GITEC 2012: The Best of Day 1
Information sharing between government agencies can save lives.
Don't believe how important the open exchange of information is? Just ask Donna Roy of the Homeland Security Department. "One in every five teens is misusing or abusing prescription drugs," says Roy, mainly because states aren't sharing data. The efforts of the National Information Exchange Model have produced a pilot program where states in the Mid-Atlantic region share information to prevent the illegal purchase of prescription drugs.
Chris Vein, deputy chief technology officer of the White House, presented an impassioned plea for open government. "Imagine if there were no boundaries, no silos, no bureaucratic impediments," he said. He noted that the FBI has implemented a mobile application that lets officers scan tattoos and other markings into a central database to help identify gang members. The sharing is resulting in more arrests.
The following video makes clear Vein's point about open government:
The tech-minded audience was eager to share thoughts and favorite quotes of the day. Stay engaged by following the #GITEC hashtag and the presenters on Twitter.
Spires at #GITEC says new shared IT approach by @stevevdc to focus on commodity IT is smart way to go #GovIT. bit.ly/Jy4CYq#govIT
— Wyatt Kash (@WyattKash) May 21, 2012
Some federal sites are moving to open source content management systems, mostly #drupal #GITEC
— FedTech Magazine (@FedTechMagazine) May 21, 2012
Average cost per email inbox per month at DHS is just over $7 @raspires #GITEC
— FedTech Magazine (@FedTechMagazine) May 21, 2012
Spires at #GITEC says DHS data centers now supporting 9 cloud initiatives, including test of public cloud to support .gov websites #govIT
— Wyatt Kash (@WyattKash) May 21, 2012
DHS' Spires: Security is top of mind with cloud but is a barrier because of legacy applications we have running today. #GITEC
— Ryan Petersen (@RyanPete) May 21, 2012
Elizabeth Mautner: shared services frees up resources to be more strategic. HR IT transformation is good example #GITEC
— Amit Yadav (@ayadav_w) May 21, 2012
Watch Steven VanRoekel's opening keynote at #GITEC 2012 in these six clips fedtechmagazine.com/article/2012/0… via @FedTechMagazine
— Ryan Petersen (@RyanPete) May 21, 2012
The future needed skills of IT staff is not about IT, but about business operations and processes to support the mission. #GITEC
— Parham Eftekhari (@ParhamEftekhari) May 21, 2012
A cheat-sheet for who to follow at #GITEC buff.ly/KeJR1Y
— techionary (@techionary) May 21, 2012
Really enjoyed #GITEC shared services panel this morning with NOAA, Gartner, DHS and OPM. Best part is I learned lots from fellow panelists
— Mary Davie (@marydavie) May 21, 2012
Having lunch with @raspires at #GITEC. Discussions around managed services, NIEM and security.
— SE Solutions (@SESolutionsInc) May 21, 2012
.@NIEMExecDir keynote "Get on the team, share with #NIEM" up next at #GITEC Summit 2012
— NIEM Outreach (@RockinNIEM) May 21, 2012
Executive Director, @jesseogorman, is at the #GITEC conference this week!
— BlackstoneFed (@BlackstoneFed) May 21, 2012
WHDep CTO Vein shows video at #GITEC on Open Government bit.ly/MB57S9 Worth watching#gov20 #innovation
— Wyatt Kash (@WyattKash) May 21, 2012
White House Deputy CTO Chris Vein: Data.gov is creating a revolution of entrepreneurship and innovation. #GITEC
— Ryan Petersen (@RyanPete) May 21, 2012
WH deputy CTO Vein at #GITEC: we need citizen hackers
— Amber Corrin at FCW (@AmberInsideDOD) May 21, 2012
Vein shares how FBI agent built iPhone app to take, ID photos of tattoos, markings that led to increased apprehension. #GITEC #innovation
— AOL Gov (@aolgov) May 21, 2012
WH Deputy CTO Chris Vein: The future is predictive intelligence. #GITEC
— Ryan Petersen (@RyanPete) May 21, 2012
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