A lot of great briefings and information was presented today. The day started with an excellent welcome address by David Wennergren, the Deputy DoD CIO about how government and the DoD need to “relentlessly collaborate” in order to be successful in the new age of open government and transparency. He was followed by Aneesh Chopra, the US Chief Technology Officer, who reiterated the President's commitment to innovative and open government. The other two keynote speakers, Tim O'Reilly and David Weinberger, discussed government as a platform and transparency as a virtue.
In a nutshell, it will be necessary for IMCOM and CFIS to not only use the new technology, but also to address the organizational and process issues to achieve convergence through and open standards. This will allow IMCOM to leverage its current investments and build, innovate and partner with our stakeholders and customers. As noted by Wennergren, the technology will continue to progress, but unless we move forward with practical processes and useful data, “a self inflicted denial of service” will be created.
Trust and transparency are built through open and honest dialogue among stakeholders and customers. It’s not a monologue, it’s a conversation. Requirements come from those who are using the data to inform their decisions, so policymakers and providers need to engage them in a conversation to understand those requirements. Roles are not static, but relative and changing. Someone is a consumer of data one moment, a producer of data the next. The volume of data overwhelms users, so metadata and strategies to organize data are critical elements. Needed is the ability to rapidly sort the wheat from the chaff, but one person’s wheat is another persons chaff. Each user needs to make the decision of what applies to them.
If there are any questions or comments let me know! Stay tuned, tomorrow we’ll focus more on how we can successfully use available tools for both us and our customers.
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