Web 2.0 Expo: Noveck cites open gov challenges

Government transparency must go beyond posting to a blog here and a Wiki there and calling the result "transparency," Beth Noveck, federal deputy CTO for open government, said last week at Web 2.0 Expo in New York. As part of its transparency push, the federal government needs to get public input sooner in the policy-setting process, Noveck said. "We're going to start at the outset and say, What should our health IT standards be? What should our open government policy be?" she said. Noveck's remarks can in an on-stage conversation with Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media, which co-sponsored Web 2.0 Expo with TechWeb.

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