Reinventing "We the People" - The Changing Face of Technology in Government

P.K. Agarwal, CTO, California

Agenda • We The People – The Business of Elections – Civic Engagement – Transparency • Technology Looking Glass – Cloud Computing – Mobility – Green • New Markets • Wrap Up

Do You Tweet? TLDNR Too Long, Did Not Read

The Medium is the Message The form of a message (print, visual, musical, etc.) determines the ways in which that message will be perceived. Marshall McLuhan

The Medium is the Message Communication Media, such as radio, television, films, and computers have far-reaching sociological, aesthetic, and philosophical consequences, that it alters the ways we experience the world.

Radio Movies TV Internet

Movies

First Televised Debate: Kennedy-Nixon 1960

Obama And The Internet

Number of Governments in US: 85,000 Number of Elected Officials: 511,000 US Census

Market Size Estimate: Elections 511,000 x $10,000 = $5.1billion (over 4 Years)

Civic Engagement

Three Models • Town Square – Getting the Whole Community Engaged • Front Porch – Involving the Neighborhood • ePetitions

White House Open for Questions March 2009

Front Porch

June 2009

ePetitions

To: President-Elect Obama Your good friend Quincy Jones said: "...next conversation I have with President Obama is to beg for a Secretary of Arts." The Undersigned

C-SPAN

Two Models of Transparency • “Show me my Money” – Financial Accountability (The Check Book) • Data to the People – Open Government

Data.gov

Stage Three Web 2.0 External We The People Internet eGovernment Computing Back Office Internal

Agenda • We The People – The Business of Elections – Civic Engagement – Transparency • Technology Looking Glass – Mobility – Cloud Computing – Green • New Markets • Wrap Up

Mobility

Just the Numbers • Smart Phones 2008: 173 Million • Smart Phones 2009: 192 Million (est.) http://mobiledevdesign.com/software_news/smart-phone- growth-despite-poor-econ-0304

April 23, 2009

Cloud Computing http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixieledpictures/2570791174/

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IT is in Fuel Business? Energy Efficiency The 5th Fuel Other 4: Petroleum, Coal, Nuclear, Alternative

New Markets • Elections • Civic Engagement • Transparency • Digital Textbooks • Broadband Mapping • Smart Grid • Health IT

Government IT Spend: $148 billion 16% of Total IT Spend 2009 Figures

Stimulus $ Est. 85 Billion

IT and Economic Development Electronic Health $20 billion Records Smart Grid $4.5 billion Broadband $7.2 billion Jobs Created in the First Year: ~900,000 Total Jobs Lost Since Dec. 07: 6.9 million http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/technology/26techjobs.html https://ia.cpuc.ca.gov/CommChong/post/Recovery-Act-Funds-for-Smart-Grid.aspx http://www.whydom.com/2009/02/19/the-recovery-act-delivers-broadband-growth http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

PK’s Prognostication • A New Culture in Government • 3rd Stage Transition 2008-2012 • Commoditization of Technology IaaS; PaaS; SaaS 3rd stage is all Saas Open Source • From Web to Mobile Web • Data.gov as economic development

Agenda • We The People – The Business of Elections – Civic Engagement – Transparency • Technology Looking Glass – Cloud Computing – Mobility – Green • New Markets • Wrap Up

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. ~e.e. cummings

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Reinventing "We the People" - The Changing Face of Technology in Government

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