Gov 2.0 News and Coverage

[CBSNews.com]
by Shira Lazar  Jul. 29, 2010
Gov 2.0 uses the technology and innovation of Web 2.0 to address the needs of government. CBSNews.com's Shira Lazar talks with Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, about the new movement... read more

[The Washington Post]
by Ed O'Keefe  Jul. 27, 2010
Tim O'Reilly, a social media expert and leading advocate for offering more government services online, said the public sector has struggled with adapting to new technologies for years. He recalled trying to convince lawmakers in the 1990s that they needed to use e-mail to reach constituents... read more

[Information Week Government]
by J. Nicholas Hoover  Jul. 28, 2010
At upcoming event, industry leaders from inside government and from the private sector will share their experiences working with open data, and brainstorm over what's next... read more

[Read Write Web]
by Marshall Kirkpatrick  Jul. 22, 2010
Tim O'Reilly was recently at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), talking about the kinds of things that could be done "if we could use medicare data like Google uses clickstream data." The response was a very cautious one... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  Jul. 19, 2010
Last week, I visited Social Security Administration headquarters outside of Baltimore to speak about social media and government at its Employee Open Government Awareness Day. Before my presentation, I sat down with Frank Baitman, the agency's chief information officer, to talk about Gov 2.0, open government and technology. A video… read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  Jul. 23, 2010
The nature of record keeping and government transparency in the information age is rapidly changing. Officials can text, tweet, direct message, send "Facemail," IM or Skype, all from a personal smartphone... read more

[ReadWriteWeb]
by Marshall Kirkpatrick  Jul. 21, 2010
This Spring, Tim O'Reilly was surprised to find himself defending Facebook's changes to its privacy policy. "There's enormous advantage for users in giving up some privacy online and [so] we need to be exploring the boundary conditions,"... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  Jul. 14, 2010
California has the eighth largest economy in the world. Its information technology infrastructure is immense, with thousands of staff, networks and complex legacy systems. After the boom and bust of the dot com era, California's budget woes have also been immense, which has driven staffers to do more with less,… read more

[GovFresh.com]
by Luke Fretwell  Jul. 08, 2010
Now that we all know Tim O'Reilly is as passionate about Gov 2.0 as he is about dancing, will he inspire alpha geeks across America to join with him and dance for a great cause?... read more

[CSPAN.org]
Jul. 03, 2010
In May, "The Communicators" visited the GOV 2.0 Expo in Washington D.C. The Expo is attended by experts interested in using technology to promote a more open government. Joining us for interviews on their experience at the conference are Tim O'Reilly, founder & CEO of O’Reilly Media... read more

[O'Reilly News]
by Maureen Jennings  Jun 30, 2010  

Organizers Release Initial Speaking Lineup of Key Influencers Stimulating Change in Government

San Francisco, CA, June 30, 2010 - O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit and Gov 2.0 Expo events, today announce Gov 2.0 Summit and release the lineup of industry influencers hitting the keynote stage. Momentum from the recent Gov 2.0 Expo, along with the success of Gov 2.0 Summit last year, brings this important group of government leaders and innovators of the Web together again to explore how technology enables transparency, participation, collaboration, and efficiency at all levels of government. Gov 2.0 Summit will take place September 7-8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC. For more information visit gov2summit.com. "This year Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 brings together critical leaders and decision makers refining the concept of government-as-platform and exploring the ways in which it can be used for transformation," said Tim O'Reilly, CEO and founder of O'Reilly Media. "Gov 2.0 is about creating a community of Gov 2.0 leaders who can push change forward and outward year-round, answering the President's call to strengthen our democracy."... read more

[Gov 2.0]
by Jaimey Walking Bear  Jul. 01, 2010
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, identifying the forward vision of where technology to lower the costs of government while increasing its capabilities. Speakers… read more

[CNN.com]
by Eric Kuhn  Jun. 28, 2010
President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum Monday that would double commercial spectrum available for wireless broadband technologies. The amount of information flowing over wireless networks has exploded in recent years raising concerns about a "spectrum crunch." According to the White House, wireless data will increase between 20 and 45… read more

[CiviGuard.com]
by Team Civi  Jun. 28, 2010
We will provide a full debriefing on our visit soon but we felt it was important to point out that CiviGuard was able to secure interest from the White House as a direct result of attending and participating in the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, DC... read more

[ijis.org]
by Paul Wormeli   Jun. 15, 2010
About a month ago I wrote about Tim O'Reilly's excellent seminar on Government 2.0 and told you about the forthcoming Gov 2.0 expo that O'Reilly was coordinating. The expo, May 25-27, 2010, was another leap forward as some of the top people in the digerati world convened to show their… read more

[ O'Reilly Radar]
by Brian Ahier  Jun. 15, 2010
June 15 is Gov 2.0 Hero Day and I'm using it to highlight the work of GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell. Luke started GovFresh a little more than a year ago, and his passion for open government has been a driving force in the Gov 2.0 world... read more

[washingtontechnology.com]
by Alice Lipowicz  Jun. 11, 2010
Twitter's search for its first Washington-based government liaison has prompted a flurry of tweets and blog posts by Gov. 2.0 community members offering advice and comments, but skeptics are mobilizing, too... read more

[Huffington Post]
by Arianna Huffington  Jun. 07, 2010
"There are reasons for optimism--even when it comes to the way our government is being run. One of these reasons is Tim O'Reilly, the tech guru CEO of O'Reilly Media," writes Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, in her blog. "To advance the notion of applying government… read more

[OhMyGov.com]
by Paul D. Shinkman  Jun. 08, 2010
Advances in communications technology have accelerated sharply since the Chinese first invented the printing press in 305 AD. This razor's edge, allowing for government and citizens to interact, was on display at the recent Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, as experts and innovators from around the world gathered to initiate… read more

