Video of my New York City Council Hearing Testimony on Open Data

My June 21, 2010 testimony to the New York City Council regarding Council bill Int. 029 regarding opening up New York City’s government data online… My bit begins at the 6:30 minute mark:

Interview about Gov 2.0 in NYSenate and Saving Money in Government IT

My O’Reilly interview at Gov 2.0 Expo in DC last week; please excuse the choppy quality, which seems to cut out 3-5 words every 30 seconds or so!

Gov20 Radio Interview

Radio interview after Drupalcon about our NYSenate work on open government / Gov 2.0 with open-source, Drupal specifically: listen here.

Video of my Drupalcon Keynote

Video of my NYSenate.gov keynote panel at Drupalcon 2010 in San Francisco in April 2010, alongside Dave Cole from WhiteHouse.gov and Mike Walsh from ForumOne… My bit begins at 26:00 minutes in.

Video of My Open Gov West Keynote

Video of my keynote address to Open Gov West, March 2010 in Seattle, about open government in the New York State Senate; view on the Seattle Channel.  Presentation slides are here.

Spring Speaking Schedule Re: Technology for Transparency in The New York State Senate

The New York State Senate gets a lot of bad press.  There is, however, a great deal of work going on behind the scenes to help make the Senate as an institution more transparent, efficient, and participatory for the long-haul.  This Spring, we’ll be telling that side of the #NYSenate story to audiences ranging from [...]

Webinar with Acquia on using Drupal to Meet the Open Government Directive

Webinar given with Acquia on how to use Drupal to meet Obama’s Open Government Directive… I start speaking about 20 minutes in; recording here.

Implementing the Open Government directive with Open Source Drupal: Seminar at US GSA’s Web Manager University

The US General Services Administration invited me to DC to give a webinar about how we executed open government initiatives on NYSenate.gov using Drupal that closely mirror many of the requirements Federal Agencies now have to meet under Obama’s Open Government Directive.  Listen to a recording of the webinar.

IT Greening Keynote Presentation

In April ’09 I gave a keynote about how we helped pilot new efficiency and collaboration strategies at the NYS Forum’s IT Greening Conference…

Dissection of NYSenate.gov at Do It With Drupal 2009

In December, I was invited down to New Orleans to break down how NYSenate.gov was built for an audience of eager Drupalistas and Drupalistas-to-be at Lullabot’s Do It With Drupal conference…