[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
NYC LOCAL: Saturday through Monday 27-29 June 2009: Participation Camp a
From: |
secretary |
Subject: |
NYC LOCAL: Saturday through Monday 27-29 June 2009: Participation Camp and the proposed NYC Law on Open Data Standards |
Date: |
26 Jun 2009 04:26:43 -0400 |
Starting at 9:30 am on Saturday 27 June 2009 high government
officials, free software partisans, and citizens who think that
their legislators should hear more from the people, and that the
people should be able to find out more of what their government
is doing, will gather in rooms provided by ITP/Tisch/NYU [see PS
below] at
721 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
which is south of Mercer Street and north of West 4th Street.
This meeting is called Participation Camp 2009 and runs until
6:00 pm Sunday 28 June 2009.
Councillor Gale Brewer of the New York City Council and
Andrew Hoppin, Chief Information Officer of the New York State
Senate, will speak. And because Participation Camp is also a
barcamp, you will be able to speak too.
Registration is required to attend. There is no fee. There is
some chance the space may get filled, after which no
registrations will be accepted.
The main website for Participation Camp is
http://mudball.net/pcamp09
Participation Camp 2009 is one in a series of meetings. An
earlier meeting in the series was Capitol Camp 2009, which took
place on Friday 5 June 2009 in the Capitol in Albany, New York:
http://barcamp.org/CapitolCamp
New York State has already officially moved to free licensing for
software produced and published by the New York State Senate.
Here is a quote from http://open.nysenate.gov :
Welcome to the Open NYSenate
To pursue its commitment to transparency and openness the New
York State Senate is undertaking a cutting-edge program to not
only release data, but help empower citizens and give back to the
community. Under this program the New York Senate will, for the
first time ever, give developers and other users direct access to
its data through APIs and release its original software to the
public. By placing the data and technological developments
generated by the Senate in the public domain, the New York Senate
hopes to invigorate, empower and engage citizens in policy
creation and dialogue.
After Participation Camp, this coming Monday, there will be the
first of several hearings on a proposed New York City law to
assure that government data is openly published in unencumbered
formats. Kunal Malhotra writes:
On Monday, June 29th at 1:00pm in the 14th Floor Hearing Room of
250 Broadway, the Technology in Government Committee will hold a
hearing regarding proposed Int. 991, "Open Data Standards." This
important legislation stands to make New York City the leader in
open and transparent government practices in the country. Please find
attached to this email a `Dear Colleague' letter with more
information. Furthermore, below is a link to a recent NY Observer
article covering the issue. Please feel free to contact me with any
questions or concerns.
Here is the bill:
http://webdocs.nyccouncil.info/textfiles/Int%200991-2009.htm?CFID=251408&CFTOKEN=24838429
And here is a copy of the Dear Colleague letter:
http://www.panix.com/~jays/Int._991_Open_Data_Dear_Colleague_Letter.pdf
Appended, below the postscripts, is the full notice sent out by
Kunal Malhotra.
I thank Evan Korth, Noel Hidalgo, and Kunal Malhotra for their
timely notifications!
Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
http://www.lxny.org
PS. ITP/Tisch/NYU is the Interactive Telecommunications Program of
the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
PPS. From Evan Korth, here is a partial list of sponsors:
- TOPP: The Open Planning Project - <http://theopenplanningproject.org>
- CollabForge - <http://collabforge.com>
- Sunlight Foundation - <http://sunlightfoundation.com>
- Mudball - <http://mudball/net>
- New Work City - <http://nwcny.com>
- Nation Builder - <http://nationbuilder.com>
- Apps for Democracy: Community Edition - <http://appsfordemocracy.org>
- Not an Alternative - <http://notanalternative.net>
- Connecting.nyc - <http://connectingnyc.org>
P^3S. Councillor Gale Brewer's page:
http://council.nyc.gov/d6/html/members/home.shtml
CIO NY Senate Andrew Hoppin's page, ah, I could not find the
Official Page, but here is a page, with a video, and some
pointers to information about Capitol Camp:
http://www.nysenate.gov/video/2009/jun/15/nys-senate-cio-andrew-hoppin-capitol-camp
<blockquote
what="official announcement from Kunal Malhotra"
edits="some reformatting"
Subject: OPEN DATA STANDARDS LEGISLATION / TECH in GOV'T COMMITTEE HEARING
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:59:46 -0400
From: "Malhotra, Kunal" <KMalhotra@council.nyc.gov>
To: "Malhotra, Kunal" <KMalhotra@council.nyc.gov>
Evening,
On Monday, June 29th at 1:00pm in the 14th Floor Hearing Room of
250 Broadway, the Technology in Government Committee will hold a
hearing regarding proposed Int. 991, "Open Data Standards." This
important legislation stands to make New York City the leader in
open and transparent government practices in the country. Please find
attached to this email a `Dear Colleague' letter with more
information. Furthermore, below is a link to a recent NY Observer
article covering the issue. Please feel free to contact me with any
questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Kunal
NY Observer Article:
http://nyfi.observer.com/politics/182/new-open-data-standards-legislation
Kunal Malhotra
Director of Legislation & Budget
Office of Council Member Gale A. Brewer
250 Broadway, Room 1744
New York, NY 10007
[1]Kunal.Malhotra@council.nyc.gov
Office: (212) 788-6975
Cell: (347) 461-4329
References
1. "mailto:Kunal.Malhotra@council.nyc.gov"
</blockquote>
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- NYC LOCAL: Saturday through Monday 27-29 June 2009: Participation Camp and the proposed NYC Law on Open Data Standards,
secretary <=