Our first Open Government Lunch took place in a committee room at City Hall on Friday, June 3rd from 12pm to 1pm. It was a fantastic chance to hear more about what people were interested in or passionate about, where they were coming from and the diversity of topics that brought them there. Some of [...]
The most valuable part of Open Gov West is making connections. We’ve been excited to see, over just the last 16 months of OGW events and conferences, so many people building relationships which spur open government work. That’s why we encourage OGW attendees to start up OGW meetups (casual, evening social events) and Open Gov [...]
Here’s what people are saying at Open Gov West ’11
Randall Leeds is an independent developer from San Francisco, CA with a passion for open sourcing. See what he had to say as he prepared to code away at the OGW Cross-Gov Apps Contest.
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Steve Williams is enthusiastic about what OGW ’11 holds: “I love the idea of helping government become more open and helping citizens take action. OGW is a unique combination of people working on different aspects of a very tricky problem but all with enthusiasm, excitement and fun!” Find out more about Steve here!
