144039 http://uservoice.com/users/144039-morren http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9e24f76944e8f2a5ca56dd1eabf25fb9?default=http://uservoice.com/images/icons/default-avatar.jpg morren morren morren 0 0 68532 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/68532-open-government-data-apis-xml-rss- We can unleash a wave of civic innovation if we open up government data to programmers. The government has a treasure trove of information: legislation, budgets, voter files, campaign finance data,... We can unleash a wave of civic innovation if we open up government data to programmers. The government has a treasure trove of information: legislation, budgets, voter files, campaign finance data, census data, etc. Let's STANDARDIZE, STRUCTURE, and OPEN up this data. 6157 33 6111 Obama CTO general 117031 frontseat frontseat frontseat 2008-11-11T21:10:59Z 2008-11-11T22:11:47Z general 68963 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/68963-introduces-social-media-inside-government Execute a social media strategy that integrates public and government on all - STRUCTURE: Create a distributed multi way information plan: Country, State County, City, People and -... Execute a social media strategy that integrates public and government on all levels. - STRUCTURE: Create a distributed multi way information plan: Country, State County, City, People and back. - TOPICS: Create focus topics like Energy, Economy, Transportation... you get the idea. - WORK GROUPS: Build active communities of volunteers to run those online initiatives. 100 Million volunteers connected online - the spirit of co-creation now on a national level. - FEEDBACK: Allow the public to comment on government units and services, provide inputs and possible solutions. - ARCHITECTURE: There is a lot technology, even more new technologies who may just be allowed to jump on it. Create a way to let go and let those technologies proof itself. Not everything need to be "integrated". - EVOLUTION: The contributors will determine what tools works and what not. - COORDINATION: To prevent 1,000 groups or tools provider competing for attention publish the success of each tool, each group, each initiative.. - SUCCESS: When other nations come and visit to learn from what was accomplished - OBJECTIVE: Make things happen faster (online) with more resources (people) at lower cost (volunteers). 563 12 6111 Obama CTO general 124751 axelschultze axelschultze axelschultze 2008-11-12T01:57:24Z 2008-11-12T01:57:24Z general 69051 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/69051-launch-more-x-prize-type-contests Spur innovation by putting a few million dollar prizes out there. You'll get a lot more than a million dollars of innovative work out of it. Spur innovation by putting a few million dollar prizes out there. You'll get a lot more than a million dollars of innovative work out of it. 844 3 6111 Obama CTO general 125350 anonymous anonymous anonymous 2008-11-12T03:46:08Z 2008-11-12T03:46:08Z general 69637 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/69637-gov-to-be-ran-on-100-free-software Premise: Software is licensed to distribute the overhead of its initial development, the cost of which few organizations could afford. Because all government software purchases are made with public... Premise: Software is licensed to distribute the overhead of its initial development, the cost of which few organizations could afford. Because all government software purchases are made with public funds, the public should be licensed to use it. Proposition: All future investments are to be made in software that is licensed to grant use and source code access to all governed subjects. Security will be maintained with the use of trusted concepts, including asymmetric cryptography, and not rely on the obscurity of closed source software. Where viable further development of existing operating systems and applications will be funded. Where not viable, or where competition is lacking, new projects will be originated. No patents will be granted for pubic works. Release of existing patents will be used as bargaining in the contract bidding process. Opinion: The ability of corporations and individuals to support themselves by developing software will not be impeded. On the contrary, the funding will be fair market representations of what the development is worth. The only thing that will change is that public will receive direct benefit from having paid for the software. The result will be a new renaissance in software advancement. We will also realize boons in hardware utilization and life cycle extension, helping to relieve the e-waste crisis. 2417 42 6111 Obama CTO general 127372 RichardBronosky RichardBronosky RichardBronosky 2008-11-12T18:03:58Z 2008-11-12T18:03:58Z general 2008-11-14T22:46:42Z 2008-11-27T05:06:50Z