This sounds interesting so I thought I would share it with you. I wish I could get to Texas by tomorrow morning to be there but maybe I will be able to catch some of the webcast.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Carolyn Caywood</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ccaywood@vbgov.com">ccaywood@vbgov.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM<br>
Subject: [ifrt] FW: Open the Government<br>To: IFRT members <<a href="mailto:ifrt@ala.org">ifrt@ala.org</a>><br><br><br>FYI<br>Carolyn Caywood<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Taylor Willingham [mailto:<a href="mailto:taylor@austin-pacific.com">taylor@austin-pacific.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:42 PM<br>To: Deliberate Listserv<br>Subject: Open the Government<br><br>On May 15, the LBJ Presidential Library, the LBJ School of Public<br>Affairs and Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will host a<br>
full-day conference, "Open Government on the Internet: A New Era of<br>Transparency," featuring notable leaders in the government<br>transparency movement including presentations (in persona and<br>virtually) by former Senator Bill Bradley, White House CIO, Vivek<br>
Kundra and Texas Comptroller, Susan Combs.<br><br>In addition, we will have panel presentations from organizations such<br>as: OpenCongress/Sunlight Foundation, <a href="http://billhop.com/" target="_blank">billhop.com</a>, Development Seed,<br>
Sunlight Labs, League of Technical Voters and several TX state<br>representatives and policy-makers.<br><br>As the federal government struggles with implementing President<br>Obama's directive that government be more transparent, participatory,<br>
and collaborative, we in Texas are striving to be at the forefront of<br>this movement with our Transparent State Budget efforts.<br><br>Even if you do not live in Texas, I suggest you take some time to<br>watch portions of our webcast either live or later. I believe that the<br>
push for transparent data will require information / community<br>champions who can help communities take advantage of the wealth of<br>information that will eventually be at their fingertips. Transparency<br>and data alone cannot solve the problems that plague our communities.<br>
We will need dialogue and deliberation, and information professionals<br>like librarians more than ever. I also do not think that I am<br>overstating the case that this is an opportunity for us to make our<br>public institutions and our knowledge indispensable assets in helping<br>
communities that are hurting during this economic downturn. In short,<br>I see lots of lemons waiting to be squeezed into delicious lemonade!<br><br>For more information about this event and a complete schedule, go to: <a href="http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/open-the-government-webcast/" target="_blank">http://texasforums.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/open-the-government-webcast/</a><br>
<br>Taylor<br><br>Taylor L. Willingham<br>P. O. Box 1255<br>Salado, TX 76571<br>254.947.3793<br>866.215.0843 (National Issues Forums)<br><a href="mailto:taylor@austin-pacific.com">taylor@austin-pacific.com</a><br><br>IM: <a href="mailto:taylorlwillingham@mac.com">taylorlwillingham@mac.com</a><br>
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