Recently, we’ve been involved with two great initiatives to increase transparency, public participation, can collaboration in government:
Later this month we are facilitating the remote participation process for the NASA Open Source Summit at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. If you’re interested in open source software or changing government policy to accommodate open source software, please do sign up.
Also, under the banner of AthenaBridge.com, we also began preparations for 100+ local summits where members of the open government community could help their local public officials navigate the waters of public participation and transparency. We found local organizers in 40 cities in a dozen countries, but that didn’t reach critical mass of 100 cities. We are adjusting the plan and will launch the next iteration of the plan with some additional partners in a few weeks.
It’s wonderful to see the energy across the open gov community. Here is a map of the locations where organizers did sign up (click to see details and zoom in):
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