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Parsing open source at the State Department

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/02/open-source-tech-at-state.html



Tech@State: Oh, the places we STILL need to go...…

[this is an adaptation of my blog post at http://www.freebalance.com/blog/?p=1630 but more focused on tech@state]

There has been a lot of talk about the so-called “Facebook revolutions” in the middle east. It’s created an interesting phenomenon: tension of social media and traditional…

This post is the central repository for links to developing content on Tech@State: Open Source on Feb. 11. We'll have a variety of updates, but this one link will contain links to all the new posts, so you can always refer here for the latest.

Agenda

Speaker bios…

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7:45-8:30    Registration, Light Breakfast, Networking



8:30-8:35    Welcome (Loy Henderson Auditorium)



8:35-8:45    OSS at State

Susan Swart, CIO, U.S. Department of State



8:50-9:55    What We're Doing With Open Source or Where Government 'Gets it'

Aneesh Chopra, CTO of the United States

Macon Phillips, White House New…

This OSFA report will surely be among the topics at our Feb. 11 Open Source event, but here's an excerpt of their conclusions:

"As previously discussed, Open Source for America recognizes that this is the first year under which agencies are operating under their Open Government Plans. As such, the results show solid commitment to transparency and public feedback, as well as…

The United States' CIO, Vivek Kundra, today issued a new memo instructing government IT officials to consider purchases "free of preconceived preferences based on how the teclmology is developed, licensed or distributed." This means, the memo says, that open-source products should be part of the mix. News, for the federal government.

See more at http://cio.gov/documents/technology-neutrality.pdf

“We recognize that the world’s information infrastructure will become what we and others make of it.” -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Remarks on Internet Freedom



Tech@State: Open Source is a conference designed to convene those with an interest in government use of Open Source technologies and those who can envision an “Open Source future” that supports improvements to the…