Fwd: Gearing up for FCC Accessibility Open Developer Day
Kevin Cole
Good Afternoon,
Here is more information about the upcoming "Open Developer Day" on
Monday. The Chairman's Accessibility and Innovation Initiative is
trying new ways of encouraging solutions via collaborative
problem-solving. This event will bring web developers together from
government, industry, and the public. A priority goal is to design a
clearinghouse of information on accessible, information and communication
technologies. The new telecom access law requires the Commission to build
such a clearinghouse within a year. We also hope the event will stimulate
other ideas and components of innovation.
Below is the text of a blog post with more detail. Note the options for
remote participation.
From the web page
http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=951121
Gearing Up for Open Developer Day
November 4th, 2010 by Greg Elin - Chief Data Officer
This coming Monday the commission will play host to a one-of-a-kind event in
federal government. We’re calling on coders, programmers and developers
of all stripes to join us at FCC headquarters for our first ever Open Developer
Day. This will be a rare opportunity for developers in the public and private
sectors to join forces. Out of this gathering will come innovations,
collaborations, and continued open government partnership.
Central to Monday’s event will be three tracks weaving their way through
the day. Equipped with our laptops and the fellowship of sharp friends
we'll be working through accessibility solutions and open APIs; and
we'll host a Free Hack, an open-ended developer free-for-all. FCC tech
minds and leadership will open the event, situating our Developer Day within
the larger open government movement.
Programmers from the Yahoo! Developer Network (http://developer.yahoo.com) will be on hand to demo
their tools and provide guidance. They will give an overview of YQL, their
query language which allows developers to "access and shape data across
the Internet through one simple language, eliminating the need to learn how to
call different APIs." We will also see a demonstration of their YUI
Library, a set of "utilities and controls ... for building richly
interactive web applications."
An undertone, pervading a significant strand of the discussion, will be the
21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. In signing the act
last month, President Obama said the act "will make it easier for people
who are deaf, blind or live with a visual impairment to do what many of us take
for granted... It sets new standards so that Americans with
disabilities can take advantage of the technology our economy depends
on."
The full day event will start at 9:00am and take place in Washington, DC
at FCC headquarters (445 12th St., SW, Washington,
DC 20554).
All developers are welcome free of charge. Bring a laptop and RSVP soon
(send to mikelle.morra [at] fcc [dot] gov with the subject of "RSVP for
Open Developer Day").
If you’re not in the DC area and are unable to make it down here, we will
be live streaming portions of the day (http://fcc.gov/live). You
can also join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #fccdevday. To email
questions write to livequestions [at] fcc [dot] gov. You can participate by
visiting Accessible Event (http://www.accessibleevent.com),
and entering the event code 005202376. For any TTY issues please contact Pam Gregory (pam.gregory [at] fcc [dot] gov).
Start getting excited for Monday. We’ll see you there.
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