Open Government Directive Workshop Series (Jan 11th @ US DOT)

Sun Dec 13 16:48:11 PST 2009

This is so powerful. Glad the DOT is involved in this.

I attended a conference about telecommunications and the FCC needs much org
redesign too. There were ex-FCC lawyers there exposing the dysfunction and
the repercussions on our society and economy.

The large Telco companies control too much the examiners. They stitch them
up in court for years every time they try to prosecute an infringement. And
the easiest targets for prosecutions are the small companies, who are trying
to fight their way into the market to innovate at a disadvantage anyway to
the big behemoth oligopolies. The also write the draft legislation and
provide all the data sources to the FCC to investigate the industry, so the
whole system is biased and controlled by them.

The biggest telcoms co's control the market, control the congressmen, and
avoid prosecution of regulatory infringements. As a result the US has fallen
in the league tables for innovation readiness for the next ten years. We are
now a peer of Brazil's because our telcom industry is so uncompetitive, and
they are also blocking the national broadband strategy claiming they cannot
invest profitably to serve 100% of the nation.

There's got to be a better way. The regulatory agencies will not be
transformed with the appointees who are usually lawyers by training with
their own competency biases.

Here's something else fascinating too. The Anti-Government "starve the
beast" movement has dis-enabled the agencies deliberately since Reagan:

http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/12/11/week-in-review-thomas-frank/

The SEC and the financial agencies are other ones. There is innovation
happening way outside of the government to re:think how all this works.
There are some interesting players in the radical transparency article.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_reboot

I hope to come to participate in this! It is so true the opportunity of org
dev and org design people to meet up to consider these challenges. It is in
the best interests of the citizens, evidently NOT the appointees to make
these agencies work more effectively.

Best regards,
Brett

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Lucas Cioffi <lucas at athenabridge.org>wrote:

> A few months ago I didn't know much about Open Space.  After posting to
> this list, I received some wonderful advice from Funda Oral, Lisa Heft, and
> Kaliya Hamlin.  I also got a chance to read Harrison's book and meet him at
> his DC get-together a few weeks ago.
>
> Since that time Kaliya Hamlin volunteered and we put together the first
> workshop in a series designed to help government agencies implement the
> Administration's Open Government Directive<http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ogi-directive.pdf>to make government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.  We
> were lucky enough to have thirteen federal agencies present their work that
> day (list of presentations is here<http://opengovdirective.pbworks.com/List-of-Presentations>
> ).
>
> The Department of Transportation has now given us a tremendous opportunity
> to create a follow-on event which reaches deeper into the government
> community.  The DOT is hosting our next full-day workshop (half
> presentations and half open space) on January 11th here in Washington, DC.
> We just announced it on Friday.
>
> I am returning to the OS list to post a few notes:
>
>    - If you live within driving distance of Washington, DC please attend.
>    There is no cost to to you since the US Department of Transportation is
>    providing all the space and tech support.  We need your expertise so that
>    when federal employees start asking questions about citizen engagement and
>    participation, they can learn from you.  RSVP here<http://opengov-workshop.eventbrite.com/>
>    .
>    - We need 1-2 volunteers that are interested in participating to help
>    document the event.  Your efforts will be truly appreciated.  When we submit
>    the funding request for workshops #3-10 to the GSA, you will be on our team
>    and will get paid for your efforts going forward.
>    - If you cannot attend, you may watch the live streaming video online
>    on January 11th.  RSVP here <http://opengov-workshop.eventbrite.com/>to be notified of the link when it is live.  You'll be able to participate
>    remotely using Twitter and email.
>    - We are so thankful for this opportunity, and we recognize that it
>    certainly comes with a responsibility to present the OS community to 100+
>    federal employees from dozens of agencies in the best possible light.  We
>    are determined to get this right.  Please don't hesitate to send us your
>    advice; we hope to see you on Jan 11th.
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> CEO, AthenaBridge Inc
> Washington, DC
> 917-528-1831
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Kaliya * <identitywoman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A while ago Lucas Cioffi popped up on this list asking for many
>> facilitators for an unconference around the Open Government Directive.
>>
>> Since then we have been working together and produced one event on
>> November 16th.  It used a rapid fire presentation format along with some
>> audience conversation guided by common questions.
>>
>> We are going ahead with a 2nd conference on January 11th in DC.  It will
>> use a similar rapid fire presentation format (5 min preso's with 2min of
>> questions) structured audience conversation and then spend the afternoon in
>> Open Space Technology - we will make our agenda before the lunch break and
>> then have 3-4 sessions (time slots).
>>
>> Because unconferences have a slightly looser "binding" and "intention"
>> then open space done within organizational contexts to solve problems it is
>> a challenge to actually collect notes/proceedings. I have been working with
>> Heidi Nobantu Saul to develop systemic ways of doing documentaiton
>> specifically in unconference settings.  We would be using this method.
>>
>> Lucas and I are wondering if there are one or two people who are seeking
>> more experience with open space technology and would like to volunteer to
>> play a role in leading the documentation / collection of notes effort at
>> this event.
>>
>> I will be flying out form California to facilitate this event on the
>> 11th.  Neither Lucas or I or anyone else is being paid for this gig. We are
>> looking at moving into an ongoing series of unconferences focused on the OGD
>> that would have compensation for those making them happen.
>>
>> Please respond off list with your interest to kaliya at mac.com
>> Thanks,
>>  -Kaliya
>>
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