[CNN.com]
Jun. 03, 2010
Gary Vaynerchuck sells wine online, is the co-founder of the social media agency VaynerMedia, and has a simple message to congress: allow technology to make our lives better... read more

[Gov Loop]
by Nicholas Charney  Jun. 02, 2010
I was fortunate enough to end up at the in Washington DC. First of all, if you are ever in DC stay at the DC Guest House. Big thanks to Laurel Ruma at O'Reilly for turning me on to the place... read more

[Read Write Web]
by Klint Finley  Jun. 01, 2010
The State of California will hold an application development contest this summer, according to O'Reilly Radar, and the state is partnering with Google, Microsoft, ProgrammableWeb, and IdeaScale to make it happen. ProgrammableWeb's site for the contest will be live later today... read more

[IT Business Edge]
by Ann All  Jun. 01, 2010
Earlier today I wrote a post about how many government agencies struggle with the idea of Government 2.0 because of an organizational culture that prizes insularity and ingrained practices over innovation... read more

[The Hill]
by Gautham Nagesh  Jun. 01, 2010
President Ronald Reagan's decision to open the Global Positioning System up to public use was an early example of open government, according to Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media... read more

[ReadWriteWeb]
by Klint Finley  Jun. 01, 2010
The State of California will hold an application development contest this summer, and the state is partnering with Google, Microsoft, ProgrammableWeb, and IdeaScale to make it happen. ProgrammableWeb's site for the contest will be live later today... read more

[CNN.com]
by Eric Kuhn  Jun. 01, 2010
Ronald Reagan is the father of Foursquare. At least that's what O'Reilly Media CEO and founder Tim O'Reilly said in his keynote presentation at last week's Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington. In 1983, President Reagan signed an executive order making global positioning system technology, known today as GPS, available for… read more

[fiercegovernmentit.com]
by Molly Bernhart Walker  Jun. 01, 2010
As government agencies dabble in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, it's important that they have a clear strategy to ensure the projects' success. At the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., Danielle Germain, director of the Collaboration Project at the National Academy of Public Administration shared a methodology she has developed… read more

[smartmobs.com]
by Stephanie Gerson  May. 28, 2010
The fact that Rita J. King's bio included the words "dancing" and "imagination" was enough to make me reach out to her for an interview, and reading about her only confirmed my hunch. Rita is a storyteller, artist, writer, and the cosmic cousin of Andre Blas... read more

[cloudcomputing.spunje.com]
May. 28, 2010
Collaboration between the private sector and the federal government is necessary for governments to take full advantage of cloud computing opportunities, a Microsoft executive said Wednesday.Speaking at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, Microsoft's senior VP and general counsel Brad Smith said that adopting cloud computing has a number of… read more

[johnohab.com]
by John Ohab  Jun. 01, 2010
On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to give a lightning talk at the Gov 2.0 Expo Keynote Kickoff. All of the talks were 5 minutes and consisted of 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. It was definitely a great experience... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Nat Torkington  May. 31, 2010
Transparency is Not Enough (danah boyd) -- we need people to not just have access to the data, but have access to the context surrounding the data. A very thoughtful talk from Gov 2.0 Expo about meaningful data release. Feed6 -- the latest from Rohit Khare is a sort of… read more

[Gov Loop]
by Dan Taylor  May. 31, 2010
I'm going to try to boil down three days of learnings from the into a single post. It is written from the perspective of a person currently serving as a... read more

[Information Week Government]
by Elizabeth Montalbano  May. 31, 2010
The GSA BetterBuy pilot site wiki represents a culture change for government procurement, but shows promise for streamlining the process said assistant commissioner Mary Davie. read more

[Gov 2 Radio]
by Adriel Hampton  May. 31, 2010
Join a spirited discussion about the Gov 2.0 movement with GovLoop veterans Andy Krzmarzick and Sterling Whitehead, and newcomer Attia Nasar... read more

[Gov Loop]
by Ryan Kamauff  May. 27, 2010
Christopher Dorobek of Federal News Radio moderated a panel that focused on how to use collaborative technology to improve procurement. There have infinite conferences regarding procurement, so talking about it isn't new, but the BetterBuy Project... read more

[Read Write Web]
by Alex Williams  May. 29, 2010
Washington, D.C. CTO Bryan Sivak is creating the infrastructure for a city that makes everyone a map maker in the cloud. His plan? Give citizens easy tools to create their own mapping applications that can be augmented with additional data... Sivak spoke at the Gov 2.0 conference this past week… read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  May. 28, 2010
The past week's Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington showcased the culmination of months of planning, particularly the international nature of the movement towards open government and open data. read more

[Gov Loop]
by Meagen Ryan  May. 28, 2010
The Gov 2.0 Expo comes to a close, GovLoop's founder gives advice on government "awesomeness," the city of Manor, TX, innovates again, and a public/private partnership will bring the mysterious planet of Mars much closer to home, all in this week's pre-Memorial Day edition of the... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by John Soat  May. 28, 2010
Are government agencies outpacing their corporate counterparts in cloud computing? That might seem to be the case, given the recent exposure around government cloud initiatives. However, it may be that governments and corporations have different agendas when it comes to the cloud... read more

[Huffington Post]
by Alan W. Silberberg  May. 28, 2010
Without people, there is no technology that works beyond a few days or so. Without people, data has no meaning. The gravity of the situation rests now and will always rest with the people. read more

[PBS Newshour]
by Hari Sreenivasan   May. 28, 2010
Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media, but beyond that he is someone who is constantly thinking of the nexus between open and closed systems of information and how they interact. His company co-sponsored the recent Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington... read more

