CapitolCamp NY

Follow Up to Capitol Camp 2011

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:26:04 -0400

Capitol Camp 2011 photos and videos are now available.

Photos have been posted to the Capitol Camp flickr group. Feel free to join the group and post your own pictures if you’d like. - http://www.flickr.com/groups/capitolcamp

Video can be found on the Capitol Camp 2011 Wiki. Session video (and any information added by session leaders) can be accessed by navigating to each session page. - http://barcamp.org/CapCamp2011.

Schedule for Capitol Camp 2011: Friday, 10/21/11.

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:42:35 -0400

Schedule for Capitol Camp 2011: Friday, 10/21/11.

Capitol Camp 2011 - Developer’s Summit Schedule

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:20:42 -0400

Capitol Camp 2011 - Developer’s Summit Schedule

Capitol Camp 2011

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:57:00 -0400

Capitol Camp 2011 is an “unconference” and Developer’s Summit taking place October 20th and 21st that brings together government technology stakeholders under the roof of the New York State Capitol Building to share challenges and solutions. We hope to build on the success of prior Capitol Camp events to further engage and expand this community, as a key component of leveraging technology to build a more transparent, efficient, and participatory government for all New York State citizens.

Capitol Camp 2011 is organized and hosted by the New York State Senate and the New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer/Office for Technology (CIO/OFT) in collaboration with the Center for Technology in Government and Reinvent Albany.

** Registration is FREE. Register online at capcamp2011.eventbrite.com**

Capitol Camp 2011 spans two days: a “Developer’s Summit” for programmers on Thursday, October 20; and an “unconference” targeting a wider audience of both technical and non-technical participants on Friday, October 21. Both events are held in the Legislative Office Building, in Albany, from 10:00am to 5:00pm, with a break for lunch. Participants can purchase lunch at nearby restaurants and cafeterias.

Thursday, October 20th: The Developer’s Summit, primarily for programmers, is a day-long conversation about coding, collaborative software development and best practices. The conversation will involve hands-on work in open-source applications currently used in New York State Government.

Friday, October 21st: The main “unconference” will consist of higher level, less technical, interactive sessions that examine the intersection of government and technology. Additionally, the New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer/Office for Technology (CIO/OFT) will also announce the Empire 2.0 Showcase Agency Award.

Both days will be framed within the context of three thematic tracks. Event participants will select specific session topics within each track on the day of each event. Visit the CapCamp2011 Wiki – barcamp.org/capcamp2011 to see a list of proposed sessions, or to make a proposal. Session presentations will be available on the CapCamp2011 Wiki. Please contact Dean Hill (dhill@nysenate.gov) to propose a session.

Capitol Camp 2011 Tracks

1) Open Government - This track will cover how government can use technology to: 1) increase transparency, 2) provide data platforms used both across governmental units as well outside of government, and 3) more effectively engage/collaborate with the public through approaches such as social media and crowdsourcing tools.

2) E-Government Services - This track will examine how government entities use technology to provide services to the public today, challenges faced (technical, political, and policy-based) during the implementation of services, as well as opportunities for the development of new and innovative service delivery mechanisms.

3) Gov 2.0 Enabling Technologies - This track will focus on the underlying technologies and tools that government can (or could) use to more effectively interface with the public. Examples include open source software, mobile applications, and cloud computing.

Links to other online resources.

Event Registration - http://capcamp2011.eventbrite.com
CapCamp2011 Wiki - http://barcamp.org/w/page/CapCamp2011
CapitolCamp on Twitter - http://twitter.com/capitolcamp
Hashtag - #CapCamp2011 (on Twitter)
CapitolCamp on IRC - #CapCamp2011 on freenode
CapitolCamp on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/groups/capitolcamp/

Welcome to CapitolCamp 2010!

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:43:29 -0400

Welcome to CapitolCamp 2010! For the next two days we will be live streaming sessions and IRC’ing to our hearts are filled.
To make the next two days successful, there are a few things you need to know when we kick off things around 10:00 am.
1. We will be live-streaming three of the five rooms

Main Room/Hearing Room A - http://www.nysenate.gov/live-ch2
Room 120 - http://www.nysenate.gov/live-ch3
LCA Room - http://www.nysenate.gov/live-ch4
Breakout Room 211a - Will not be streamed
Breakout Room 211b - Will not be streamed

2. Remote/virtual and physical attendants will be in a handful of IRC chat rooms (server —irc.freenode.net).

Main Room/Hearing Room A - #CapitolCamp
Room 120 - #CapitolCamp_r120
LCA Room - #CapitolCamp_LCA
Breakout Room 211a - #CapitolCamp_211a
Breakout Room 211b - #CapitolCamp_211b

3. Sessions topics will be posted to http://barcamp.org/CapitolCampTracks and we will TRY to make it clear and organized, but no promises.

Thanks for tuning in.

CapitolCamp 2010 - 19 & 20 Aug in Albany

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:11:00 -0400

CapitolCamp is an unconference and developer day that brings together Government technology stakeholders under the roof of the New York State Capitol Building to share challenges and solutions. CapitolCamp 2010 seeks to further engage and expand this community, as a key component of building a more transparent, efficient, and participatory government through leveraging “Gov 2.0” technology.

CapitolCamp 2010 is split into two days: a technical developer summit on August 19th, and an unconference on August 20th. CapitolCamp is organized and hosted by the New York State Senate Office of the Chief Information Officer and the New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO/OFT).

On Thursday, Aug 19th, “the developer summit” will be a smaller event, primarily for programmers, and will focus on the nuts and bolts of using open source and other software for civic good and Government. This is a day long conversation about coding, collaborative software development and best practices. The conversation will involve hands-on work in open-source applications currently being used within and in conjunction with New York State Government. You must register independently for this event, at ( http://capitolcampdev.eventbrite.com ).

On Friday, Aug 20th, the main “unconference” will be segmented into three thematic “tracks,” each with specific 45 minute session topics proposed by attendees upon their arrival at the event:

1) “Senate 2.0”: Technology, Transparency, & Participation in the NY State Legislature: begins with a discussion of the role that technology plays in the NY Senate, including an update on NY Senate CIO Office’s “roadmap” and a discussion of public access to State legislative data; for the rest of the day, this track will focus on “legislature 2.0” related conversations.

2) “Empire 2.0”: begins with a discussion of the role of the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (CIO/OFT) in developing the State’s roadmap for NY Executive Branch agencies use of social and collaborative technologies to better serve all New Yorkers and improve inter-governmental communications; includes a brief update on CIO/OFT “roadmap” and an open discussion seeking ideas to further the overall strategy; for the rest of the day this track will focus on “state government 2.0” related conversations.

3) “New York 2.0”: an open publicly-led conversation on what “digital natives” are doing to transform New York into the most collaborative, participatory, and transparent state in the nation.

To see a list of proposed sessions, or to propose your own, visit the CapitolCamp Wiki < http://barcamp.org/CapitolCampTracks >.

To register for the Unconference, visit < http://capitolcamp.eventbrite.com >.
To register for the Developer Summit, visit < http://capitolcampdev.eventbrite.com >.

Links to other online resources.

CapitolCamp on Twitter - http://twitter.com/capitolcamp
CapitolCamp on IRC - #capitolcamp on freenode
CapitolCamp’s Blog - http://blog.capitolcamp.org
CapitolCamp’s Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/capitolcamp
CapitolCamp on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/groups/capitolcamp/
CapitolCamp on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138248259536237
Hashtag - #CapCamp2 (on Twitter)