Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web. And they're doing it in ways that allow people to build web applications on top of the data. One suggestion, Vancouver: add a crime map.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Federal News Radio reported today that Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, has taken a position as new Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology: Kundra comes to OMB from the Washington city government where he was chief technology officer.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

The top three technology challenges for respondents are building websites, managing data, and fundraising. Vancouver, British Columbia: Understanding the New Top-Level Domains (TLDs). Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Vancouver, British Columbia: Design for Nondesigners. Thursday, February 9, 2017.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation. Spawned by exaggerated fears, governments and content publishers distrusted their constituents or audiences and would only release information once it had been filtered, cleansed, or massaged. government to run a “ Show Us a Better Way ” contest.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

The event convened almost 300 passionate people, all coming together for a common goal: to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent, accountable and meaningfully accessible to the public. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people interested or involved in local open government projects.

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