[Oh My Gov]
by Mark Malseed and Mariko Hewer  May. 28, 2010
The Gov 2.0 Expo has now come and gone, but an impressive and often inspiring tweetstream remains behind as evidence of the ideas exchanged this week... read more

[Oh My Gov]
by Paul D. Shinkman   May. 28, 2010
The Latino population is a demographic that politicians cannot ignore. Latinos are densely populated in some of the country's most politically influential states and metropolitan areas, including almost 5 million in Los Angeles, CA, and roughly 1.5 million in both Harris County, TX and Miami-Dade County, FL... read more

[Huffington Post]
by Christina Gagnier   May. 28, 2010
In a session on perspectives of the United Kingdom's data.gov.uk initiative from this week's Gov 2.0 Expo, Tim Berners-Lee opened with an anecdote about how he got the audience at his 2009 TED talk to start chanting, "Raw data now!"... read more

[PewInternet.org]
by Aaron Smith, Susannah Fox  May. 28, 2010
Aaron Smith and Susannah Fox recently attended the Gov 2.0 Expo, a smorgasbord of policy, technology and citizen engagement put on by the good folks at O'Reilly Media. These are their notes from the conference... read more

[Silicon Prairie News]
by Danny Schreiber  May. 28, 2010
Earlier this week, Timothy Kephart, founder of Omaha-based Graffiti Tracker, spoke at this year's Gov 2.0 Expo co-produced by O'Reilly Conferences and UBM TechWeb. Timothy's talk, Graffiti Tracker: Utilizing Data to Fight Crime, gives an excellent overview of the problem and opportunity his company addresses... read more

[techinsider.nextgov.com]
by Allan Holmes   May. 28, 2010
The Office of Personnel Management conducted a survey of federal workers on telework habits and has begun to munch the numbers. While the survey findings haven't been released, Justin Johnson, deputy chief of staff at OPM, gave a sneak peek at some of the results during a panel discussion on… read more

[Government Computer News]
by Alice Lipowicz  May. 28, 2010
Federal employees and managers will be able to meet, interact, train and learn together in a government-only online virtual world being created in the vGov project... read more

[Federal Computer Week]
by Alice Lipowicz  May. 28, 2010
Australia's government is using Facebook to sign up firefighting volunteers. The United Kingdom now offers links to data on neighborhoods and schools. Governments in both countries are putting agency data online for the first time to make it accessible to the public, officials said at the Gov. 2.0 Expos on… read more

[katelundy.com.au]
by Kate Lundy  May. 28, 2010
Well it has been an amazing couple of days in Washington DC. Tim O'Reilly and the Gov2.0 Expo 2010 have drawn together a remarkable group of people to share their Gov2.0 experiences. I have met people from all over the US, UK, Canada and Brazil... read more

[blogtalkradio.com/gov20]
May. 27, 2010
Join us for look at the Gov 2.0 Expo from Alena Popova, Russian entrepreneur and founder of Duma 2.0, live from Washington, DC... read more

[Internet Evolution ]
by Nicole Ferraro  May. 28, 2010
Everybody loves transparency: the government, citizens, ghosts, etc. But what good is all of that "open" data if people are still getting skewed analysis, or if people can't adequately analyze it themselves?... read more

[Huffington Post]
by Ramon Nuez  May. 27, 2010
Many of us have heard about open government - this is where government from all levels make their services available online. In addition to making these services available - government agencies are also democratizing public sector data and making it available online. This phenomenon is growing in part due our… read more

[PBS Newshour]
by Kate Gardiner   May. 27, 2010
Technology lovers and data geeks from all over the country gathered in Washington, D.C. this week for the Gov 2.0 Expo to explore the power of data and its emerging role in government. We spoke with Google's Natasha Wyatt about innovations that Google's Crisis Response team has brought to the… read more

[PBS Newshour]
by Hari Sreenivasan   May. 27, 2010
The Rundown took the show on the road this week, visiting the Gov 2.0 Expo in downtown Washington, D.C., to get some perspectives on efforts to make government more transparent and useful for its citizen... read more

[Information Week Government]
by John Foley  May. 28, 2010
Users of Microsoft's virtual WorldWide Telescope will soon be able to zoom in on the surface of the red planet and take tours of areas of interest... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Mac Slocum  May. 28, 2010
Tim O'Reilly and Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer, had a wide-ranging discussion at this week's Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington D.C. Here's archived video and a breakdown of key insights from their chat... read more

[NextGov.com]
by Dawn Lim  May. 27, 2010
Nextgov named eight winners in its inaugural awards program on Thursday, recognizing federal managers who overcame bureaucratic inertia and political resistance to establish innovative processes that improved government operations and citizens' lives... read more

[Bloomberg Businessweek]
by John Tozzi  May. 27, 2010
Kevin Merritt never intended to become a government contractor when he launched Socrata, an online service making it easy to share data-anything from crime statistics to football schedules. But early last year he noticed that federal agencies were the site's biggest users... read more

[Information Week Government]
by J. Nicholas Hoover  May. 27, 2010
The city knows as a government tech innovator is also launching a startup incubator and pushing community involvement in app development... read more

[Internet News]
May. 27, 2010
At the O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo, luminaries from the tech sector and government officials stress the importance of bringing open data and cloud technologies to the public sector.... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by J. Nicholas Hoover  May. 27, 2010
The city knows as a government tech innovator is also launching a startup incubator and pushing community involvement in app development... read more

[Gov Loop]
by Andrew Krzmarzick  May. 27, 2010
Sitting in on the Procurement 2.0 session at the Expo, discussing the evolution of the Better Buy Project. The session is being masterfully moderated by Chris Dorobek... read more

