1. (or: “Governments That
Work Like The Web”)
Andrew Hoppin | @ahoppin
http://nuams.com

2. Falling Government
Budgets
Rising Government
Needs

3. Better
Government…
…Less $
3

5. The Architecture of the Web
Standards
HTML
IP
CSS
DNS
HTTP
The Web has an “open architecture”
and serves as a “platform” to build on

6. The Web and Open Innovation
CMS for OpenGov
Transit
Open311

7. A lot happened in the US Because of this...

8. Drupal for National OpenGov...
8

9. Drupal for Local OpenGov...
9

10. Sharing Code Between Local and National...
10

11. Drupal Becomes the Gov’t CMS...

12. New York City “BusTime”
CLOSED OPEN
architecture architecture
← few many →
apps
USER INTERFACE apps
STANDARDS & APIs
Integrated, Modular,
SERVER
proprietary open source
STANDARDS & APIs
HARDWARE

13. ?
? ?
2005
GTFS
GTFS
GTFS
GTFS GTFS 2012
GTFS
GTFS
General Transit Feed Specification

15. Open311
311
2009
Open311
311
Open311
311
2012
+ International
Buenos Aires
UK-wide
Dominican Republic
Australia
[…]

16. 311 Appapalooza...

17. 2012
Ecosystem:
100s of
Cities,
1000s of
Apps...
...But still,
most City
Agency
Projects
Still Look
Like This

18. How Do We Innovate on Key Civic Platforms?
?? Gov CMS Open311 Transit Weather GPS
EMERGING GROWTH MATURE
API
government
industry
Distributed innovation
API
citizen API

19. How Do We Foster Reuse?

20. And Why:
Better
Government…
…Less $
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21. APIs and Open Standards Matter...
GTFS
http://flickr.com/photos/rocketqueen/1573565705/

22. Talent Matters...

23. App Marketplace: Key to Re-Use of
Civic Apps

24. Deployed in USA as
Code for America Commons

25. What’s Working, Where?

26. EC Joinup in Europe (also Drupal)

27. World Bank Sponsoring Reusable Civic
Commons Drupal “Distribution”

28. Drupal Distributions
• Drupal distributions (“distros”)
also = “installation profiles.”
• Provide website features and
functions for a specific type of
site, as a single download.
• Make it possible to quickly set up
a complex website, still fully
customizable
• Launch your own Apps Catalog or
Hackathon website in less than
an hour --> Code for
Everywhere? 28

29. Adopts Apps Metadata of Schema.org
• Schemas “that
webmasters can
use to markup
their pages in ways
recognized by
major search
providers.”
• Helps build the
semantic web,
allowing data to be
shared between
applications,
enterprises, and
communities.
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30. Fosters Consistent Data Design to Help...
• Share content
between websites
• Enhance
searchability
• Make it easier to
reuse code and
configuration
• Support sharing
standards such as
microformats and
RDFa
• Support data
federation
between app
stores 30

31. Civic Commons Open API...

32. Designed to Federate With Hackathon Sites

33. Hackathon Data <--> App Marketplace Data

34. Roadmap for “Civic Sandboxes”:
CivicCommons -> Code Repo -> Test Server
Boston
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35. Andrew Hoppin | @ahoppin
andrew@nuams.co
http://nuams.com