[Osdc-edu-authors] Upcoming OSDC Articles from Remy

Jason Hibbets jhibbets at redhat.com
Thu Oct 20 18:16:45 UTC 2011


We have an "On the scene" image that we'll use.

Working on this now, should be live soon, I'll follow-up with link and 
instructions.

Jason

Remy DeCausemaker wrote:
> Title: Live from CapitolCamp2011
> As far as a photo, I think the logo is cc licensed (let me check... I'm 
> not sure) there was a logo before that was used on one of my previous 
> articles that was the capitol building composed of blue bar graph like 
> aesthetic. I liked that, and it would work if you can't use the capcamp 
> logo.
> --REmyD.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Jason Hibbets <jhibbets at redhat.com 
> <mailto:jhibbets at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Remy,
> 
>     I'll have a writer proof this and we'll get this on the open*gov
>     channel asap.
> 
>     do you have a title in mind?
> 
>     Jason
> 
>     Remy DeCausemaker wrote:
> 
>         Hot off the presses! The lunch session is about to begin, and
>         I've included the live stream channels in the post. I think it's
>         better to get this out sooner than later, and I will edit the
>         article/fill in links in the matrix, as the day goes by, or
>         after the fact. For now, lets get this out onto the net!
> 
>         Cheers,
>         --RemyD.
> 
>         P.S. - I'm not a member of the Gov channel, but I think it makes
>         sense to post this there. Can I get added, or is it a whole
>         nother set of moderators and lists?
> 
>             SNIP <<
> 
> 
>         ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
> 
>         Capitol Camp <http://blog.capitolcamp.org> is a 3 years running
>         unconference held in the Capitol of NY. The past two years have
>         also included a "developer summit," which according to the
>         website is:
> 
>            The Developer Summit, primarily for programmers, is a day-long
>            conversation about coding, collaborative software development and
>            best practices. The conversation will involve hands-on work in
>            open-source applications currently used in New York State
>         Government.
>         Attendees are both internal and external stakeholders,
>         developing public facing and internal applications that deal
>         with many departments, agencies, and other pieces of .gov
>         infrastructure. Break-out rooms are live-streamed to the web via
>         3 channels Main Room <http://www.nysenate.gov/live-__ch2
>         <http://www.nysenate.gov/live-ch2>>, Room 120
>         <http://www.nysenate.gov/live-__ch3
>         <http://www.nysenate.gov/live-ch3>>, and LCA Room 130
>         <http://www.nysenate.gov/live-__ch2
>         <http://www.nysenate.gov/live-ch2>>. An IRC channel is being
>         hosted on Freenode at #CapCamp2011, and the wiki is available at
>         PBWorks <http://barcamp.org/w/page/__45981565/CapCamp2011
>         <http://barcamp.org/w/page/45981565/CapCamp2011>>. You can even
>         browse photos from past events through the flickr pool CapCamp
>         Flikr Pool
>         <https://secure.flickr.com/__groups/capitolcamp/pool/with/__4926780052/
>         <https://secure.flickr.com/groups/capitolcamp/pool/with/4926780052/>>
>         Below you will find a feedback matrix from the "Open Data and
>         Interagency Collaboration Session" that this author facilitated
>         for the first morning Session. It will help give context to the
>         Video, which I will add to this post as soon as it is made
>         available.
> 
> 
>            Open Data Session
> 
>         Issues:
> 
>            * Pay Walls
>            * Legal/Licensing
>            * Personally Identifiable/Confidential Information
>            * Encryption/Security
>            * Inter Agency Terms of Service/Audits
>            * Warranty of Merchantability/Disclaimers
>            * Legislative Policy
> 
>         Agency/Dept/Org Datasets        API     Misc.
>         Dept. of Environmental Conservation     Not Yet Not Yet Provide
>         Permit information through web
>         Dept. of Transportation Yes. .xml, flat files, NYC DOT data,
>         Tax/Finance Data, federal Dept. of Transportation  Not Yet
>         Permits App via web
>         NYS Forum       Private/Internal        Not Yet N/A
>         County of Albany        Authenticated Access    Not Yet N/A
>         Albany Local Government Not Yet Not Yet District Maps, Gun
>         Permits, Restaraunt Inspections
>         FirmStep        Confidential Data       Not Yet/Authenticated  
>         Want RESTful API, want Web Content as API
>         CIO/OFT Not Yet Not Yet Working on a Data Catalogue Across
>         Agencies, Unisys Mainframes using OpenTI
>         OTDA    Confidential    Confidential    N/A
>         Worker's Compensation   Not Yet Not Yet N/A
>         Dept. of Labor  Yes, archaically via Web
>         Unemployment and Jobs Data      Not Yet Would like to build an
>         API to front-load for a Web App this year, and a probable Mobile
>         App next year
>         NYSenate.gov    Using Drupal Services Module
>         Senate Payroll
>         Web Analytics/Traffic
>         Expenditure Reports
>         Social Media Accounts   SAGE API - Geocoding/Shape Files
>         Openlegislation API     N/A
>         Dept. of Criminal Justice Services      Mostly Confidential Data but
>         Sex offender Registration
>         Wanted ;& Missing Persons
>         Terror Watch    Not Yet Want to know how to engage with Open
>         Data community
>         Dept. of Health Yes, using Metrix to release .csv files Not Yet N/A
>         Center for Technology in Government     Provide our content in
>         .xml     Not Yet N/A
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Jason Hibbets, RHCSA :: Twitter: @jhibbets
>     Project Manager, Red Hat :: Raleigh, NC
> 
>     Open source is changing the world -- http://opensource.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> --
> Remy DeCausemaker
> Research Associate
> Lab for Technological Literacy
> http://foss.rit.edu <http://foss.rit.edu/>
> 
> Rochester Institute of Technology
> Center for Student Innovation
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> Building 87-1680
> Rochester, NY 14623
> 
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