Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? for the public. 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. and valuable ?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Our Web Executive Seminar last month featured a terrific case study by District of Columbia CTO Vivek Kundra on the DC Data Catalog -- an archive of over 200 data feeds. Creating the Digital Public Square View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. I've embedded them below. You can register now !).

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Vancouver, British Columbia: Design for Nondesigners. Washington, District of Columbia: February DataJam. Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation. Some presenters jumped at the chance to defend Jeffersonian principles through the timely release and transparency of public information. For too long, tight controls were placed on information released to the public.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2013

Here's what we see: Big Data. Many foundations and nonprofits are putting effort into learning how to use data to impact society in a positive way. More nonprofits will be using Big Data to make a big impact. This is a "Big" topic. Take, for example, their work with DC Action for Children. Apps, Apps, Apps.

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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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