keynote: beth noveck

Content.GovOpen Source, Open Standards, Open Government

@bethnoveckAlfresco

Washington, DC, March 5, 2013

The People’s House

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

Dec 2009 Feb 2010 (within 60 days)

Jan 2010 (within 45 days)

Mar 2010 (within 90 days)

Apr 2010 (within 120 days)

Open Government Directive released

Agencies create Open Gov Webpages&

White House unveils Dashboard

OMB issues framework for the use incentive-based strategies

Agencies publish open government plans

Strategy to Deliver Results Across 120 Days

All agencies publish at least three new, high-value data

sets on data.gov

Open Government Policy

Open Government Platforms

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Network Nativism

In 2012

2,241,275 peoplePledged a total of $319,786,629andfunded 18,109 projects

Open Government is Better Government?

• Smarter Government

• Co-Created Government

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

Smarter Problem Spotting

• Big data and predictive analytics

• Sensor technologies

• Sentiment analysis

• Crowdsourcing

• Rating and Reputation

Environment*

Meteorology,*pollu2on,**noise,*flora,*fauna*

People*

Rela2onships,*loca2on,**economic*/communica2ons*ac2vi2es,*health,*nutri2on,*opinions,*…*

Infrastructure*

Condi2on,*opera2ons*

Smarter Problem Solving

• Open Innovation

• Ideation

• Collaboration

• Challenges and Prizes

Open Government is Better Government?

• Smarter Government

• Co-Created Government

Co-Creating Government

• Problem Spotting

• Problem Solving

• Legislating and Regulating

• Taxing and Spending

• Policing and Safety

Co-Creating Government

• Problem Spotting

• Problem Solving

• Legislating and Regulating

• Taxing and Spending

• Policing and Safety

Co-Creating Government

• Problem Spotting

• Problem Solving

• Legislating and Regulating

• Taxing and Spending

• Policing and Safety

Co-Creating Government

• Problem Spotting

• Problem Solving

• Legislating and Regulating

• Taxing and Spending

• Policing and Safety

Co-Creating Government

• Problem Spotting

• Problem Solving

• Legislating and Regulating

• Taxing and Spending

• Policing and Safety

Rethinking Governance, Reimagining Democracy

• Create Smarter Government

• Create Collaborative and Co-Created Government

• Open and Use Data

• Curate Participation

• Fund Innovation

• Create a Maker Culture

• Hack our Universities

• Do What Works

• Focus on Real Lives

• Don’t Let Metrics Impede Experimentation

• Tell the Story

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…”