We Are All Actors:
Transparent Federal
Budget Workshop
Silona Bonewald

Who am I?
• Silona.com
• or google me

• Pol Sci
degree in
92
•political
campaigns
89 - 95
• Leg
staffer in
91
•POlitical
software
89-95
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmiked/2118578

CMS
large workflow systems
http://
www.visualcomplexity.c
om/vc/index.cfm?
domain=Knowledge%
20Networks

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photos/necrorogicon/
87431855

Kill the
red
dragon
!
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Baby
Picture by Sofia Martinez

Who are you?
Standards bearers Techies
Users
NonProfits
Data Brokers
Businesses
Role Models

Techies
Edwin Wise
Mindmapper Joshua Gay
Hunter Ellinger Magnawiki
C-wiki
Kurt Bollacker
Freebase Silona
Bonewald
Joseph Smarr
CMS MMO
Plaxo
all the standards
people
Steve James Hogan
Wells large systems
Grady Seale
Pol Soft
NEw york times
Dev

Standards
Tantek Celik Dick Hardt
Microformats Entity based Identity
Sharron Rush
Accessiblity
Brad Bob Blakley
Fitzpatrick IETF in the past
OpenID

Steven
Clift
Data Brokers
dowire
Kurt
Bollacker
Tim Erikson Kevin Jones
Freebase
e-democracy xigi
Ariel
Hauter
Kathi Mitchell
Don Shafer Consumers Union hhill.org
IEEE
Scott Henson
Aliza Gold was ACLU Leg
DMC Lobby team

Scott
NonProfits
Henson
Advocate Sharron Rush
and Knowbility
researcher
Kathi Mitchell
Consumers Union
Silona Tim Erikson
Bonewald Ariel Hauter e-
hhill.org
TANO democracy.or
Steven
Kai Peter Chang Clift
NPO fundraiser dowire
Joshua Gay Taylor Willingham
FSF Texas Forums

Businesses
Joseph Smarr
Plaxo Kevin Jones
Xigi
Kurt Bollacker Donna Kidwell
Metaweb IC2 and others...

Don Shafer
Users
Grady Seale
IEEE
New york times
Dan Zalles
Blamore Lazo SRI
Dr. Lynda LBJ Library
Bonewald College Student Andrew
Scientist Gajkowski
and Attorney
Advocate
Donna Kidwell
Internationalization
Aliza Gold Marla
Mark Strama
govt Crockett
Elected Official Journalist
agencies

Role Models
Betty Sue
Jimmy Wales Flowers
Bill Bradley
EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF
YOU

Key elements
Entity based
Transparency Flexible Identity
pen Standards
Community
Open Source/ Creation
Free Software
Simplicity
Open APIs Reputation
Collaboration
Consensus
Common
FUN
Ground

Connecting the
dots...

5 Paragraphs
in telecom bill
banning Muni
Wi-FI

Senate
Subcommitee
Senator 1 Senator 4
Senator 2 Senator 3

5 Paragraphs
banning WiFI
Sen 4
Sub-
committee
Sen 3
Sen 1
Sen 2

Donor
1 for 100K
Senator 1
Donor
6 for 70K
Donor
2 for 100k
Donor
5 for 100K
Donor
Donor
3 for 125k
4 for 5k

SBC Board
of Directors
Donor
1
Donor
5
Donor
Donor
2
3

5 paragraphs
Sen 4
Sub
committee
Sen 1
Sen 3
Sen 2
D1 at 100 D2 at 100 D3 at 125 D5 at 100
Senator 1 has
425K from SBC
related
interests
SBC

Any piece
•Who entered it (link
of info
to profile)
•date
•Link to original
text or citation
•Reputation rating
•validated BY
•Group association
(Link to Group)
•Action desired
•tags etc...

pt 3 pt 2
pt 4
pt 1
Info
For
Against
pt 5
Pt 6

pt 3 pt 2
pt6
pt 4
Info
For
pt 1
Against
pt 5

pt 3 Pro
pt 2
new
pt 4 p1 pt
pt 1 10
Info
For New
Against against
pt 5
PT 6

It’s been done!
• http://der-mo.net/
relationBrowser/
• http://www.wikimindmap.org/
• http://www.xigi.net/index.php?
map=person&map _person=4

LoTV’s Role
• Corral Use Community tothe
the
create, and maintain
software
• make it FUN, make it FAIR
• Documentation
• Education
• User Interface Design

LET’S
GO KILL
THE RED
DRAGON
!
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