good Step Forward

[courion.com]
by Todd Chambers  Sep. 18, 2009
Last week, the Gov 2.0 Summit opened in Washington, D.C., where policy makers and industry leaders discussed how technology can make government more functional. In conjunction with the summit, 10 companies announced... read more

Thinking About Government Communications

[ariwriter.com]
by Ari Herzog  Sep. 10, 2009
Government is a vending machine, said Tim O'Reilly at the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase this week in Washington, D.C., in front of an assembly of hundreds of government managers, technologists, and assorted consultants (such as me)... read more

Reflections on Gov 2.0 Expo and Summit

[gilbane.com]
by Mary Laplante  Sep. 15, 2009
O'Reilly's Gov 2.0 events took place last week. We've had some time to think about what the current wave of activity means to buyers and adopters of content technologies. Both the Expo and Summit programs delivered a deluge of examples of exciting new approaches to connecting consumers of government services… read more

The Breaking Time: Gov 2.0 Finale: Lessons' Shadows

[thebreakingtime.com]
by David Forbes  Sep. 19, 2009
The Gov 2.0 summit was exhilarating: there were good ideas and plenty, usually delivered rapid-fire by very bright people doing their damndest to bring a shining future into being. I can be cynical. I can cut. ... read more

Google Public Policy Blog: Gov 2.0 Summit videos

[googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com]
by Google Public Policy Blog  Sep. 17, 2009
If you weren't able to make the Gov 2.0 Summit last week in DC, you're in luck - videos of most presentations are now online. A few Googlers had the chance to participate as speakers. John Markoff of the New York Times led a discussion ... read more

U.S. CTO Chopra on transparency and governing by outcomes at Gov 2.0

[IT Knowledge Exchange]
by Alexander Howard   Sep. 09, 2009
Aneesh Chopra is in a unique position. As the first chief technology officer (CTO) for the United States, he's defining the role as he goes. During an interview with tech publisher Tim O'Reilly at the Government 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., the U.S. CTO provided more perspective on what he… read more

GoodBlogs: How Designers Will Re-engineer Our Relationship With Government

[GoodBlogs]
by Rachel Abrams  Sep. 16, 2009
When a conference delegate exclaimed in a loud whisper, "Ooh, it feels like San Francisco '97 in here!" at the Gov 2.0 Summit last week, should I have gotten the tour T-shirt signed there and then, or was it time to start worrying?... read more

The Atlantic: James Fallows: Discussion with John Podesta at Gov 2.0 conference

[TheAtlantic.com]
by James Fallows  Sep. 17, 2009
Last week Tim O'Reilly held his debut "Gov 2.0" conference in Washington. All the parts I saw were interesting and provocative.... read more

Google Open Source Blog: Report from the Gov 2.0 Summit

[Google Open Source Blog]
by Leslie Hawthorn  Sep. 15, 2009
Clearly designed as a conference to start but certainly not finish the conversation, last week's Gov 2.0 Summit assembled an impressive cast of presenters and interviewers. Key White House decision makers, government innovators and ... read more

Thoughts on Identity from the Gov 2.0 Summit | Privacy Digest

[Privacydigest.com]
by MacRonin  Sep. 15, 2009
Thoughts on Identity from the Gov 2.0 Summit: Via CDT - PolicyBeta. Last week, the federal government announced a pilot project to develop digital identity solutions for federal websites, working with OpenID and Information Cards ... read more

Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform: Gov 2.0 Summit: Carl ...

[Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform]
by Brian Ahier  Sep. 15, 2009
Gov 2.0 Summit: Carl Malamud, "By the People..." This was one of the absolute best parts of the Gov 2.0 Summit in my humble opinion... Carl Malamud is the founder of Public.Resource.Org, a nonprofit that has been instrumental in placing ... read more

Podcast: The Gov 2.0 Summit and Geospatial | geo2web.com

[Geo2web.com]
by geo2web  Sep. 15, 2009
Last week's Government 2.0 Summit held in Washington DC put GIS front and center as a key tool is a vision of government as a platform for itself and for citizens to use. Why the fuss at this time over GIS, which has been a part of ... read more

Google Public Sector Blog: Gov 2.0 Summit Videos

[Googlepublicsector.blogspot.com]
by Ginny  Sep. 14, 2009
If you weren't able to make the Gov 2.0 Summit last week in DC, you're in luck - videos of most presentations are now online. A few Googlers had the chance to participate as speakers. John Markoff of the New York Times led a discussion ... read more

Podcast: The Gov 2.0 Summit and Geospatial - Community Mashup ...

[The GIS Forum]
by All Points Blog  Sep. 15, 2009
The GIS Forum is a community site for Geospatial professionals to gather and communicate about their profession. read more

PolicyBeta - Blog Archive – Thoughts on Identity from the Gov 2.0 ...

[PolicyBeta]
by Heather West  Sep. 14, 2009
Last week at the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal CIO Vivek Kundra noted that identity is crucial if government websites are to move beyond 'brochureware” and provide services to and interact with the public. Making government websites more ... read more

Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform: Gov 2.0 Summit Table ...

[Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform]
by Brian Ahier  Sep. 14, 2009
Brian Ahier's views and information on Government 2.0, Health Information Technology and reforming our healthcare system. Monday, September 14, 2009. Gov 2.0 Summit Table fof Contents. Gov 2.0 Summit Posts (so far): Gov 2.0 Summit Opens ... read more

The Week of Gov 2.0 – Longing for More | Social Media Strategery

[Social Media Strategy]
by sradick  Sep. 14, 2009
We've already had the Summer of Gov, but September 7-11 was the Week of Gov. With the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase on Tuesday and the Gov 2.0 Summit on Wednesday. read more

Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform: Opening the Gov 2.0 ...

[Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform:]
by Brian Ahier  Sep. 12, 2009
Opening the Gov 2.0 Summit with Aneesh Chopra. It was pretty thrilling to start the Gov 2.0 Summit with a discussion between the CTO of the United States, Aneesh Chopra, and Tim O'Reilly. He spoke of three levers of influence for Gov ... read more

Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform: Gov 2.0 Summit Opens

[Brian Ahier - Health IT & Healthcare Reform]
by Brian Ahier  Sep. 12, 2009
Gov 2.0 Summit Opens. We had a great opening of the Gov 2.0 Summit from Tim and Dick: Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Richard O'Neill (The Highlands Group), "Opening Welcome". Posted by Brian Ahier at 10:31 PM ... read more

Gov 2.0 Summit: Vendor Smackdown

[e2oh.com]
by Jay Hariani  Sep. 11, 2009
At this week's Gov 2.0 Summit, the feds seemed to have a coming out party of sorts for their new approach to IT in government – do it faster, lighter and be more transparent. Kundra & Chopra spoke about how open standards and building ... read more

FCC Chief Launching E-Gov Initiatives

[eWeek.com News]
Sep. 11, 2009
One of the federal government's most difficult sites to maneuver turns to E-Gov initiatives such as crowd-sourcing, video blogging, RSS feeds, YouTube and Twitter. FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chairman Julius Genachowski continues to bring Gov 2.0 change to the agency best known for its difficult to use website. On Sept.… read more

Government Technology: Gov 2.0 Summit: Feds to Announce Plans for Open Government Directive

[Government Technology]
by Tod Newcombe  Sep. 09, 2009
In coming weeks, the White House will issue an open government directive as part of its broad transparency initiative, according to Aneesh Chopra, the federal government's chief technology officer.... read more

Civics Lessons for and from Silicon Valley at the Gov 2.0 Summit ...

[www.good.is]
by Rachel Abrams  Sep. 11, 2009
This week's first ever Gov 2.0 expo and summit in Washington, DC, re-orients what Web 2.0 will mean, not just for consumers and the piranha pond of business. read more
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