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Slides by New OMB e-Gov Head Vivek Kundra

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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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6 Governments Who Set Their Data Free

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Here are a few examples: District of Columbia's Data Catalog : The District has opened up 405 data sets across multiple agencies. Users can, for example, subscribe to feeds of crime incidents or view a Google Map of construction projects completed in 2009. One suggestion, Vancouver: add a crime map.

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DC Does Public Information Right

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Post-event feedback shows that Vivek Kundra's presentation was extremely popular.

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

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Vivek Kundra, Chief Technical Officer, for the District of Columbia, discussed the District’s radical transformation a model of the to the digital public sphere model. The District, never a beacon for transparent governance, sought to reverse course when he joined the new Adrian Fenty’s administration.