[odf-discuss] ODF tools and US administration's Open Government

[Lars Nooden]

M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 18:20:52 PM +0200, Lars Nooden wrote:
> 
>> There's some movement now on the Whitehouse's initiative to publish
>> public records and public data:
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/white-house-orders-agencies-to-open-up/
>>
>> The tools started by the Fellowship are valuable for meeting the
>> administrations goals and of great use in the initiative.  Should we
>> write an open letter or try contacting the Open Government
>> initiative or the Sunlight Foundation directly?
> 
> Sorry Lars, missed this in a mountain of other email I am game for
> contacting this but not immediately.

I think we all are in a similar boat.  I am sure that there are
important things I have forgotten in the holiday chaos and travels.

> Besides the usual things I'm also
> teaching through all January (**). 

Excellent.

> If this can wait till February,
> let's talk about it in a few weeks. On a related note...

Probably can.  IF it is an important topic, however, the shills will
revv up and I'd prefer not to have to spend time disciplining them.

> (warning, shameless plug ahead even if not for profit)
> 
> ...recommending really open standards like ODF is what I've explicitly
> recommended in my chapter of this book:
> http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804367/
> 
> which is targeting also the very people you mention, so let's hope at
> least one of them does read the book :-)

Just so it gets to the list more easily:

	Open Government Collaboration, Transparency,
	and Participation in Practice
	By Daniel Lathrop and Laurel Ruma
	O'Reilly Media
	January 2010 (est.) 378 pages (est.)

I expect we'll hear from them after New Years (1 jan not feb 14)

/Lars