[Oh My Gov]
by Mark Malseed and Mariko Hewer  May. 27, 2010
In true Gov 2.0 Expo style, let's skip the pomp and circumstance and fancy-pants introductions and get right to the good info.  The 33 Best Tweets from Wednesday at Gov 2.0  (Tuesday's list is here) thornley: Making data open is only the start. The real work is making people aware of… read more

[Computerworld News]
by Joab Jackson  May. 26, 2010
At D.C.'s Gov 2.0 conference, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and others work to explain the abstract concept of linked open data... read more

[Internet.com]
by Kenneth Corbin  May. 27, 2010
Cloud computing and open data were the watchwords here at the opening session of the Gov 2.0 Expo, a trade show focusing on the next generation of government technology produced by O'Reilly Media and TechWeb... read more

[Federal News Radio]
by Christopher Dorobek  May. 25, 2010
A competition that will award cash prizes to soldiers and Army civilians who create mobile and web applications that could be valuable to the Army has sparked the development of 53 applications in only 75 days, the Army announced Monday ahead of this week's Gov 2.0 Expo... read more

[PC World]
by Joab Jackson  May. 26, 2010
While governments and other organizations are stepping up efforts at providing more information for public consumption, they should also provide tools to allow people to interpret this data, argued a Microsoft social media researcher... read more

[Federal Computer Week]
by Alice Lipowicz  May. 27, 2010
The Smithsonian Institution is building its community by improving its ability to share knowledge online. Over the last two years, the Smithsonian's Web and new media strategy director, Michael Edson, has brought Smithsonian managers together in a series of events, organized a wiki and blog and collaborated with Web sites… read more

[fiercegovernmentit.com]
by Molly Bernhart Walker  May. 27, 2010
After more than 30 years toil at the Central Intelligence Agency, one might expect Carmen Medina, the recently-retired associate deputy director for intelligence, to have a fairly conservative view on operational structure at government agencies. But at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C... read more

[smartblogs.com/socialmedia]
by Kaukab Jhumra Smith  May. 26, 2010
Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who literally invented the World Wide Web - the system of linking multimedia documents on remote computers - used a single prop throughout his rapid-fire presentation at Gov. 2.0 today to advocate for the use of open, linked data by government to create global communities... read more

[ComputerWorld ]
by James Hutchinson  May. 27, 2010
The Federal Government will soon act on one of the Government 2.0 Taskforce's central recommendation in declaring an open government, according to Labour Senator, Kate Lundy... read more

[Businesswire.com]
by Adam Frankl  May. 26, 2010
Ravenflow today extended the introduction of the new cloud-based version of its award-winning RAVEN software to government and system integrator users who struggle with the creation of process diagrams for application development, systems engineering, and process improvement projects... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  May. 27, 2010
Can you explain open linked data using a bag of chips? Tim Berners-Lee did precisely that yesterday in his keynote at the Gov 2.0 Expo. After the jump, you can watch an exclusive interview with Berners-Lee exploring open linked data, how governments' open data efforts should be judged, and more... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by John Foley  May. 27, 2010
The space agency's Nebula cloud computing environment will be used to provide on-demand computing and storage to NASA scientists and engineers... read more

[Gov Loop]
by Attia Nasar  May. 27, 2010
Well the past two days have been very eventful for me. Tuesday night I went to the Gov 2.0 Expo TweetUp at RFD with Mr. GovLoop and met some amazing people. I just cannot believe that I am brushing elbows with some of the brightest and most influential individuals in… read more

[InformationWeek ]
by Elizabeth Montalbano  May. 26, 2010
Microsoft says the private and public sectors must work closely together for government to realize the promises of cloud computing... read more

[Networkworld.com]
by Joab Jackson  May. 26, 2010
Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee resorted to using a bag of potato chips to explain the ease and benefits of using linked open data. During his presentation at the O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo, being held this week in Washington, D.C., Berners-Lee held up a bag of Utz Kettle Classics Crunchy… read more

[Internet Evolution ]
by Nicole Ferraro  May. 26, 2010
It was a cloudy morning inside the Washington Convention Center. The keynote sessions began with representatives from NASA, the City of Los Angeles, Google, and Microsoft, the bulk of whom couldn't say enough good things about cloud computing... read more

[CTOvision.com]
by Ryan Kamauff  May. 26, 2010
Jesse Robbins of Opscode and O'Reilly Radar provided lessons learned from his experiences in cloud computing and scaling. Jesse was titled "Master of Disaster" with Amazon, responsible for Website Availability for every Amazon.com domain... read more

[gcn.com]
by Rutrell Yasin  May. 26, 2010
The City of Manor, Texas, is testing a platform designed to deliver location-specific alerts to residents during a crisis and allow them to send information back to emergency responders via smartphones... read more

[smartmobs.com]
by Stephanie Gerson  May. 26, 2010
The Gov 2.0 Expo is not to be confused with the Gov 2.0 Summit, which has gone down in DC in September for the past two years. While the Summit is an invite-only intimate dialogue about the higher-level meaning and implications of ... read more

[InformationWeek]
by Elizabeth Montalbano  May. 26, 2010
The Sunlight Foundation's "Design for America" awards honored IRS.gov, the U.S. passport form, and other projects that successfully merged creative design and government data... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by J. Nicholas Hoover  May. 26, 2010
Google has already been approved as a FedRAMP launch vendor, and now has submitted its final materials to certify its government-specific cloud...< read more

[acquia.com]
by Thomas Erickson  May. 24, 2010
Tom Erickson, Acquia's CEO provides context for his Gov 2.0 Expo session: Drupal and Social Publishing Strategies for Meeting the Open Government Directive. Tom will be serving on a panel with 3 other Drupal in Government experts... read more

