http://www.techpresident.com/node/15170 Comments for "Open Govt Data Geeks Unite, and the Rise of 3-D Journalism" en http://www.techpresident.com/node/15170#comment-1575 <p>Thanks for sharing this is great stuff. Also, I hope you covered this event:</p> <p><a href="http://www.swordplay.tv/2007/12/12/senate-hearing-discusses-web-20-to-improve-our-democracy/">Senate Hearing Discusses Web 2.0 to Improve our Democracy</a></p> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:55:40 -0500 robotchampion comment 1575 at http://www.techpresident.com http://www.techpresident.com/node/15170 <p>I've just finished spending two days at a mini-retreat on open government data organized by Carl Malamud of <a href="http://public.resource.org">Public.Resource.Org</a>, hosted by Tim O'Reilly of <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com">O'Reilly Media</a> and funded by the <a href="http://www.sunlightfoundation.com">Sunlight Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com%20">Google</a> and <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</a>!. The purpose of the meeting was to gather a bunch of folks from both the public and private sectors who are working on everything from pro-democracy websites to hyper-local news startups to see if we could draft some common principles for data and open government, and also to deepen connections and collaboration among a powerfully creative group of individuals and projects. (Full disclosure: I was there in my consulting role as a senior technology adviser to Sunlight, but this was another of those fortuitous events where I get to where all my hats as <a href="http://www.personaldemocracy.com%20">PdF</a> editor, open government activist, and Sunlight consultant at once.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/node/15170">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/node/15170#comment opengov Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:17:24 -0500 Micah L. Sifry 15170 at http://www.techpresident.com