Government Open Source Conference D.C. Program set for August 23

Please join me on August 23 at the Washington Convention Center for our Seventh Annual GOSCON, this year collocated with Innovation Nation Forum.  I’m very excited we’re partnering with MeriTalk for the event which takes this year’s burning government IT issues head-on. Our program this month includes a great lineup of all agency leadership –Continue reading “Government Open Source Conference D.C. Program set for August 23”

The Year of Open Government: Who’s Making it So?

I’m going to GOSCON 2010 – the Government Open Source Conference – of course, and as conference chair I hope I’ll see you there too. We’re back in Portland Oregon this fall.  Visit the web site for news, conference program, speaker line up, and registration. So you ask me, what’s hot this year?  One thingContinue reading “The Year of Open Government: Who’s Making it So?”

Open Source and the NextGen Health Care IT Community

As Featured on GovLoop I spend a fair amount of time at Open Source conferences. I arrive with a government bias plus some of the great ideas that open source enables like transparency and open government. Although most panels/sessions/talks/round tables will eventually get around to the idea of education and work force training, I rarelyContinue reading “Open Source and the NextGen Health Care IT Community”

Open Source Lab Inside Story at OSBC March 18th

My executive hero and Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSU OSL) visionary Curt Pederson will be doing a talk about the OSL at this week’s Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco.  If you’re going to be at OSBC drop by and thank Curt for his critical role in making the case for theContinue reading “Open Source Lab Inside Story at OSBC March 18th”