TransparencyCamp

Convening a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, ngos, wonks & activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

Event details

The RSVP form is here

When

• February 28th and March 1st 2009
• Registration at 8-9am on February 28th
• Ends at 7pm on March 1st 2009

Where

The Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet @ George Washington University

805 21st St., NW, Floor 3

Washington, DC 20052

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Getting There

Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro is two blocks away and served by the ORANGE and BLUE lines. If you plan to drive, GWU provides affordable visitors parking nearby (map - click "Visitor Parking"), or use ParkitDC.com to find commercial parking lots and on-street parking.

Who

300 smart folks interested in enabling a more transparent government through technology innovation

Sponsors

If you're interested, e-mail - peter@istrategylabs.com or gschneider @ sunlightfoundation.com

By sponsoring TransparencyCamp you're providing much needed funds to support this community. The organizers will help you get your message across both in person and online via the following means:

• Inclusion on the RSVP (logo and link)
• Inclusion in all email updates to attendees (usually 4-5 emails, includes logo and link)*
• Rights to market your product/service/organization on site in any way that doesn't put too much burden on the organizers or venue (simple table tops, literature, banners etc.), and is not disruptive to attendees.
• Sponsors can do 2 minute introductions prior to sessions (i.e. 45 min. talk on using APIs for mashing-up government data - ABCD.org does 2 minute intro on what they're up to in that space)
• If you want to do something different, we're flexible! In-kind sponsorships are always welcome (if someone wants to provide breakfast, lunches etc.)

Possible Topic Areas

• The use of social media and social networks by government actors or employees
• The relevance of "Open Stack" technologies in government transparency technologies
• Social Network Analysis for mapping and measuring relationships and flows
• Role of open source software in government
• Examples from bad to good of government officials' engagement with Wikipedia (proposed and planned by W. Beutler)
• add something to this list...

TransparencyCampPlanning Page

Places to Stay

try priceline, first go to: http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/forums/92/t/Washington-DC-Area.html check DC winning rate for that weekend, then go to  http://www.priceline.com/