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Open Government conference roundup

Web 2.0 proves to be focal point

Publication: Federal Computer Week


July 24, 2009

The Open Government and Innovations Conference, held in Washington, D.C., last week, brought together more than 600 people from government, industry and public advocacy groups to discuss social media, acquisition reform and health care information technology. Among the speakers were Vivek Kundra, the federal government's chief information officer, and Aneesh Chopra, the White House chief technology officer.