My presentation on open government technology for a IREX accountability and transparency briefing in Washington, DC

1. Opening GovernmentAlex Howard, O’Reilly MediaAs prepared for a August 2011 transparency and accountability panel for IREX

2. We spread the knowledge of innovators around the world.

3. Technology publishing

4. Integrated media and conferences

5. Online publishing at Radar

8. In the 1990s, government and civil society spread the Internet globally

9. In the 2000s, mobile phones and social networking connected us ever more

10. In the 2010s, big data will change everything again. Image Credit: Real Time Rome from Senseable.MIT.edu

11. Data powers Web 2.0

12. Open data allows citizens to be generative in new ways

14. Platforms for citizens to self-organize Image Credit: ITO World

18. For online users, government is increasingly participatory “Nearly one-quarter of online Americans have participated in the broader online debate over government issues by publishing their own commentary or media” -Pew Internet and Life Project, 2010

20. Technology to support civil society Small pieces, loosely joined Build simple systems, to begin Explore open platforms, not just finished applications Document and train as you go, to share the knowledge

22. a civic stack Helping governments open their code Documenting technologies, practices, and policies Building community

23. A hybrid data future? Open government data platforms Commercial industry data Social data and crisis data Citizen and media “scraped” or leaked data Edited by civic developers, data journalists and entrepreneurs as new watchdogs

24. Makers and open source hardware

26. Find me: Alex@oreilly.com @digiphile radar.oreilly.com/alexh