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Tim O’Reilly talks Gov 2.0 at OSCON 09

Tim O’Reilly shares his thoughts on open, transparent and collaborative government, “government as a platform” and calls on developers to lend a hand to “build a better country for us.” He also announces the launch of Open Source for America at OSCON 09.

O’Reilly defines ‘Gov 2.0′ as:

  • Citizen contribution and collaboration
  • Use of social media
  • Transparency
  • Rapid application development
  • New methods of procurement
  • Cloud computing
  • Open source in government

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  • http://gumption.typepad.com Joe McCarthy

    Alex: were you at the event? I always enjoy your posts, and would have enjoyed meeting you in person. It may be worthwhile for organizers of future data camps to invite all participants to briefly introduce themselves during the opening session (I know there were 50 people, but given that more than 10 were more formally introduced, a quick go ’round would have been doable).

    Three quick notes:

    Amber Case has posted a great set of photos from the HearNear design & development process on Flickr.

    Jenny’s last name is Frankl.

    I’ve also posted some notes from Data Camp Seattle.

  • Joe