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Webinar: Developers and Federal Agencies:Can we talk?
August 11, 2011
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Agenda
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Introductions
Ethan McMahon, U.S. EPA (host)
Alex Howard, OReilly Media (moderator)
Jeremy Carbaugh, Sunlight Foundation (presenter)
Michaela Hackner, Forum One (presenter)
Kurt Voelker, Forum One (presenter)
Format
Speakers (25 minutes)
Lines are muted - submit questions as the speakers talk
Questions and Answers (25 minutes)
Technical issues? Send a message via webinar panel
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Apps for the Environment
Apps must use EPA data and address one of EPA
Administrator Lisa Jacksons Seven Priorities
Judged based on usefulness, innovativeness, andusability
Submissions are due by September 16
Winners and runners up for Best Overall App and Best
Student App, plus Peoples Choice
Recognition from EPA in Washington, D.C. in
November
Get more details at epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment 2
Background about the Challenge
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A long(itude) history of
contests and challenges
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Apps Contests and the
passage of the AmericaCOMPETES Act
A new movement forcollaborative innovation in open
government starts in 2008 in DC
Around the world, apps contests are unlocking
government innovation
In 2011, theAmerica COMPETES Act allows all
agencies to host challenges
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Build community, not just apps
Move from cool to useful
Address sustainability issues
Identify problems to solve
Key issue for App Contests 2.0
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2010 open data survey showed progress but a long
road still ahead
Developers say only 30% of data needed is available,
50% of that unusable
Issues: data timeliness, accuracy, usable formats,
metadata schemas, consistency, and incomplete
data sets
Key issues for open government data
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A portion of the challenges on Challenge.gov
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What is the purpose of a challenge?
Add more value to data by allowing them to
be used in new ways.
Jumpstart a community of developers with
interest in mission.
Allow citizens to invest in the public interest.
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A challenge is not a way to get free softwaredevelopment.
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Meaningful innovation cannot occur without
expertise in the subject matter.
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WHERE
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OR ln_mdfc_fout_rsn_nme !=
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Make data understandable.
Direct communication with experts in
government.
Provide step-by-step examples of going
from data to a working application.
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Make development easier.
Provide SQL table definitions for data.
Create client libraries for Web services in
popular programming languages.
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Foster a community.
Provide a forum for communication with
government and public.
Be proactive in reaching out to developer
communities.
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The success of a challenge can be judged by theself-sustaining applications and community it
creates.
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WHAT WE BUILT: DATAMASHER.ORG
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DOLLARS PER POINT ON THE SAT
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MOST REPRODUCTIVE STATES
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Finding the right data
Too many formats
Inconsistent data models
The data drove the solution,
not vice-versa
Incentive problem
THE BIGGEST HURDLES
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WHAT WOULD BE AWESOME
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Socratas Views Service
Googles DSPL
EASE DATA DISCOVERY BY MACHINES
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MAKE DEVELOPERS A PRIORITY AUDIENCE
Code
Recipes
Examples
API Documentation
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Anticipate Public Use: Become thePlatform
Ease Data Discovery by Machines
www.Myagency.gov/Developer:
Documentation, Code, APIs
ANTICIPATE PUBLIC USE
Its not just the API thats a big deal. Its the
discipline an API imposes... To build one, an
agency has to record and store data in a way
that anticipates public use. Data sharing is
no longer an afterthought. You begin with the
notion that youre going to share information.And youre going to make it easy for people.
- Greg Elin, 2009Former head, Sunlight Labs
Current head, open data, FCC.gov
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Potential topics:
Whats the most important thing federal agencies can
do to help developers?
How can the system be structured so apps can be
sustained (i.e., funding)?
How to make apps that are useful to users?
Questions and Answers
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Post this webinar on EPAs site
www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/webinar.html
Continue the conversation on our blog athttp://blog.epa.gov/data/
Submit your apps by September 16
Next Steps
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For more information Alex Howard, OReilly Media
alex@oreilly.com, @digiphile
Jeremy Carbaugh, Sunlight Foundation
jcarbaugh@sunlightfoundation.com, @jcarbaugh
Michaela Hackner, Forum One
mhackner@forumone.com, @KalaBird
Kurt Voelker, Forum One
kvoelker@forumone.com, @KVoelker
Ethan McMahon, U.S. EPA
mcmahon.ethan@epa.gov
Apps for the Environment: epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment
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Apps for the Environment
Code-a-thon!
September 3, 2011 from 10 AM to 6 PM EST
Hosted by American University
Graduate Student Lounge adjoining the School of
International Service building
All developers are welcome!
Get details at blog.epa.gov/data
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