CapitolCamp 2010, an unconference for NY State Government's technology stakeholders

[noel hidalgo]

Dear Friends,

Last year, we opened the State House doors to talk about the direction of the technology adoption in New York State. Nearly one hundred of you attended CapitolCamp. Now, we are two weeks from making history!

On August 19 & 20, Albany's State House doors will once again open. This year, the NY Senate CIO and NY State CIO will host a developers summit and unconference. This second CapitolCamp is geared to government technology stake holders and anyone interested in an open and frank conversation about technology in YOUR state government.

For more information, keep reading or visit < http://www.capitolcamp.org >. Visit < http://barcamp.org/CapitolCampTracks > for a list of proposed tracks.

CapitolCamp is an unconference and developer summit that brings together Government technology stakeholders under the roof of the New York State Capitol Building to share challenges and solutions. As a key component of building a more transparent, efficient, and participatory government, CapitolCamp 2010 < http://capitolcamp.eventbrite.com > seeks to further engage and expand this community.

CapitolCamp 2010 is split into two days: a technical developer summit, August 19th, and an unconference, August 20th. CapitolCamp is organized and hosted by the New York State Senate Office of the Chief Information Officer (on Twitter @NYSenateCIO) and the New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO/OFT, on Twitter @NYStateCIO).

On Thursday, Aug 19th, the "developer summit" will be a smaller event, primarily for programmers, and will focus on the nuts and bolts of using open source and other software for civic good in Government. This is a day long conversation about coding, collaborative software development and best practices. The conversation will involve hands-on work in open-source applications currently being used within and in conjunction with New York State Government.  You must register independently for this event, at: < http://capitolcampdev.eventbrite.com >.

On Friday, Aug 20th, the main "unconference" will be segmented into three thematic “tracks,” each with specific 45 minute session topics proposed by attendees upon their arrival at the event:

1) "Senate 2.0": Technology, Transparency, & Participation in the NY State Legislature: begins with a discussion of the role that technology plays in the NY Senate, including an update on NY Senate CIO Office’s “roadmap” and a discussion of public access to State legislative data; for the rest of the day, this track will focus on "legislature 2.0" related conversations.

2) "Empire 2.0": begins with a discussion of the role of the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (CIO/OFT) in developing the State's roadmap for NY Executive Branch agencies use of social and collaborative technologies to better serve all New Yorkers and improve inter-governmental communications; includes a brief update on CIO/OFT "roadmap" and an open discussion seeking ideas to further the overall strategy; for the rest of the day this track will focus on "state government 2.0" related conversations.

3) "New York 2.0": an open publicly-led conversation on what “digital natives” are doing to transform New York into the most collaborative, participatory, and transparent state in the nation.

To see a list of proposed sessions, or to propose your own, visit < http://barcamp.org/CapitolCampTracks >.

To register for the Unconference, visit < http://capitolcamp.eventbrite.com >.

To register for the Developer day, visit < http://capitolcampdev.eventbrite.com >.

Links to other online resources.

CapitolCamp on Twitter - http://twitter.com/capitolcamp

CapitolCamp on IRC - #capitolcamp on freenode

CapitolCamp's Blog - http://blog.capitolcamp.org

CapitolCamp's Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/capitolcamp

CapitolCamp on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/groups/capitolcamp/

CapitolCamp on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138248259536237

Hashtag - #CapCamp2 (on Twitter http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23CapCamp2 )

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Noel Hidalgo, hidalgo(at)nysenate.gov, for any questions.