OGI Conference: Recommended for enterprise CTOs in the federal space

The next big Gov2.0 event is the 21-22 July 2009 Open Government & Innovations Conference (OGI).  The list of speakers includes some of the greats from the federal IT scene, including: Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO Tim O'Reilly, Visionary of the Web2.0 movement David Weinberger, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School David Wennergren, ASD NII and DoD CIO Michael Wertheimer, CTO, ODNI Lovisa … [Read more...]

Gov2.0: Time for us all to work on something big

On 8 and 9 and 10 September 2009 there will be a great confluence of a cause so many of us believe in and people we all respect and trust. The events those days are the Gov2.0 Expo Showcase and the Gov2.0 Summit. The people so many of us respect and trust include a long list of professionals in and out of government who I know are planning to support and attend.  But as exemplars I'd like to mention the two co-chairs of the summit, Tim O'Reilly and … [Read more...]

Government 2.0 Camp 27-28 March 2009 in DC

Have you ever heard of an Unconference? Have you ever heard of a BarCamp? If these are new terms please read on, there are some important aspects of these concepts that CTOs should be familiar with.   And there is a specific BarCamp Unconference coming up 27-28 March in the DC area focused on Gov2.0 that I'll mention below. But first, back to those two terms. An Unconference is a participant driven conference, normally facilitated, but never … [Read more...]