Patrick McCormickManager Digital Engagement

Department of Justice Victoria

what I learned @ #g2e!reflections on the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC

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Gov 2.0 Expo - brought to us by Tim O’Reilly technology book publisher and net guru

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O’Reilly media also hosted the first Ignite session in 2006 and coined the term ‘web 2.0’ in 2004

DC Metro farecardautomated, integrated!

21st century government IT event: cloud computing, collaboration tools, cyber security, data management,

open source, open data, virtualization Gov 2.0 ExpoDC Metro ad

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and speaking of advertising on the DC Metro

DC Metro basedpolicy debates

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Melbourne

Sydney

Los Angeles Atlanta

Washington DC

Linux?

full disclosure: trip was self funded and I slept on my friend’s couch…

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Australian Senator Kate Lundy described 3 pillars of Gov 2.0 in her keynote

1. democratising data

2. citizen-centric services

3. participatory democracy

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Oz, VicGov and DOJ compares favorably with global best practices in Gov 2.0

me

Nicholas KateMark

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!?

so many great speakers and compelling topics and…

heaps of ipads

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U.S. Army adopting more open platform to foster innovation and collaboration

• open source software • modular, interoperable systems• Apps for the Army competition

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New Orleans Community Data Center taps into the wisdom of crowds with usable apps

lowering technical and bureaucratic barriers to information sharing

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U.S. Department of Defense using social media for strategic ‘asymmetrical’ communication

making use of diverse Information sources and tools

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NASA has developed secure cloud solutions for vast amounts of critical data

• rapid deployment• scaleable• collaboration friendly

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Bill Eggers on “accepting the mission for greatness” …and wait, his brother is Dave Eggers!?

Billwe can do this…

Dave at Melbourne Writers Festival in ‘07

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Sunlight Labs Clay Johnson announced contest winners

Sunlight focus on design buildson successes in app functionality

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using government data to create an environment for some healthy competition between counties

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putting government spending in perspective with stunning infographics

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mapping public spending to build transparency and accountability

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an open plans project empowers citizens to police unruly government employees

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Tim Berners-Lee invented the web and advocates for accessible, linked data

doing for data what the net has already accomplished by linking documents and pages

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describes a shared approach to linked data with a bag of potato chips…

machine readable

ingredients

nutritionalvalue

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• FOSS in government is mainstream

• data sharing is huge but approaches maturing

• government use of social media growing - many examples and no disasters

• cloud computing increasingly secure, cost effective option

• culture change and leadership are biggest enablers, barriers to Gov 2.0

Gov 2.0 Expo in summary

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Thanks! Patrick McCormickpat.mccormick@justice.vic.gov.autwitter: @solutist

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