The Open Government Directive Workshop Series (Jan 11th @ DOT)
Lucas Cioffi
What: The Open Government Directive Workshop Series, an inter-agency collaborative event hosted by the Department of Transportation.
When: Monday, January 11, 2010 from 9:00am-4:45pm. There will likely be a wait at the security checkpoint. Security will begin processing attendees at 7:00am. We highly recommend you allow plenty of time for security.
Where: US Department of Transportation Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC and streamed live online.
Why: Successful implementation of the Open Government
Directive requires a sustained effort by the open government
community. This series of workshops builds upon previous conferences
sustaining knowledge and sharing innovative ideas among pioneers of the
“Open Gov” community.
RSVP by January 7, 2010 here: http://opengov-workshop.eventbrite.com
Mission:
*Develop momentum among those already implementing open government
practices and those now charged with implementing openness practices
because of the Directive.
*Dialogue and
share knowledge that will help federal agencies implement and private
industry benefit from the Open Government Directive.
*Document and make available existing and effective open government practices in the form of the OpenGov Playbook.
Background Information:
Previously,
on November 16th, the first half-day workshop provided a platform for
thirteen open government project presentation from agencies such as the
EPA, DOT, TSA, DOD, CDC, DISA, NIH, GSA, PlainLanguage.Gov, Department
of State, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. (Archived video and
slides are available here.)
This
workshop (hosted by DOT) will be a full day and include 10
presentations by federal employees engaged in open gov, and three hours
of small-group conversations on key aspects of the Open Government
Directive.
The agenda will be created by the attendees to
maximize the value of everyone's participation. During the event
registration process you will be asked to identify what topics you want
to learn about and discuss with peers.
The organizers of this event are Giovanni Carnaroli (Associate CIO
for IT Policy Oversight at DOT), Tim Schmidt (CTO for DOT), Lucas
Cioffi (OnlineTownhalls), Stephen Buckley (U.S. Transparency), Kaliya Hamlin (Unconferences.net), Keith Moore (Open Government TV), and Jenn Gustetic (Phase One).
Please feel free to contact us at in...@opengovplaybook.org. We look forward to your participation and continuing commitment.