President Obama’s first executive action was the Open Government Memorandum, which called for a more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government. It is likely that one of the most lasting effects of the current administration will be how much it has changed the culture of Washington by opening up government data and introducing groundbreaking innovations in policymaking.
As Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States and leader of the President’s Open Government Initiative in the White House, Beth Noveck is at the forefront of implementing these changes across the federal government. While on leave as a law professor at New York Law School and a visiting professor of communications at Stanford University, she lectures on intellectual property, innovation, and technology law. She is also the founder of the State of Play conferences.

Noveck is the author of /"Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful/": http://www.amazon.com/Wiki-Government-Technology-Democracy-Stronger/dp/0815702752.

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