The adventures of a seeker trying to figure it out.
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On June 1st GovCamp Canada is happening in Ottawa, and a great group of people are already registered and attending: http://govcamp.eventbrite.com/
Thanks to the support of Microsoft and CIPS and with the involvement of a government 2.0, open government and government transformation practitioners and leaders from both inside and outside government, this event provides a unique opportunity to accelerate knowledge and practice as part of a national conversation at multiple levels of government in Canada.
I was honoured that organizer John Weigelt asked me to help by facilitating the unconference portion of the day and moderating the opening panel discussion. I will be looking for participants to propose and lead session topics.
But what do we need to talk about? What are the key issues and topics in the so-called government 2.0 space in Canada, and what can we do to advance the conversation, thinking and practice in Canada?
Please leave a comment and/or tweet with the hashtag #GovCamp with your must-have session topics.
If you haven't already, please register to attend this event, either in person in Ottawa or via the livestream being provided by our friend Walter Schwabe of FusedLogic.
Thanks to Chris Moore, CIO of the City of Edmonton, for inviting myself, David Eaves and Nick Charney to participate in Edmonton's Open City Workshop held on Saturday, March 6th at the Art Gallery of Alberta. The discussions were rich, moving beyond open data and mobile apps to deeper questions of the relevance to democracy and community at the local level. This video captures the major content of the day, including our panel discussion on "Government as Platform".
The open data and open government movements are now truly across Canada. With the major announcements Moore gave at the closing remarks, it is clear that the City of Edmonton is staking a claim for leadership in the emerging municipal open government ecosystem. This includes the ideas of a MuniForge for open source municipal software and a call for a Code for Canada project to mirror Code for America being supported by our friends at Sunlight Foundation in the United States. I'm really amazed at the growing momentum over the past year, and excited to be a part of it.
One of my new favourite (Cdn spelling!) new OpenGov peeps, Jen Pahlka, founder of http://codeforamerica.org/
This is a big deal. Please let it be the beginning of a trend. Let Google Docs replace email and Word for collaboration in government and see productivity go through the roof!
http://www.youtube.com/user/thecityoftoronto#grid/user/9B18B24B60B7994E
Let's see if posterous can handle a YouTube playlist embed.
The adventures of a seeker trying to figure it out.
Blog: http://remarkk.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/remarkk/
The adventures of a seeker trying to figure it out.
Blog: http://remarkk.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/remarkk/
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