Unleashing the Power of Digital Government

Unleashing the Power of

Digital Government

Todd ParkUS Chief Technology

Officer

@todd_park

Steven VanRoekelUS Chief Information

Officer

@stevenvdc

June 20th, 2012

We’re At A Major Inflection Point

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Weather and GPS: $100B+ Industry

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Quality of Schools

Quality of Medical Care

Your Broadband Capabilities and Prices

Who is Certified Organic?

How Much Was Spent on Infrastructure Upgrades?

Your Potential New Home!

Your Home’s Energy Usage

Water and Air Quality For the Area

Nearest Public Safety Facility

Taxes

Nearest Government

Service

Does it Flood Here?

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“I want us to ask ourselves every day, how are we

using technology to make a real difference in people’s

lives”

-President Barack Obama

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iTriage#digitalgov

MyTSA

For the people, by the people

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Government Innovation Agenda

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• Embrace smart use of technology to change how we do business & serve Americans

• Unleash the power of government data

• Transform govt into a platform for innovation

Digital Government Strategy

The Ideas:1. Open Data as the New Default2. Anywhere, anytime on any device3. Everything should be an API4. Make government data social5. Change the meaning of civic participation6. Government as a Platform

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Digital Government: Coming Soon

• Machine-readable data as the New Default• Every Agency has a /DEVELOPER Page and

APIs• Data.gov transformation to Web API and

Metadata catalog• Agencies convert two priority citizen

services to mobile to start• Launch of Digital Innovation Center• Private sector integration

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Presidential Innovation Fellows

Projects

• Open Data Initiatives• Blue Button for

America• MyGov• RFP EZ• 20% Campaign

www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows

Health Data Initiative

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Safety Data Initiative

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Energy Data Initiative

Education Data Initiative

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Call to ActionGet Engaged with your

Government

• Connect with us – we need your help• http://wh.gov/digitalgov• http://wh.gov/innovationfellows

• Broadcast to your networks• @todd_park• @stevenvdc

• As data and APIs are released, use them!

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