Government 2.0
Tim O’Reilly
O’Reilly Media, Inc.
www.oreilly.com
Senate System Administrators
February 24, 2009
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How many of you have O’Reilly books?
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What might that entail?
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A vision of technology in government
\"We need to connect citizens with each other to engage them
more fully and directly in solving the problems that face us.
We must use all available technologies and methods to open
up the federal government, creating a new level of
transparency to change the way business is conducted in
Washington and giving Americans the chance to participate in
government deliberations and decision-making in ways that
were not possible only a few years ago.\"
– From Barack Obama's campaign platform on technology
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Google, Walmart &
mybarackobama.com - Obama’s
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how good collective sensor data is
getting - flickr geotagged photos
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Instedd
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Global Virus Forecasting Initiative
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The smart phone plus local search.
Today pizza, tomorrow news?
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Stimuluswatch.org
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The power of transparency
•Open source: “Many eyes make all bugs
shallow”
•Gov 2.0: “Many eyes make all pork visible”
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Rapid Application Development
$whois stimuluswatch.org
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Domain ID:D155066373-LROR
Domain Name:STIMULUSWATCH.ORG
Created On:09-Jan-2009 22:00:26 UTC
Last Updated On:28-Jan-2009 23:33:43 UTC
Expiration Date:09-Jan-2010 22:00:26 UTC
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What are the technical and social
factors making it harder to do this
inside government?
•Security requirements?
•Technology mandates?
•Limited list of approved vendors?
•Institutional resistance?
•Antiquated infrastructure?
•Laws that no longer make sense?
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http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/12/30/the-air-forces-rules-of-engagement-for-blogging/
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A new model of private/public
partnership?
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USAspending.gov
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Virtual Alabama
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Outside-in innovation
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Moving from government web sites
to government web services
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Now let’s take this to APIs. Google
Maps king of the hill, per
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housingmaps.com - the very first
Google maps mashup
•It was a “hack.” Google learned from it,
quickly, and turned it into a supported feature
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Apple brings geotagging to iPhoto via
Gmaps
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Google maps as a model
•Mashups were invented by users - the API
came later to support them
•It’s open
•It’s two-way: innovations outside Google can
be brought onto Google
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If you’re really building a platform,
your customers and partners build
new features before you do
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Twitter hashtags and news - both
hashtags and the real time search
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What would the equivalent platform
for government data innovation be?
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What would the equivalent platform
for government data innovation be?
•Government data and web services
•Private sector innovation in consumer-facing
services
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• To bring the innovators and pioneers in this space together to compare
and contrast tools, best practices, and ideas
• To create a community of Gov2 leaders who can push change forward
and outward year-round
• To highlight the importance of Web 2.0 technologies in governance
and transparency
• To help technology professionals within the government leverage the
Web as a platform
• To better connect the technology-political eco-system
• To demonstrate that disruption and agility can be beneficial for our
political system
• To provide a platform for vendors to lay out their vision and
demonstrate leadership
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Just some of the many technologies
we need to bring to bear
Rapid application development
Collaboration and crowdsourcing
New rules for social media engagement
Communication with constituents
Security & Privacy in the world of government transparency
Database driven web services - \"bulk data\" and mashups
Cloud computing
Interoperability
Open source software
Open data
Citizen journalism
Aggregating and learning from data
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It’s Time to Reinvent Government
•My goal:
–Bring the best of technology to Washington
–Imbue technologists and entrepreneurs with a
spirit of public service
–Highlight the great work that’s already begun
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