1. NNIP Funders Meeting October 20, 2010 Justin Massa Director of Project and Grant Development jmassa@mcic.org open data 2.0 new challenges, new opportunities

2. the information industry is growing the barriers of a decade ago are gone anyone with time and a computer can engage in core NNIP activities of collecting, preparing, disseminating, analyzing, distributing information, and delivering insight focus is shifting from opening up gov data to using it effectively

3. the web has changed everything collecting data –270k+ data sets on data.gov; growing gov 2.0 movement preparing, disseminating, and analyzing –‘hobbyist’ data crunchers using increasingly sophisticated web-based and FLOSS tools information and insight –GPS, weather, product safety, crime and safety, property search apps are ubiquitous

4. new challenges big data may simply “empower the empowered”

5. new challenges temptation to focus on areas outside of our core competencies tech is changing fast; danger in ‘doubling down’ on one tech approach

6. new challenges divide between NNIP and hobbyists / open gov movement –data divide –tech divide –institutional divide

7. new opportunities next-generation municipal ‘apps competitions’ demonstrating the effective / proper use of open data

8. new opportunities community-based app building ‘empowering the unempowered’ through innovative uses of data leveraging civic and philanthropic impulses of the developer community

9. new opportunities focus on data literacy through curriculum / training collaborate with web developers around data and civic sector

10. new opportunities highlighting high quality web projects –evaluating gov 2.0 applications and explaining shortcomings –‘Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval’ for web data

11. new opportunities collaborate with new allies –Sunlight Labs and Open Plans –O’Reilly Gov 2.0 Expos and Code for America –CityCamp movement –Knight Foundation