Archive for the tag 'microsoft'

May 26th, 2010 | Jaimey Walking Bear

Jon Udell: A hashtag and a permalink for local government business

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How do you find pages that cite a permalink?. Microsoft evangelist Jon Udell describes a framework for sharing government meetings and records online.

Apr 28th, 2010 | Jaimey Walking Bear

Lewis Shepherd on attribution in cyberwarfare

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Lewis Shepherd, the Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft’s Institute for Advanced Technology in Government, spoke about the challenge of attribution in cyberware at the Fedscoop Cybersecurity Forum. Video of this talk is embedded below:

Shepherd will be participating in the open source spying session at the Gov 2.0 Expo.

Register here before early registration expires on May 5.

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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb

Apr 20th, 2010 | Jaimey Walking Bear

Get ready for awesome Gov 2.0 Expo Keynotes

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Only Gov 2.0 Expo offers you the perfect blend of in-depth technical content, access to speakers, networking opportunities, and face time with leading edge technology vendors critical for you to make a difference in your workplace or agency today:

If you haven’t checked it out, we’ve assembled an amazing list of keynote speakers from within government (U.S. and international) and the technology community. These are the people making a tangible difference in government and in the world right now; people that will inspire you to do the same, including:

  • Linda Cureton (NASA)
  • Mary Davie (GSA)
  • Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web Consortium)
  • Randi Levin (City of Los Angeles)
  • Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media)
  • Price Floyd (Department of Defense)
  • Dave Girouard (Google)
  • Alec Ross (State Department)
  • Gary Vaynerchuk (VaynerMedia)
  • Sonal Shah (U.S. Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation)
  • Brad Smith (Microsoft)
  • Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Government)
  • Jay Parkinson (The Future Well)
  • Jeff Jonas (IBM Entity Analytics)
  • danah boyd (Microsoft Research)
  • Clay Johnson (Sunlight Foundation)
  • Bill Eggers (Deloitte)
  • Anil Dash (Expert Labs)
  • Jack Dangermond (ESRI)

As mentioned in our last post, we’ll be featuring a special Keynote Kickoff event on Tuesday, May 25, featuring over a dozen rapid fire presentations about amazing, innovative projects happening today that are driving efficiency, collaboration and delivering citizen services in new, innovative ways.

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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb

Apr 19th, 2010 | Jaimey Walking Bear

Gov 2.0 Expo Networking Events

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In addition to the in-depth training, case studies, vendor and speaker access, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to mingle with other attendees at Gov 2.0 Expo. Check out our special events, including:

  • Keynote Kickoff: Join fellow conference attendees for a fantastic evening session to kickoff the Gov 2.0 Expo. Bill Eggers will MC and keynote Tuesday night’s event. This session will feature 5-minute lightening talks from people and projects across many different agencies and ideas. Immediately after workshops on Day 1.
  • Opening Reception: Network and mingle with other attendees immediately following the Keynote Kickoff
  • Booth Crawl: Join us for a party on the Expo Floor to check out the latest technologies from our sponsors and exhibitors. Visit the O’Reilly booth to meet authors and contributors to O’Reilly’s ‘Open Government’ book
  • Official Conference Attendee Party – Sponsored by Microsoft: Immedately after the Expo Hall Booth Crawl. Libations and mingling with other attendees at the Official Gov 2.0 Expo Conference Attendee Party. Sponsored by Microsoft.

Many more cool surprises in the works  for you. Keep checking back to this blog and the Gov 2.0 Expo site for the latest.

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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb