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I’ll speak on data visualization at Netroots Nation

By WDavidStephenson | May 22, 2008

Thanks again to Micah Sifry! He’s added me to a panel he’ll be a member of at this year’s “Netroots Nation” (which evolved from Daily Kos‘ Yearly Kos conferences that have gotten such attention in the blogosphere and media in the past).

Once again, I’ll speak about data visualization, not only as a tool for public involvement, but also as a way to break down “silos,” encourage collaboration, and empower the entire workforce within agencies as well. I’m on deadline right now for the first draft of the white paper on the topic that I’m co-authoring for Don Tapscott’s Gov. 2.0 project.

The deeper I delve into the issue, the more convinced I am that it has the potential to really re-invent government (and, for that matter, corporate policy making as well! — same benefits can accrue to them!), cutting costs, improving operating efficiency, and building citizen involvement and support.

Here’s the description for the panel:

Reinventing Government in a New Administration Through Web 2.0 Tools and Culture
After the new President is sworn in, a new campaign will begin to improve our Federal government itself. In 1993, Clinton-Gore created the National Partnership for Reinventing Government and implemented nearly 1,200 of its recommendations to make government work better, many of which, like FirstGov, leveraged technology. Eight years of web technology evolution later, with “web” culture and “open-source” culture mainstream in America, how can a new Administration leverage Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking, and the participatory transparent culture that goes along with them, to make our Federal government work better? After framing this question and relating our present-state experience at NASA, EPA, and US Congress, we’ll have an open discussion.

The panel includes Micah, Andrew Hoppin of NASA, Justin Hamilton (Rep. Miller’s Deputy Chief of Staff), and Jeanne Holm (head of Knowledge Management for NASA).

Hope that you’ll attend!

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