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    "title" : "DigitalGov Citizen Services Summit 2015: Open Innovation and Collaboration |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"DigitalGov Citizen Services Summit 2015: Open Innovation and Collaboration","summary" : "At the 2015 DigitalGov Citizen Services Summit, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith challenged all techies in government to help solve problems and be part of decision-making at the highest levels of government in her opening remarks.","date" : "2015-05-21T15:27:26-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman","coqui-aspiazu" : "Coqui Aspiazu"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/05/2015-05-21-digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-2015-open-innovation-and-collaboration.md","slug" : "digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-2015-open-innovation-and-collaboration","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/21/digitalgov-citizen-services-summit-2015-open-innovation-and-collaboration/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eDigital innovators from across government were asked to think of technology as digital service for their country at today’s \u003ca href=\"https://summit.digitalgov.gov/\"\u003eDigitalGov Citizen Services Summit\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe theme of this year’s Summit was \u0026ldquo;open.\u0026rdquo; The agenda was packed with presentations about how \u0026ldquo;opening\u0026rdquo; data, content, contracts, and talent makes digital citizen services better, more effective or even cheaper. A diverse array of topics were addressed, including privacy and identity management, 3D printing, and agile methodology.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMegan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, opened the Summit, challenging all techies in government to help solve problems and be part of decision-making at the highest levels of government.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en\"\u003e@uscto Lots of different talents are shifting and moving to solve the real problems of today \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/hashtag/digitalgov15\"\u003e#digitalgov15\u003c/a\u003e\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026mdash; Janet S (@JanetBS) May 21, 2015\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe also said that young people have found ways to serve their country through the Peace Corps and Teach for America and invited the group to think how they could serve digitally.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en\"\u003eMegan Smith, US CTO suggests more virtual public service can be enabled by tech \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DigitalGov15?src=hash\"\u003e#DigitalGov15\u003c/a\u003e \u0026#8211; more talent working on problems \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/citizen2015?src=hash\"\u003e#citizen2015\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026mdash; Jeffrey Peel (@JeffreyPeel) May 21, 2015\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en\"\u003e.@uscto promoting intersection of tech and service: \"How about a Virtual @PeaceCorps?\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DigitalGov15?src=hash\"\u003e#DigitalGov15\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026mdash; Sheila Campbell (@sheiladcusa) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sheiladcusa/status/601376671036485632\"\u003eMay 21, 2015\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. David Bray, Chief Information Officer for the Federal Communications Commission and Eisenhower Fellow, discussed the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/26/the-internet-of-everything-small-business-opportunities/\"\u003eInternet of Everything\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Internet of things is already here, but how do we get to a world where everything is connected? \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/digitalgov15?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e#digitalgov15\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Vanessa Varin (@VLVarin) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/VLVarin/status/601378918776623104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eMay 21, 2015\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis dependency on technology will generate new issues, he warned.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en\"\u003eListening to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/fcc_cio\"\u003e@fcc_cio\u003c/a\u003e discuss Internet of things. Fascinating! He asks who in public service will keep things safe? \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DigitalGov15?src=hash\"\u003e#DigitalGov15\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026mdash; Jeffrey Levy (@levyj413) May 21, 2015\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Summit attracted over \u003cdel\u003e500\u003c/del\u003e 1,100 attendees, both in-person at GSA headquarters in Washington, DC, and via our Summit live stream. Summit speakers and expo table participants represented 30 federal agencies, and the Twitter handle for the event, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DigitalGov15\"\u003e#DigitalGov15\u003c/a\u003e, was trending nationwide throughout the Summit.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full livestream video will be posted to DigitalGov in the coming days, and over the coming months we will be revisiting each of the topics that were presented.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to all of you who helped make this event a success! Let\u0026rsquo;s keep the discussion going!\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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