Re: Invitation to International Open Government Data Conference

Jeanne,

Thanks for the invitation. I have sent in my submission for presenting a
paper on "How to prevent being scuttled in your Open Government
Initiatives" based on my hands-on experience in implementing a number of
Open Government initiatives made way back in 2004-5 and how they were
scuttled successfully. There was no will power to continue and the secrecy
took the better of transparency. Accountability initiatives failed and Open
Government initiatives had a fall and was limping.

Gopalakrishnan (Kris) Devanathan, an ICT & e-Gov Consultant, an Innovations
Awardee and World Bank Innovations fair invitee would like to present a
practitioner's paper on "How to prevent being scuttled in implementing Open
Government Initiatives".

How we can learn from failed Open Government Initiatives. How not to repeat
the mistakes already done. How to create a new world order - transparency
for accountability.

Gopalakrishnan (Kris) Devanathan,
ICT & e-Gov Consultant,
Life Line to Business, Chennai, India.
1 (206) 274 1635,

On 1 May 2012 17:14, Holm, Jeanne M (1760) <jeanne.m.holm@jpl.nasa.gov>wrote:

>   Hi all--
>
>  I'd like to invite those of you in our group to join a host of
> international dignitaries, developers, and data fans at the upcoming second
> International Open Government Data Conference, sponsored by the World Bank
> and Data.gov, the flagship open government initiative for the US government.
>
>  Join us for an eye-opening 3 days, July 10-12, at the World Bank in
> Washington DC that will show how governments, citizens, companies, and
> developers around the world are putting open data to work to create jobs,
> improve health care, and drive better decisions.  The cost of admission is
> a willingness to share your stories around open government and open data.
>
>  We are accepting proposals for sessions and speakers now:
> http://www.data.gov/communities/conference
>
>  I look forward to seeing you there!
>
>  --Jeanne Holm
>
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