1. Content.Gov
Open Source, Open Standards, Open Government
@bethnoveck
Alfresco
Washington, DC, March 5, 2013

2. The People’s House

5. My Administration is committed to creating
an unprecedented level of openness in
Government. We will work together to
ensure the public trust and establish a
system of transparency, public participation,
and collaboration. Openness will strengthen
our democracy and promote efficiency and
effectiveness in Government.
–President Barack Obama, Jan 21, 2009

6. Open Government Policy
Strategy to Deliver Results Across 120 Days
Agencies create Open Gov Webpages Agencies publish open
Open Government & government plans
Directive released White House unveils Dashboard
Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010 Apr 2010
Dec 2009
(within 45 days) (within 60 days) (within 90 days) (within 120 days)
All agencies publish at least
OMB issues framework for the
three new, high-value data
use incentive-based strategies
sets on data.gov

7. Open Government Platforms
7

9. Network Nativism

14. In 2012
2,241,275 people
Pledged a total of $319,786,629
and
funded 18,109 projects

22. Open Government is
Better Government?
• Smarter Government
• Co-Created Government

23. It’s not a bigger government we
need, but a smarter government

25. Smarter Problem
Spotting
• Big data and predictive analytics
• Sensor technologies
• Sentiment analysis
• Crowdsourcing
• Rating and Reputation

27. Infrastructure* Environment* People*
Condi2on,*opera2ons* Meteorology,*pollu2on,** Rela2onships,*loca2on,**
noise,*flora,*fauna* economic*/communica2ons
ac2vi2es,*health,*nutri2on,
opinions,*…*

32. Smarter Problem
Solving
• Open Innovation
• Ideation
• Collaboration
• Challenges and Prizes

37. Open Government is
Better Government?
• Smarter Government
• Co-Created Government

38. Co-Creating
Government
• Problem Spotting
• Problem Solving
• Legislating and Regulating
• Taxing and Spending
• Policing and Safety

41. Co-Creating
Government
• Problem Spotting
• Problem Solving
• Legislating and Regulating
• Taxing and Spending
• Policing and Safety

43. Co-Creating
Government
• Problem Spotting
• Problem Solving
• Legislating and Regulating
• Taxing and Spending
• Policing and Safety

45. Co-Creating
Government
• Problem Spotting
• Problem Solving
• Legislating and Regulating
• Taxing and Spending
• Policing and Safety

47. Co-Creating
Government
• Problem Spotting
• Problem Solving
• Legislating and Regulating
• Taxing and Spending
• Policing and Safety

49. Rethinking Governance,
Reimagining Democracy
• Create Smarter • Create a Maker Culture
Government
• Hack our Universities
• Create Collaborative
and Co-Created
Government
• Do What Works
• Focus on Real Lives
• Open and Use Data
• Don’t Let Metrics
• Curate Participation Impede Experimentation
• Fund Innovation • Tell the Story

50. The Moment is Now
“[W]hen times change, so must we; that fidelity to
our founding principles requires new responses to
new challenges; that preserving our individual
freedoms ultimately requires collective
action. ...We understand that outworn programs
are inadequate to the needs of our time. We
must harness new ideas and technology to remake
our government…”