[CTOvision.com]
by Ryan Kamauff  May. 25, 2010
Bob and I are very interested in Smartphone app development, specifically Android development. Apps are being used across the world to enable work, play, and collaboration. App development and sales is a huge economical force. Governments are starting to use apps to make work easier... read more

[smartblogs.com/socialmedia]
by Kaukab Jhumra Smith  May. 25, 2010
Ideas do not spread because they are "good," according to Dan Zarrella, author of "The Social Media Marketing Book." "I have to myth-bust this," Zarrella said. "There are plenty of good ideas that do not go anywhere and plenty of bad ideas that go everywhere." Ideas spread because they fill… read more

[Federal News Radio]
by Nicholas Gruen  May. 25, 2010
The Gov 2.0 Expo kicks off today at the Washington Convention Center. In honor of what promises to be an exciting 2.0 event, we went across the ocean and Down Under to get a different perspective about Gov 2.0... read more

[ahier.blogspot.com]
by Brian Ahier  May. 26, 2010
Tim O'Reilly snagged a great interview with Aneesh Chopra at the Gov 2.0 Expo. They started off with a strong focus on the intersection of healthcare and gov 2.0 principles. Aneesh gives an overview of the incentive program for meaningful use of EHRs, reveals an interesting perspective of the genesis… read more

[googleenterprise.blogspot.com]
May. 25, 2010
The Google Enterprise team is excited to be taking part in this week's Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, DC. From today through Thursday, the Gov 2.0 Expo brings together government and industry leaders from across the nation to discuss transformative technologies that can help support the mission of governments everywhere... read more

[gim-international.com]
May. 25, 2010
On Thursday 27th May 2010, at 2.20PM, ESRI president Jack Dangermond will speak to government and technology enthusiasts at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, DC (USA), about using the power of geographic information system (GIS) technology to transform government... read more

[digitalgovernment.wordpress.com]
by egovsa  May. 26, 2010
Government as a Platform for Greatness, Tim O'Reilly The iPhone was such a great success because it became a platform for 200,000 apps, only less than 20 apps written by apple. Government has become a platform for services... read more

[techpresident.com]
by Nick Judd   May. 25, 2010
I'm in Washington, DC for the next couple of days covering the Gov 2.0 Expo at the Washington Convention Center. This morning I snuck in just in time to catch the last part of Carolyn Lawson, California's Director of eServices Governance, talk about social media and government interactivity... read more

[cloudcomputing.sys-con.com]
by Bob Gourley  May. 25, 2010
Alistair Croll of Bitcurrent, an analysis and research firm, set out to explain all about the cloud. A big cloud advocate myself, I was interested in hearing his thoughts, and hopefully gaining some tips and tricks along the way... read more

[executivebiz.com/]
by Ellen Scott   May. 26, 2010
The Gov 2.0 Expo is in full swing. The event kicked off yesterday, May 25, 2010, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., and will continue until tomorrow,... read more

[The Huffington Post]
by Christina Gagnier   May. 25, 2010
Kicking off the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., Bill Eggers, who coined "Government 2.0," provided context for his term: Government 2.0 is a revolution and "revolutions need heroes."... read more

[Information Week Government]
by Elizabeth Montalbano  May. 26, 2010
Social media tactics to humanize government officials and call citizens to take action will foster more engagement with the public according a social media expert. read more

[OhMyGov]
by Mark Malseed and Mariko Hewer  May. 26, 2010
The Gov 2.0 Expo kicked off early Tuesday morning at the Washington Convention Center with a day of informative sessions, rapid-fire keynotes and well-lubricated socializing. There was even a velvet jacket or two spotted... read more

[Civsourceonline.com]
by Bailey McCann   May. 25, 2010
In March, Sunlight Labs announced their "Design for America" contest, a 10 week design and data visualization competition designed to get the design community working with government data. The contest winners listed here were were announced this evening at Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, DC... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by J. Nicholas Hoover  May. 25, 2010
Even at the Gov 2.0 Expo, a government IT event where the geeks seem to outnumber the bureaucrats, I hear the same old refrain about social media and open data from some questioners and attendees: we can't do this, management won't accept it, government regulations make it too hard... read more

[scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org]
by Alix Vance  May. 25, 2010
This sweeping initiative presents an enticing opportunity for the technology community. The Gov 2.0 Expo crowd is already descending on Washington for a meeting this week. Referred to as "THE IT event for 21st Century Government" by UMB TechWeb and O'Reilly Conferences (the organizers), the Gov 2.0 Expo will include… read more

[katelundy.com.au]
by Annika Hutchins  May. 25, 2010
Senator Kate Lundy will be a keynote speaker at the international Gov 2.0 Expo later this week. She will be discussing Open Government, and how Australia is innovating with technology and new community collaborations to make government more transparent, participatory and responsive to the changing needs of citizens... read more

[onepeople.or]
by Gunnar Hellekson  May. 25, 2010
Gov 2.0 Expo is coming to Washington, DC next week. It's the latest offering from the O'Reilly event machine, which is unmatched in its ability to generate buzz and get everyone excited about topics that they've never heard of.... read more

[governingpeople.com]
by Steve Radick  May. 24, 2010
I'll be at the Gov 2.0 Expo this week and I'm hoping that I'll see you either there, or at one of the happy hours/tweet-ups that will surely be occurring. If you're the least bit interested in social media or the future of our government, I'd highly encourage you to… read more

[.kristyfifelski.com]
by Kristy Fifelski,  May. 24, 2010
I am extremely jealous of the lucky chaps who get to participate in the Gov 2.0 Expo 2010, co-produced by O'Reilly Media and TechWeb in Washington, D.C. this week. My request for conference organizers and participants is to better understand the challenges facing local government in our adoption of Gov… read more

