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US: NASA Open Government Summit Emphasized Data Exchange |
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spaceref.com |
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
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ICT for MDGs
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United States |
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Oct 21, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON -- NASA is working to publish more of its data sets online
and create more opportunities to engage with the public using digital
tools. This was a major part of the discussion during the monthly Open
Government Community Summit at NASA Headquarters in Washington last
week. NASA's Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office of the Chief Financial Officer hosted the meeting.
The event brought leaders from both government and public sectors
together to discuss transparency, participation and collaboration in an
era of emerging new technologies, maturing systems and increased generation of open data.
"At NASA, we understand that teams at varied locations need a way to
engage in timely, technical conversations and collaborate remotely to
meet mission-critical goals," said NASA's Deputy Chief Information
Officer Deborah Diaz. "As more data is generated, we are witnessing the
emergence of new electronic tools almost daily. Agencies must look ahead to anticipate change and efficient use of new technology tools."
The technical conversation was centered around how agencies could build
on the successes of the Open Government Initiative. Participants
discussed the future of transparency catalysts such as the government
clearing-house for digital information: http://www.data.gov
Participants also recognized that the Open Government Initiative requires a new approach to communication.
"Technology enables and supports one to thousands of conversations,"
said NASA's Chief Technology Officer for IT, Chris Kemp. "We're finding
that if we don't stand in the way of that conversation, incredible
things can happen."
What set this event apart from previous Open Government summits was the
collaborative element. Approximately 60 percent of the participants were
not present in the room, but instead used several electronic tools to "virtually attend" the summit.
Video streaming,
cooperative note-taking, online teleconferencing and modification of
conversational practices in the room, all attempted to bridge the gap
between physical and virtual participants. With a "learning-by-doing"
approach, organizers collected many lessons learned that will help
future events be even more inclusive and efficient.
"The summit generated some new, innovative ideas and suggested ways to
put those ideas into practice that will be of immediate use at
participants' home agencies," Diaz said.
Remote participants from as far away as Vienna, Austria, exchanged their
expertise with others from around the globe and around the meeting
room, with as many as 50 people simultaneously providing input for
discussion topics.
The Open Government Community Summit Series is an inter-agency
collaborative event hosted monthly by a different organization. It is
sponsored and managed by the Open Forum Foundation in Washington.
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US: NASA Open Government Summit Emphasized Data Exchange WASHINGTON -- NASA is working to publish more of its data sets online and create more opportunities to engage with the public using digital tools This was a major part of the discussion during the monthly Open Government Community Summit at NASA Headquarters in Washington last week NASA's Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office of the Chief Financial Officer hosted the meeting
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