USG Role as Convener in a World with Open Platforms

• Open Source & Open Data• State Department Examples– Tech@State Open Source Conference– Civil Society 2.0 TechCamps– Humanitarian Information Unit Data platform

• Participation with Volunteer Technology Communities

• Policy and Implementation Considerations

Policy & Implementation Considerations

• Ability to conduct official business outside of USG networks

• Agnostic role toward technology choices• Transparent interactions with volunteer technology

communities• Use of crowdsourced data for operational purposes• Open data feeds, not point in time products• Contributing to open source projects takes

up-front planning