[e-patients.net]
by Susannah Fox  May. 24, 2010
The cross-disciplinary smorgasbord that is Gov 2.0 Expo will be held this week in DC. The agenda is packed with nerdy temptations (danah boyd! Anil Dash! Tim Berners-Lee!) but here are my can't-miss sessions... read more

[CTOvision.com]
by Ryan Kamauff  May. 25, 2010
Kieran Lal of Acquia led a great talk (adventure) on the use of government Social Publishing and Drupal. Kieran is the Drupal community adventure guide for Acquia, which provides commercial subscriptions for Drupal... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by J. Nicholas Hoover  May. 25, 2010
The Apps for Army application development challenge has sparked development of 53 applications in only 75 days, more than half of them for mobile operating systems... read more

[InformationWeek ]
by John Foley  May. 24, 2010
Tim O'Reilly is raising the bar on what he envisions for the open government movement. At this week's Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., O'Reilly won't be talking merely about government serving as "a platform" -- that was last year's idea -- but about government as "a platform for greatness."...… read more

[O'Reilly News]
by O'Reilly Media  May. 24, 2010
Gov 2.0 Expo is the IT event for 21st century government. If you can't make it to the Expo in person, join our live broadcasts from the conference and take part in the conversation. We'll discuss the buzz, analyze announcements, interview special guests, and take your questions from our live… read more

[PRnewswire]
May. 24, 2010
REDLANDS, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 2:20 p.m., ESRI president Jack Dangermond will speak to government and technology enthusiasts at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., about using the power of geographic information system (GIS) technology to transform government... read more

[TechCrunch]
by Vivek Wadhwa  May. 22, 2010
While grandma flips through photo albums on her sleek iPad, government agencies (and most corporations) process mission-critical transactions on cumbersome web-based front ends that function by tricking mainframes into thinking that they are connected to CRT terminals... read more

[O'Reilly News]
by Mark Drapeau  May. 24, 2010
The most important thing I learned in grad school was very simple: "Draw the picture." (Thanks Tony.) By that my advisor meant that it's often hard or impossible to describe a complex system in words alone. And consequently, if you can't draw a picture of what you're trying to explain,… read more

[O'Reilly News]
by Alex Howard  May. 21, 2010
Bernard Kouchner may have written that the "universal spirit of the Enlightenment should run through the new media" but this week, the zeitgeist of the government information revolution online was powered by open data. read more

[WeLoveDC.com]
by Tom Bridge  May. 24, 2010
One of the great things I love about DC is that it's an intersection of theory and practice; it's a place where people take technologies and policy ideas and work them into rules and laws and systems... read more

[Washington Post]
May. 24, 2010
An impressive lineup of technology mavens is on tap to talk about the intersection of technology and government at the Gov 2.0 Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center running Tuesday through Thursday... read more

[Publisher's Weekly]
by Andrew Richard Albanese   May. 24, 2010
In the May issue of Inc. magazine, Tim O'Reilly was asked his greatest extravagance. "Books. I have about 10,000," he replied, comparing his collection to "a gentleman's library in the era of Thomas Jefferson." read more

[Gov 2 Radio]
by Adriel Hampton  May. 23, 2010
A discussion of the O'Reilly/TechWeb Gov 2.0 Expo, with Laurel Ruma and Alex Howard... read more

[ohmygov.com]
by Paul D. Shinkman  May. 22, 2010
Can government be cool? Federal agencies, contractors, online developers and policy wonks will find out this week at the Gov 2.0 Expo -- a forum for 21st century advocates across the spectrum to learn about government interaction with technology, the Internet and social media... read more

[Federal News Radio]
by Laurel Ruma  May. 21, 2010
Gov 2.0 - that term has been around for a few years now. What's changed since the whole 2.0 movement started? Next week marks the start of the second annual Gov 2.0 Expo, a two-day conference that will focus on the latest and greatest in cloud computing, cybersecurity, social media and open… read more

[Focus Washington]
by Don Goldberg  May. 21, 2010
Supporting President Obama's initiatives promoting transparency, participation and collaboration, Gov 2.0 Expo's co-chair and Microsoft's Mark Drapeau talks with Focus Washington TechView shares... read more

[ZDNet]
by David Gewirtz  May. 20, 2010
Tim O'Reilly has some very interesting thoughts on how technology and government can play together... read more

[GovLoop]
by Steve Lunceford  May. 21, 2010
I'm sure I'm not the only one anxiously waiting for the start of O'Reilly & TechWeb's Gov 2.0 Expo next week. With such an expansive list of interesting sessions over three days, I thought it would be interesting to get program co-chairs Laurel Ruma and Dr. Mark Drapeau to share what… read more

[GovLoop]
by Dan Israel  May. 12, 2010
We appreciate all the interest in the Google for Gov group on GovLoop & the good discussions that have been going on here. We'd like to invite you to continue this discussion with us in person!... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
May. 21, 2010
Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Personnel Management, Veterans Affairs, National Institute of Standards and Technology, State of California, Cisco, IBM, Inc. Magazine, The Economist Among New Names... read more

[Gov Loop]
by Adriel Hampton  May. 13, 2010
In a webinar about Gov 2.0 on Tuesday, publisher and conference convener Tim O'Reilly referred to Carl Malamud as the father of the Gov 2.0 movement. Wednesday, Malamud was in San Francisco at the Mitchell Kapor Foundation offices for the 10th in a series of 15 workshops he's hosting around… read more

