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  • Eric Gundersen
    May 19, 2009
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    Open Data 'Ignite' Presentation at Where 2.0: Featuring StumbleSafely.com
    A 5 Minute Open Data Sprint of 20 Slides Auto Advancing Every 15 Seconds
    If you’re at the Where 2.0 conference tonight, stop by the ‘ignite’ talks to catch our presentation on open data. We’ve been hearing a lot about open data in the news as a tool to increase transparency – even...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    May 14, 2009
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    'What Open Data Looks Like to the Rest of Us' Tomorrow at Open Government Conference
    Tomorrow Eric will present on what open data looks like to the general public at the Open Government on the Internet conference down in Austin at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. Breaking away from the more theoretical conversations on...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Mar 10, 2009
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    Development Seed in the Washington Post on Open Source + Open Data + DrupalCon
    We got some great coverage on our work with open data and DrupalCon DC in the Washington Post yesterday. Here is the excerpt: As an example of what Kundra may do with federal technology projects, many of them point to the contest he held last year...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Feb 27, 2009
    Open Data and Drupal
    How we can leverage the power of tens of thousands of open source developers to help us open up data
    Very soon, a lot of government agencies will start building applications to share their data with the public, and we need to have tools ready to access this information.  A lot of companies, organizations and civic groups are already building...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Feb 26, 2009
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    TransparencyCamp, Open Data, and Drupal
    Pre-DrupalCon Conference in D.C. to Get the Open Data Conversation Started
    TransparencyCamp is this weekend right here in Washington DC. A lot has happened since the camp was announced back in November. The new Administration has taken concrete actions to show it is trying to be smart about communication and transparency...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Jan 27, 2009
    A Phase Zero for Open Data in Government
    Tools and Technologies that Will Make Data Accessible Need Internal Buy In
    As government agencies work to meet President Obama’s deadline for open data plans (set in the Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies Subject: Transparency and Open Government), they need to factor in time for a phase...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Jan 23, 2009
    Open Data and a Smarter Role for Government
    An Economic Case for Opening Up Data and Improving Efficiency Within Government Agencies
    Openness in government will bring with it more than just transparency, it will bring a more efficient government – and just at a time when agencies need to do more with a very taxed funding base. There will certainly be some people from the...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Jan 7, 2009
    DC's CTO and the Apps for Democracy Contest Featured in Washington Post
    A CTO Using Technology to Increase Government Transparency and Openness - Yay!
    There was a great article in the Washington Post on Monday that talks about DC’s Chief Technology Officer (yep, we’re one of the first cities to get one) Vivek Kundra and some of the innovative and game changing ideas he’s bringing...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Nov 13, 2008
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    Washington, DC Government Pushes for Open Data and Tech Innovation
    DC Emerging As a Leader in Opening Up City Data
    Today Alex, Jeff, and I had the opportunity to talk with some of the DC government’s leading technology officers about open data at the Apps for Democracy press conference. Washington, DC is emerging as a leader in opening up government data,...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Nov 12, 2008
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    Stumble Safely Launched on Drupal for a Fun, Late Apps for Democracy Entry
    Because After Biking All Day, Beer Tastes Better
    As you can see, we think that what the DC government is doing by opening up its data and asking people to mash it up is a great idea. We hope that more cities follow the lead. To put put our support behind this initiative we decided to enter another...