Thought this might be of interest to anyone based near Washington DC. J.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- > MEDIA ADVISORY: Realizing Government Transparency and Openness Through > Standard Web Technologies > > W3C eGovernment Stakeholder Meeting Welcomes IT and Policy Representatives > from Government and Industry to Washington, DC March 12-13, 2009 > > Web Ressources: > --------------- > This press release: > in English: http://www.w3.org/2009/02/eGov-mediaadvisory.html.en > > W3C eGov open meeting: > http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/F2F2 > > W3C eGovernment Activity: > http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/ > > > http://www.w3.org/ -- 25 February 2009 -- The World Wide Web Consortium's > eGovernment Interest Group will hold a special stakeholder meeting hosted by > the American Institute of Architects on 12-13 March in Washington, DC to > address the goals, benefits and limitations of implementing electronic > government. The two-day meeting provides a global forum for IT and policy > representatives from government and industry to address the political, legal, > financial, and social factors that impact the successful implementation of > open government initiatives. The goal of the forum is to document progressive > solutions for electronic government as well as to develop a road map for > developing Web standards to realize open and interoperable solutions. > > Representatives from global government organizations and private industry > will hear presentations from Ellen Miller, co-founder and executive director > of the Sunlight Foundation; John Sheridan, Head of e-Services and Strategy > for The National Archives of the United Kingdom; Kevin Novak, Vice President, > Integrated Web Strategy and Technology, The American Institute of Architects, > and Jose M. Alonso, W3C eGovernment Activity Lead and CTIC Fellow based in > Spain. > > In addition to presentations, the meeting will focus discussions on use cases > and potential road maps related to the following topics: > > * Government transparency, openness and interoperability of data; > * Citizen participation and engagement with government information; > * Use of social media among governments and citizenry; and > * Incorporation of standard technologies to reduce costs and increase > productivity of information technologies. > > These subjects are particularly timely for many government representatives in > the United States, who are tasked with the Obama Administration's new > policies towards openness and transparency in government. > > Since its creation in June 2008, the W3C eGovernment Activity fills a > distinct gap in the Web and technology standards space. The group focuses on > the unique and diverse needs of governments throughout the developed and > developing World in enabling electronic service and information delivery, as > well as providing opportunities for discovery, interaction and participation. > > Advance registration for the W3C eGov open meeting is required and seating is > limited. For more information, please contact Jose M. Alonso, W3C eGovernment > Activity Lead. > > Briefings for the news media are available. Please send inquiries to the W3C > press requests list at [email protected]. > > Press Contacts: > --------------- > Contact Americas, Australia -- Ian Jacobs, <[email protected]>, +1.718.260.9447 > Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East -- Marie-Claire Forgue, > <[email protected]>, +33.492.38.75.94 > > > About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C] > ----------------------------------------- > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where > Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to > develop technical standards for the Web to ensure its openness, > accessibility, and interoperability. W3C primarily pursues its mission > through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure > long-term growth for the Web. Over 400 organizations are Members of the > Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial > Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research > Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France > and Keio University in Japan, and has additional Offices worldwide. For more > information see http://www.w3.org/ > > ### > > -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
