Re: National Dialogue to Improve Federal Web Sites

The dialogue doesn't start until 2ET today (in about an hour), and will be
open for two weeks, through September 30.
Read more here: http://www.usa.gov/webreform/dialogue.shtml
Thanks!
-Rachel
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Rachel Flagg
Co-Chair, Federal Web Managers Council
Center for Excellence in Digital Government
Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies
U.S. General Services Administration
rachel.flagg@gsa.gov
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Gannon Dick <gannon_dick@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Sharron,
>
> Your "National Dialog" link doesn't work.
>
> I'd like to make a general comment about the nature of Government Data:
>
> 1. Data can be persistent or predictive.  Cutting waste is not defunding
> with the one you aren't using that particular moment.  Open Data and Linked
> Data both refer to the study of the behavior of both predictive and
> persistent types.
> 2. Economic data is longitudinal.  Every millisecond receives a great deal
> of attention [1].  Data useful for Public Policy is latitudinal.  It
> receives almost no attention [2].  For example, Arizona does not observe
> Daylight Saving Time and yet Mexico City does.  This is a Labor Policy
> issue, not an Economic Policy issue.  My point is simply that the use of
> Economic Policy as a one-size-fits-all substitute for Public Policy is not a
> viable Technology Policy.
>
>
> [1]
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/time-technology-and-leaping-seconds.html
> [2] http://tinyurl.com/white-nights-forever<http://tinyurl.com/white-nights-forever/nick.txt>
>
>
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> *From:* Sharron Rush <srush@knowbility.org>
> *To:* W3C eGov Interest Group (All) <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:00 PM
> *Subject:* National Dialogue to Improve Federal Web Sites
>
> As part of President Obama's Campaign to Cut Waste<http://www.whitehouse.gov/goodgovernment/actions/campaign-cut-waste>,
> the federal government has launched an initiative to streamline and improve
> agency websites.  From an accessibility standpoint, this is terrific news
> and a welcome effort!  But from an Open Data persepctive, it's a great
> opportunity as well.
> Leaders of the gov Reform Task Force <http://www.usa.gov/WebReform.shtml>
> have invited citizen Catalysts - including Annetta Cheek, Craig Newmark,
> Steve Krug, Vanessa Fox, Lee Vann, Ed Mullen, Candi Harrison and others - to
> "spur and deepen the discussion."  In other words, they want all of us to
> encourage peers from specific communities of online practice to contribute
> to open, honest dialogue.  Discussions will lead to improvements in the
> usefulness of web sites and web based services of US Federal government
> agencies.   The Task Force really wants to hear from citizens about what we
> need and what we want from dot gov domains.  For two weeks, starting Monday,
> September 19, at 2 p.m. ET and closing on Friday September 30th, the task
> force will conduct The National Dialogue on Improving Federal Websites<http://www.usa.gov/webreform/dialogue.shtml.>.
> Catalyst participants listed above will lead a series of discussions on
> various specific aspects of the redesign challenge.  Your voices are needed.
>
> Best,
> Sharron
>
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