| Presenters/Leaders |
Format |
Topic |
Saturday
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Sunday |
Resources
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Time
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| Peter Corbett, Greg? |
Quick Presentation (10 mins) then Discussion |
Cradle to Grave IT innovation using crowdsourcing (citizen talent + open data) |
X |
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Apps for Democracy and
Apps for America
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TBD |
| David James |
Quick introduction, discussion, roll-up your sleeves and write some code if you want |
Open source voting API (a Web service), built in Ruby. |
X |
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voting project on GitHub wiki
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TBD |
| Bob Biersack, Wei Lou |
Quick presentation (15-20 mins) then discussion |
Working with FEC data. Where we are, where we're going, problems and opportunities |
X |
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existing FTP summary |
TBD |
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John Scott, JC Herz
jms3rd@gmail.com
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Presentation, Discussion, Panel w/ attendees |
Technology Transparency, what amount of tech trans do we want in our Gov systems, Examples of, Open Source Software, Standards, Development ~ 45 min |
X |
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DoD Open Tech Dev
Write as We Fight
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| Silona Bonewald |
Quick Presentation w discussion with live wiki work! |
What should the underlying information architecture look like for legislation |
X |
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whitehouse.wikia.com
budgetwiki.com
leagueoftechvoters.org
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TBD |
| Jerry Brito |
Quick presentation then discussion |
The regulatory process is not transparent. Regulations.gov leave a lot to be desired. Using the newly released GPO FDSYS, one could build a more transparent and participatory interface to fed regs. |
X |
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regulations.gov
openregulations.org
fdsys.gpo.gov
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Ed Pastore
Mark Frischmuth
Wayne Moses Burke
Jim Gilliam
Lucas Cioffi
David Colarusso
Lily Liu
(others welcome)
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Roundtable discussion |
Crowdsourcing governance decisions - discussion among attendees involved in political/governmental crowdsourcing initiatives |
X |
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Metagovernment
DemocracyLab
Open Forum Foundation
White House 2
DeepDebate.Org
communityCOUNTS
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TBD
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Ed Pastore (@epastore)
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Quick presentation then discussion |
Beyond transparency: Crowdsourcing governance without any individual authorities. (Yes, this is a little ahead of its time.) |
X |
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metagovernment.org
similar projects
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TBD
(possibly merge into above session)
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| David Colarusso |
Quick presentation/ announcement then brainstorming session |
Improving the Dialog, Post YouTube Debates and 10Questions. Help shape the communityCOUNTS platform. |
X |
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communityCOUNTS |
TBD |
| Josh Tauberer |
Discussion |
Open Gov't Data: What should be the expectations? What's the real value? Share your lessons learned. |
X |
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"8 Principles" |
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| Josh Tauberer |
Demonstration, discussion |
Civic Hacking & Semantic Web Technology: Connecting the dots across data sets. |
|
X |
rdfabout.com
Query Census Data with RDF (very old!)
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| W. David Stephenson |
Demonstration, discussion |
How structured data & automated delivery can improve government workers' efficiency, promote transparency & encourage crowdsourcing |
|
X |
forthcoming "Democratizing Data" book, AppsforDemocracy
Dutch Taxonomy Project
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| Micah Sifry |
Presentation, discussion |
Transparency: What have you done for me lately? Demonstrating the impact of our work (criticism/self-criticism) |
X |
X |
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Either day, but towards the latter half of things |
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Tracy Viselli
Silona Bonewald
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Discussion |
Encouraging Absolute Positive Crowdsourcing Results: Moving Past Marijuana Policy and Net Positive Results |
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Clay Shirky's recent LSE Appearance |
TBD |
| George Thomas |
Presentation, discussion |
Feeds, Seeds and Graphs: Government Transparency Solution Architecture works in progress
Atom, XHTML+RDFa, and FFATA LOD sources - what I'm working on with OMB and GSA sponsors of recovery.gov release 2 and 3
|
X |
X |
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TBD - doesn't matter to me which day, either is fine, depends on what others want |
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Steven Clift
clift@publicus.net
|
Virtual Discussion |
Building local e-democracy from government transparency to online civic engagement - This will be a one hour session using an online conferencing tool/ReadyTalk (tool suggestions welcome: clift@publicus.net ) |
X
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Issues Forums background
Issues Forums one hour webinar
E-Democracy blog
Articles by Steven Clift
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Likely in the early afternoon for one hour |
| Tracy Viselli |
Dicussion/Strategizing |
Using Diigo to annotate government transparency efforts and resource material and create a new level of conversation online (literally) |
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Diigo: A New Communication Channel for Government Transparency and Policy |
TBD ( can be either day depending on time. |
| Sunlight Labs (Josh Ruihley) |
Brief Intro, Group Discussion, Hack Session |
Free an attainable government data source through databasing and API creation. |
X |
X |
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TBD (may be multiple sessions) |
| CDT/Open CRS (Josh Ruihley) |
Brief Intro, Hack Session |
Congressional Research Service intentionally obfuscates information on their reports to prevent libraries from archiving. Hack session to crack obfuscation and free CRS reports. |
X |
X |
Open CRS, Obfuscated PDFs |
TBD (may be multiple sessions) |
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Valdis Krebs
Erin Kenneally
|
Presentation & Discussion |
Social Network Analysis --
Mapping Hidden Networks with Public Data
|
X |
X |
corruption , indirect quid-pro-quo ,
financial crimes
|
TBD |
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Jay Dedman
Matthew Craig
|
Demonstration & Discussion |
Why open media formats are necessary for true democracy and data preservation. |
|
X |
OVA , Xiph Foundation, Ogg/Theora codec, Using Ogg in HTML |
TBD |
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Andrew Turner
Dave Troy?