[Linux Pro Magazine]
May. 13, 2010
Pavilion to highlight transparency, outreach. read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard   May. 14, 2010
So what is Gov 2.0? This past week saw wide-ranging discussion about the meaning, substance and relevance of the term, along with plenty of other news related to social media in government, open data, improved crisis response through technology and a move to the cloud... read more

[Federal News Radio]
by Christopher Drobek  May. 19, 2010
How do you move from a culture of :need to know: to a culture of "need to share?" Alex Howard, Government 2.0 Correspondent for O'Reilly Media, examines that issue today with a preview of one of next week's Gov 2.0 Expo speakers. Read all about Richard Boly director of the… read more

[PRnewswire.com]
May. 18, 2010
Exhibitors and Sponsors Select Event as Center Stage for Federal, State, Local Government Innovation News... read more

[Forbes.com]
by Jeffrey Carr   May. 18, 2010
In anticipation of my panel at the Gov 2.0 Expo "Cyber Self Defense: Who's targeting your department and what you can do about it", I thought it might be helpful to cover one or two key tactics that you can institute right away. When I give presentations on this subject,… read more

[ComputerWorld ]
by Trevor Clarke  May. 14, 2010
The Federal Government has put a call out for case studies on the use of web 2.0 technologies in the government space with a view to setting up a gallery to help the edification of others... read more

[Telligent.com]
by Shaunna Villarea  May. 12, 2010
Come visit Telligent at Gov 2.0 Expo 2010 on May 25-27 at Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Learn how the rise of Government 2.0 signals the emergence of IT innovation and the web as a platform for fostering efficiencies within government and citizen participation... read more

[AOL Video]
May. 13, 2010
Video with Mark Drapeau... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
May. 13, 2010
Pavilion to Stage Forthcoming Government and Industry Technology Innovations... read more

[cloudcomputinglawyer.com]
May. 12, 2010
Check out the video... read more

[Federal Cloud blog]
May. 10, 2010
Get ready for Gov 2.0 Expo later this month. The event is being held on May 25 - 27, 2010 at the Washington Convention Center. Registration is still open, if you haven't already signed up... read more

[Federal News Radio]
by Christopher Drobek  May. 12, 2010
What is gov 2.0, what does it mean, and is it still a relevant term? Those were the questions that were being bandied about at a dinner last week of gov 2.0 luminaries in preparation for the Gov 2.0 Expo... read more

[Federal News Radio]
by Fed Cloud Blog  May. 10, 2010
Get ready for Gov 2.0 Expo later this month. The event is being held on May 25-27, 2010 at the Washington Convention Center. Registration is still open, if you haven't already signed up. Laurel Ruma is co-chair of Gov 2.0 Expo and O'Reilly Media's Gov 2.0 evangelist. She sat down… read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Mac Slocum  May. 11, 2010
Tim O'Reilly will host a free webcast to examine the concept of Gov 2.0 and how technologists can play key roles in government's transformation. He'll also field questions from the audience. Registration is free but slots are limited, so be sure to sign up here. read more

[Mashable]
by Alex Howard  May. 10, 2010
What is government 2.0? Tim O'Reilly describes it as government working as a platform. Others might describe it as applying the technologies that make up Web 2.0 to the practice of government, including blogs, wikis, social networking and crowdsourcing. The simplest way of describing government 2.0 may be any technology… read more

[O'Reilly News]
by Mark Drapeau  May. 10, 2010
As the program co-chair for the upcoming Gov 2.0 Expo, I've had a lot of time to learn about what's happening at the edges of the space. And through my experience working on the topic with the Department of Defense, and now through a different lens at Microsoft's public sector… read more

[gov20radio.com]
by Adriel Hampton  May. 09, 2010
Thanks for listening! Related posts: Listen to Gov 2.0 Radio, Win Free Gov 2.0 Expo Conference+Workshop Passes; Win Free #g2e Conference+Workshop Passes from Gov 2.0 Radio; Talking Web 2.0 Expo and Gov 2.0 Summit with Tim O'Reilly. read more

[PRnewswire.com]
May. 07, 2010
Sunlight Lab's Director Discusses 'Design for America' Contest with Focus Washington TechView... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
May. 05, 2010
The White House, State Department, NASA, Defense, Navy, CIA, Health and Human Services, Government of Ontario, Canada to Take the Stage... read more

[O'Reilly News]
by Alex Howard  May. 07, 2010
Topics in this week Gov 2.0 Week in Review include: Open 311, OGI, open government, open source, revisiting net neutrality and disaster response 2.0. If you have news and tips about the government 2.0 space, please let me know at alex@oreilly.com or @digiphile on Twitter. read more

[O'Reilly News]
by O'Reilly Media  May. 03, 2010
The Oracle of Silicon Valley, Tim O'Reilly has been ahead of early every important technology innovation of the past 30 years writes reporter Max Chafin in his cover story for this month's issue of Inc. magazine. "And today the future is something O'Reilly is calling Gov 2.0." Read more.... read more

[O'Reilly News]
by James Turner  May. 03, 2010
If you were going to pick an adjective to describe the Central Intelligence Agency, "open" wouldn't immediately spring to mind. But according to Carmen Medina, who recently retired from the CIA and will speak at next month's Gov 2.0 Expo, openness is just what the agency needs.... read more

[Gov 2.0 Summit news (via Google blog search)]
by Adriel Hampton  May. 02, 2010
Tune in to Gov 2.0 Radio tonight, May 2 (starts at 9 p.m. ET) for a special call-in trivia contest to win a conference-plus-workshops pass Gov 2.0 Expo (our media partner) in DC later this month. And, if you're not into contests but plan to go, check out Gov20Radio.com for our… read more

