RE: Open Source Open Data Platform (OGPL) Welcome and Webinars today and tomorrow

Jeanne, Thanks for the invitation to participate and comment. In my work for
the Japanese government on Open Government Data, I have prepared the
following to present on January 21st:

 

http://semanticommunity.info/A_Japan_METI_Open_Data_Dashboard

http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/20226/BrandNiemann01212013.pptx

 

using an open government platform to:

 

Work with the right data (Statistical and Open)

Work with the right people (Data Scientists)

Work on the right projects (Pilot Dashboards)

 

following my 5-step method to get to the 5-stars of TBL for the US, EU, and
JP.

 

Brand

 

Dr. Brand Niemann

Director and Senior Data Scientist

Semantic Community

http://semanticommunity.info 

http://gov.aol.com/bloggers/brand-niemann/ 

703-268-9314

 

From: Holm, Jeanne M (1760) [mailto:jeanne.m.holm@jpl.nasa.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:32 AM
To: eGov IG (Public)
Subject: Open Source Open Data Platform (OGPL) Welcome and Webinars today
and tomorrow

 

Hi all--

 

In the theme of open government data that we have been focused on in the
group, I wanted to invite you to participate or comment on a project that
I've been working on.

 

We've been working hard on the Open Government Platform (OGPL), an open
source capability for open data and open government around the world. This
has been an active collaboration with the National Infomatics Centre
<http://www.nic.in/>  of the Government of India and the US Government
Data.gov <http://www.data.gov/>  team. The decision to move to an open
source platform
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/12/05/datagov-goes-global>  has been
both challenging and rewarding.

As with any open source capability, the code is only as strong as the
community around it.  We are getting close to releasing the first complete
package of OGPL and would like to get your ideas, feedback, and commits
before we proceed. To help with this, we will be holding two information
webinars this week (Wednesday and Thursday, December 19 and 20, 2012), and
have updated the code and documentation on Github.

Please join in on one of the webinars that is convenient (times are
optimized for different areas of the world where our many developer
volunteers are).

 

Agenda

*	Introduction to OGPL 

*	http://opengovplatform.org/

*	Preparing to releaae OGPL v. 1 

*	Code and documentation status (currently labeled "beta") 

*	https://github.com/opengovplatform/opengovplatform-beta

*	Examples from India, Ghana and US 

*	http://data.gov.in <http://data.gov.in/> 
*	http://data.gov.gh <http://data.gov.gh/> 
*	http://data.gov <http://data.gov/> 

*	How to get involved (developers, testers, others)
*	Looking ahead to OGPL v.2 

*	Drupal 7 + CKAN

*	Discussion 

*	To ask a question, ask first in the chat window and then you will be
called on


Wednesday, December 19, 11:00 am-12:00 pm (Eastern U.S. time, EST)


*	Check your time zone at
http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OGPL+Welcome+%28America
s+time%29
<http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OGPL+Welcome+%28Americ
as+time%29&iso=20121219T08&p1=783&ah=1> &iso=20121219T08&p1=783&ah=1
*	To join the web conference, go to
https://mpweb7.jpl.nasa.gov/a/f5d35f5893570260530917ef9934659a
<https://mpweb7.jpl.nasa.gov/a/f5d35f5893570260530917ef9934659a%20> 
*	To join the audio conference, dial in via the toll-free number at
1-866-328-8761 and when prompted enter meeting ID 4545.
*	During the discussion, to ask questions, please ask first in the
chat window and then you will be called on


Thursday, December 20, 2:00-3:00 pm (India time, IST)


*	Check your time zone at
http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OGPL+Welcome+%28America
s+time%29
<http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OGPL+Welcome+%28Americ
as+time%29&iso=20121219T08&p1=783&ah=1> &iso=20121219T08&p1=783&ah=1
*	To join the web conference, go to
https://mpweb7.jpl.nasa.gov/a/f5d35f5893570260530917ef9934659a
<https://mpweb7.jpl.nasa.gov/a/f5d35f5893570260530917ef9934659a%20> 
*	To join the audio conference, dial in via the toll-free number at
1-866-328-8761 and when prompted enter meeting ID 4545. For those overseas,
you can call this number via Skype and connect that way.
*	During the discussion, to ask questions, please ask first in the
chat window and then you will be called on

Welcome again to the OGPL community and thank you for your contributions now
and in the future. If you have any questions or suggestions, please post
them in the comments below.  To join the list for developers, you can
subscribe at 
https://listserv.gsa.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=OGPL-DEVELOPERS
<https://listserv.gsa.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=OGPL-DEVELOPERS&A=1> &A=1

Welcome aboard!

-- Jeanne Holm

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Jeanne Holm

Evangelist, Data.gov

U.S. General Services Administration

Cell: (818) 434-5037

Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn: JeanneHolm

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