Fed CTO Aneesh Chopra
Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra spoke at the Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington, DC yesterday, about the government’s need to play catch up with the private sector’s technological capabilities.
Chopra used competitions like Apps for Democracy and Apps for America as examples of the government’s commitment to the open-government initiative of President Barack Obama.
The Apps for America competition is still open for submission through today. So far only four applications have been submitted. The competition requires applications to use data from Data.gov. Top Dangerous Mines highlights the most dangerous mines in the US based on earthquake data and then there’s the F.B.I. Fugitive Concentration matching game. It’s just like the match game you played with a deck of cards as a kid but this deck has photos pulled from the FBI’s Fugitive RSS Feeds.
Chopra pointed out the importance of accountability for the administration to an open government. “I am equally committed to holding myself accountable, and in turn asking you to hold me accountable, for us to deliver on promises, so that we show progress,” Chopra said.
Tags: Aneesh Chopra, Apps for America, Apps for Democracy, data.gov
