[open-government] We've reached 500 members - what next?

[Neil McEvoy]

Hey Tim

For sure I'd be glad to.

And the other message about focusing on areas like procurement is also
great fit for this.

For me Open Government is most powerful when it's applied
multi-dimensionally, by which I mean Open Innovation, Open Data as well as
Open Source.

For example one of the projects I have been piloting is 'OpenRFP.net', the
use of Drupal applied to government e-procurement, with a view to not only
using open source software but also making the process itself more open,
so that small businesses and individual contractors can more easily access
government spending.

I'd like to add Open Data feeds of their procurement spending into this
mix too to add that dimension. Then we have a demonstration not just of
Open Data technologies but also with a clear link to policy benefit
(addressing social exclusion etc.)

Neil.




> Thanks Neil, this is a great suggestion. I've often thought that it would
> be
> great if there was a vehicle to provide vendor neutral expertise to
> agencies. If you would be interested in spearheading this initiative, that
> would be excellent.
>
> I've added your suggestion to the OKFN Ides Incubator[0]. Please
> expand/comment on the idea here, there or both :)
>
> Tim McNamara
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>
> [0] http://ideas.okfn.org/ideas/168/open-government-advisory-team
>
>
> On 3 June 2011 00:12, Neil McEvoy <neil at mcevoy.biz> wrote:
>
>>
>> Great Tim, I'm keen for action too.
>>
>> My goals are to build a best practices network, ie to help Government
>> agencies plan and implement Open Gov.
>>
>> So I'd like to help create a repository of repeatable practice documents
>> and open source software.
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>>
>> > I've just checked this list's administration page, and the group's
>> > membership count has reached 508. Amazing.
>> >
>> > I would like to make sure that we're ensuring people have options to
>> > participate in activities other than communicating amongst each other.
>> > Noting that we're the open government working group, let's make sure
>> that
>> > if
>> > there are people who would like jobs to do that they have an
>> opportunity
>> > to
>> > do so.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any views on:
>> >
>> >  - what the goals of this community are or should be?
>> >  - what kinds of activities we could or should undertake?
>> >  - whether a smaller group should be formed from within this community
>> to
>> > do
>> > activities, and allow the mailing list to be for broader
>> communication?
>> >
>> > I am very keen to host a teleconference over Skype for anyone
>> interested.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Tim McNamara
>> > Professional \\  paperlessprojects.com
>> > Personal \\  @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks>  |
>> > timmcnamara.co.nz
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>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil McEvoy
>> Founder
>> Cloud Best Practices Network
>> http://mcevoy.biz
>>
>>
>


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