This is a 2 day, tinyhack developed during #snowmageddon 2010. After the US Government released 22/23 sites on Ideascale as part of the development of Open Government plans, this webpage was put together to track the activities across government.
Given at 2010 Web and Social Media Conference organized by GSA.
1. open gov tracker robbie schingler | robbie.schingler@nasa.gov | @schingler | nasa ames research center 2010 government web and new media conference – innovations showcase 27 april 2010 | washington, dc
4. 1.f.2 “ Each Open Government Webpage shall incorporate a mechanism for the public to provide input on the agency’s Open Government Plan” -- Open Government Directive
6. 5 february 2010 The General Services Administration (GSA) offered an on-line dialog to the 24 CFO Act Agencies. 22 agencies accepted. www.usa.gov/webcontent/open/engagementtool.shtml
27. API A pplication P rogramming I nterface use services with APIs structured data can be mashed up
28. keep it new, fresh cron-job automatically pulled in new info no-humans needed government data on-line in real-time
29. keep it simple make it immediately useful had one function one page
30. make it fun, accessible “ something exciting is happening” “ needs some love”
31. develop quickly, iterate if useful allow developers to work in sprints incubate and sandbox hacks use open source software (with active communities) see what works and iterate listen to feedback