[open-government] Introduction from Data.gov

Mon Nov 15 12:24:19 UTC 2010

Hi all--

It's great to be able to join the Open Government Data list.  What a wealth of information and energy in this group!  I've enjoyed reading the archives.

I'm the Evangelist for the US Data.gov team, which serves to bring data up and out of federal agencies in the United States and make it accessible and searchable at http://www.data.gov<http://data.gov>

I'm interested in exploring collaborations in a variety of areas, including advocacy for standards, approaches for federating content, enhancing access to datasets, and supporting the developer community in making sense and use of government data.

This week we'll be holding an International Open Government Data Conference in Washington DC http://www.data.gov/conference and are working with Jonathan Grey to coordinate this with the Open Government Data Camp: 2010 in the UK.  This week will have lots of opportunities online and at both these events to bring groups from around the world together to focus on the challenges and opportunities in making government more transparent.  I welcome your virtual participation in this event at http://www.data.gov/opendata  I'll be cross-posting to both these groups to help forge a connection in the conversations.

My personal background is in leading data, information, and knowledge management activities for NASA for the last 26 years and the United Nations International Academy of Astronautics in the area of integrating space data to look at global issues of climate change, humanitarian relief, and innovation.  I teach courses at UCLA and in China on social network analysis and the use of knowledge and data to drive innovation.  I look forward to the collaboration.

Thanks Jonathan for the invitation!

--Jeanne Holm

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Jeanne Holm
Chief Knowledge Architect, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Communications and Collaboration Lead, Data.Gov
4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA  91109
Cell: (818) 434-5037; Desk: (818) 354-8282
Twitter: JeanneHolm; Second Life: Devery Barrymore
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