|
Presentation & Discussion |
The *Report projects: Participatory Democracy and awareness through aggregation and mobile interfaces on an open-source platform. |
X |
X |
TwitterVoteReport.com
InaugurationReport.com
InaugurationReport Code on github
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TBD |
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Pete ODell www.swanisland.net
pete.odell@swanisland.net
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Presentation and Discussion plus optional demonstration |
Interoperable data - key to cross agency and cross organizational transparency - CAP, XBRL, and more |
x |
x |
Transparency_Camp_Interoperable_data_presentation_feb2009.pptx
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| Mike Diliberto MindTouch |
Presentation and Discussion |
Set Your Data Free - Using MindTouch to Visualize and Analyze Government Data |
X |
X |
MindTouch Deki
WhoRunsGov.com
Sunlight Labs API
|
We will be attending both days, so either day is fine |
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Pete ODell
pete.odell@swanisland.net
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Presentation and discussion |
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) - breaking the sensitive but unclassified information logjam through a government wide framework |
x |
x |
www.fas.org/sgp/bush/cui.html |
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John Scott
jms3d@gmail.com
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Presentation |
GovAcquisitions & Intellectual Property
- the gov buys info systems badly, this needs to be fixed, here's how. Also taxpayer IP needs to be be made widely available
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x |
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Patrick Dwyer
patrick@programmish.com
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Presentation and Discussion |
Data Transparency: Attracting New Ideas with Easy Information |
x |
x |
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Matthew Fretz - rmfretz@rmfretz.com
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Discussion |
Code? Hacking? I just want to write:
Discussion centered on resources: what works, what doesn't, and what we'd like to see.
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TBD - I'll be there both days. |
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Wayne Moses Burke
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Discussion |
Communicating with Congress
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What should be done? Who's working it?
Pros and cons of transparency vs privacy of the communications? |
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Open Forum Foundation |
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Bill Allison, ballison@sunlightfoundation.com
Nancy Watzman, nwatzman@sunlightfoundation.com
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quick introduction then discussion
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Computer Assisted Reporting: where to go to get the goods on Congress and
the feds, opportunities and limitations |
x |
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Rob Pierson
Congressman Mike Honda
|
Discussion |
We are doing an exhaustive redesign of the site. Brainstorm w/ us about your vision of the ideal congressional website and then watch your ideas become reality. |
x |
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David Moore (PPF), Conor Kenny, Avelino Maestas (Sunlight Foundation). Hit us: ckenny [attt] sunlightfoundation.com, drm atttttt ppolitics d000t org.
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Showcase Throwdown // Champagne Jam |
Announcing the OpenCongress Wiki -- plus three new features -- how to use & participate. |
x |
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OpenCongress // OpenCongress API // OpenCongress Wiki -- public debut at Transparency Camp!
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| Deb Bryant http://www.osuosl.org http://www.goscon.org |
Short presso, Roundtable discussion |
What does Government need from the tech community to move on increasing transparency? Where are the successes in closing the cultural gap between the governmental-willing and the technology-activist? |
x |
|
http://www.osdv.org |
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| Deb Bryant http://www.osuosl.org http://www.goscon.org |
Brainstorming for GOSCON-East in the Spring @ DC!
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After four years on the west coast, the non-profit Government Open Source Conference is coming to D.C.! This unique built-for-government-by-government IT management event needs your ideas, suggestions. |
|
x |
http://www.goscon.org |
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| Kevin Connor, LittleSis |
Demo & Discussion |
Introducing recently-launched LittleSis.org (profiling the powers that be!). It's an involuntary facebook of powerful Americans collaboratively edited by people like you. What it is, why we made it, how you use it, what you think, &c.
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x |
LittleSis
Public Accountability Initiative
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Jed Miller
Revenue Watch Institute
|
Short intro, then discussion |
Transparency tools for the extractive industries (oil, gas, mining) in the developing world. What's useful (e.g., raw data, mapping, expert analysis) and what's missing (e.g., consistent reporting standards, low-bandwidth solutions, access). |
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X |
http://www.openbudgetindex.org/
http://www.revenuewatch.org/
http://www.revenuewatch.org/iraqmap
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/aiv/index.htm
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=51
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Debra Gersh Hernandez
Sunshine Week
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Roundtable discussion |
Info on SW09 online govt. survey; ideas exchange for SW participants -- and for its coordinator! |
X |
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http://www.sunshineweek.org |
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