[tomw.net.au]
by Tom Worthington   Apr. 30, 2010
Senator Kate Lundy (ACT) will be talking on Lessons from Down Under: How Australia is Leading the World in Gov 2.0 in Washington DC on 25-27 May 2010 at the Gov 2.0 Expo. Other speakers include Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Tim O'Reilly... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
Apr. 30, 2010
Government Executive Media Group today announced nineteen finalists for its 2010 Nextgov Awards, a new program designed to recognize federal professionals who have created innovative programs, policies or management practices that rely on technology to improve government operations... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
Apr. 29, 2010
Progress in the Intelligence Community since the Worst Cyber Terrorism Plot Ever in 2006 Among Sessions Taking the Stage at Nation's Capital Event... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
Apr. 27, 2010
NASA, State of California, City of Los Angeles, U.S. Army Among Featured Government Speakers... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
Apr. 23, 2010
Gov 2.0 Expo to Showcase Experts and Technologies Shaping the 21st Century Government... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  Apr. 30, 2010
In this week's round-up of Gov 2.0 news: Open government assessed, web managers meet, Britain's social media election and Internet Policy 3.0.... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  Apr. 24, 2010
The pace of innovation and policy in the government 2.0 world hasn't slackened. Here's a round-up of gov 2.0-related news from the last week.... read more

[O'Reilly News]
by James Turner  Apr. 12, 2010
Gov 2.0 discussions tend to center on transparency and making data available to the general public. But information can flow in both directions. SeeClickFix believes citizens can offer as much to local government as government can offer to the people. SeeClickFix co-founder Jeff Blasius discusses the service in this Q&A. read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by James Turner  Apr. 27, 2010
For most of the 20th century, a soldier in the field could only communicate with his/her family and friends via letters that might take weeks or months to make their way to the recipient. But as the battlefield goes high tech, so has the ways soldiers can talk to the… read more

[Civsourceonline.com]
by Jeffery Smith   Apr. 28, 2010
One year following the groundbreaking Apps for Democracy contest, the Gov 2.0 world turns its gaze once again to the District of Columbia for Gov 2.0 Expo this May. In a conversation with Gov 2.0 Expo Co-chair, Laurel Ruma told CivSource that social media and open data initiatives in government… read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Alex Howard  Apr. 24, 2010
Taking a page straight from Mark Coddington's excellent week in review at the Nieman Journalism Lab, my inaugural Radar post looks at government 2.0 news from the past week. If you have news and tips about the government 2.0 space, please let me know at alex@oreilly.com or @digiphile on Twitter... read more

[PRnewswire.com]
by UBM TechWeb  Apr 27, 2010  

NASA, State of California, City of Los Angeles, U.S. Army Among Featured Government Speakers

WASHINGTON, April 27 - Highlights/Key Facts: * With cloud computing playing a big role in the Obama Administration's new FY2011 budget and federal CIO Vivek Kundra contending the U.S. government can acquire technology faster and at lower cost through cloud computing, leaders in the public and private sectors are more than ever working closely to use cloud computing as a strategic IT tool to help transform government and make them more effective and efficient... read more

[Good]
by Laurel Ruma  Apr. 22, 2010
Written by Laurel Ruma, Co-chair of Gov 2.0 Expo- If the web of the 2000s was social, the web of this next decade will be civic. Every time you "like" something on Facebook, you're voting. And it only takes a click of a mouse to sign a petition on Twitter.… read more

[THe Hill]
by Craig Newmark  Mar. 25, 2010
The Sunlight folks are all about making government accountable by making it transparent, stuff like showing where the money goes, how it's spent. This contest is about finding ways to present government data so that it makes sense... read more

[The Washington Post]
by Mike Musgrove  Apr. 04, 2010
But beyond Washington, there still seems to be confusion about what the word means. "My mom is like, 'What exactly do you do?' "said Laurel Ruma, whose business card describes her as a "Gov 2.0 evangelist" for the computer book publisher O'Reilly, where she is organizing an upcoming government and… read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by James Turner  Mar. 10, 2010
Last Saturday, several hundred folks gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government to spend the day discussing Open Government. I attended, and Laurel Ruma (O'Reilly's Gov 2.0 Evangelist) was one of the organizers... read more

[Govfresh.com]
by realtweetthroat  Feb. 12, 2010
Gov 2.0 Expo registration is officially open, and I'm feeling much better since my last post. ... read more

[O'Reilly News]
by Maureen Jennings  Mar 23, 2010  

Event Brings Together Government Leaders and Web 2.0 Innovators to Build a 21st Century Government

Sebastopol, CA, March 23, 2010 - Today Gov 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, provides a first glance at the key speakers, topics, and themes that apply technology best practices to improve transparency, efficiency, and cost containment in government programs. Gov 2.0 Expo will give government employees and contractors access to the practical tools, in-depth training, and new technologies needed to build a 21st century government. Gov 2.0 Expo will take place May 25-27, 2010 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington DC. For more information visit www.gov2expo.com "Government has an extraordinary responsibility to harness the best, most efficient systems for delivering citizen services and overcoming the barriers of complexity and bureaucracy," said Tim O'Reilly, CEO and founder of O'Reilly Media. "There has been a revolution in the private sector, with new technologies including cloud computing, web services, mobile devices, social media, and open data bringing unprecedented new services to individuals. The Government 2.0 Expo is the place to understand how these technologies can be applied to advance the mission of government agencies."... read more

[O'Reilly Radar]
by Tim O'Reilly  Mar. 11, 2010
In my advocacy around Government 2.0, I've been focused on the idea that government should act like a platform provider rather than a complete solution provider. That is, government should lay down rules of the road, create core functionality that others can build on, and then let the private sector… read more

[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

[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

[The Kojo Show]
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

[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