User:Bromanski/sandbox
| Established | September 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | United States |
| Website | [1] |
Civic Commons is an independent non-profit organization focused on reducing government IT costs by helping government entities share code and best practices[1]. The project is a coordinated effort between Code for America, OpenPlans, and the District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). [2]
Federal IT Dashboard
[edit]The Federal IT Dashboard was launched in June of 2009 as a government transparency initiative[3]. According to US CIO Vivek Kundra, it was "a website where you could track $80 billion of IT spending annually."[4] The dashboard allows the office of the CIO to oversee thousands of IT projects across 27 federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense and Education.[5] Initially it was only available to the federal government, which used the dashboard to monitor project effectiveness and decide the allocation of resources. [6] With help from the Civic Commons initiative, the IT dashboard was made freely available to all government entities in March 2011. [7]
Board of Advisors
[edit]Andrew Hoppin, CIO, New York State Senate
Brian Behlendorf, Director, CollabNet
Bryan Sivak, CTO, District of Columbia
Carolyn Lawson, Director, E-Services for the State of California
Chris Vein, CIO, City of San Francisco
David Eaves, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Digital Media
Deborah Bryant, Public Sector Communities Manager, Oregon State University Open Source Lab
Gunnar Hellekson, Co-Chair, Open Source for America
Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director, Code for America
Nick Grossman, Director of Civic Works, OpenPlans
Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media
- ^ http://civiccommons.org/about/
- ^ http://www.film.dc.gov/DC/OCTO/About+OCTO/News+Room/Civic+Commons+Launched+to+Help+Government+Share+Technology+and+Cut+Costs
- ^ http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225800258
- ^ http://codeforamerica.org/press/itdb/
- ^ http://itdashboard.gov/faq-public
- ^ http://codeforamerica.org/press/itdb/
- ^ http://codeforamerica.org/press/itdb/
Category:Local government in the United States Category:Nonprofit technology Category:Free software projects