15. NYSenateCIO Mission:
Our definition of Gov 2.0
• TRANSPARENCY: create a more transparent legislature,
• EFFICIENCY: enable Members to serve constituents in a
more effective and efficient manner, at lower cost to
taxpayers
• PARTICIPATION: provide New Yorkers with the means to
take a more participatory role in their State government,
Model ʻbest technology practicesʼ for legislative bodies
throughout the United States.
17. Priorities: First 6 Months
• Launch true Gov 2.0 website
• Set policies for code, content, data
• Drive social media adoption by Senate staff and constituents
--> increase participation, feedback loop
• Improve Internal Collaboration Tools (e.g.: wikis, Basecamp)
• Radically expand public access to data
• Decrease costs (review entire IT stackCloud, F/OSS)
40. 12 Month Check-Up
• All administrative and legislative data open and free
• Policies enacted for code, content, and data
• 100s of staff trained to manage content
• >50% Senators using social media
• Growing public participation in government
• 1,000s view live webcasts,
• Dozens comment on bills,
• 100s vote on legislative new ideas
• NY Marriage Equality 100,000s, now $100,000s being spent on the issue; in
NJ, by contrast, very little attention paid
• Third-parties using our data and code --> leverages tax $
• New “social CRM” being deployed
• Mainframe shut-down imminent
• Less $ spent on IT than ever before
45. Win Public Support to Win Internal Support
“[NY Senate] is taking a critically important step to help restore trust in
government. At a time when confidence in government in general has hit
bottom, this is an extraordinarily valuable step forward” - Lawrence Lessig,
Harvard Law
“..clearly setting the place that all other legislative bodies will have to follow.
The U.S. Congress ought to be taking some clue” -Ellen Miller, Executive
Director, The Sunlight Foundation.
“..demonstrates the New York State Senateʼs commitment to a transparent and
accessible government” - Dave McClure, U.S. GSA Associate Administrator
“With this new system, New York State takes a leadership role in accountability
and transparency” - Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist.org & Craigslist
Foundation.
“[We] applaud the State Senate for its efforts to further open the legislative
process,” Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director, League of Women Voters.
46. Adopt Entrepreneurial Best Practices:
Quick Inexpensive Project Management
http://flickr.com/photos/rocketqueen/1573565705/
47. …Open APIs, Open Standards
http://flickr.com/photos/rocketqueen/1573565705/
50. Me.gov = Direct Democracy?
• Today: “eGov” services (e.g.: 311),
online town halls, blog comments,
idea voting; white House, some
Agencies, a few cities, pilot tests;
fragmented across platforms
• Tomorrow: ubiquitous Local/
State/ Federal / Community 311;
single sign-on, portable profiles for
access to all government services;
online advisory voting on bills,
budget line-items, proposed
regulatory rules; integrated across
Web
51. We.gov = Citizen Bureaucracy?
• Today: P2P 311
(e.g.:SeeClickFix), “Apps”
Contests using govʼt data
• Tomorrow: govʼt as a
platform; civil servants as
organizers coordinating p2p
government services
52. Gov20.gov = Efficient Government
• Me.gov & We.gov inherently also enable Gov.gov:
better information sharing & collaboration between
governments
• Local <--> Local
• Thematic <--> Thematic (e.g.: Dept of Labor)
• State <--> State
• Local <--> County <--> State <--> Federal
• National <--> National
• All other permutations
• Better government services, lower cost