LXer: Government tech stakeholders gather at state hackathon
 

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Great things for open government happened last year on November 15-16 at the 4th annual Capitol Camp event, organized and hosted by the[he]nbsp[/he]New York State Senate[he]nbsp[/he]and the New York State Office of Information Technology Services, in[he]nbsp[/he]collaboration with the Center for Technology in Government.I have[he]nbsp[/he]discussed recently[he]nbsp[/he]the NY State Senate progressive stance on open government and its embrace of open source.[he]nbsp[/he]Capitol Camp 2012[he]nbsp[/he]was another display of the powerful benefits the adoption of open practices in government can bring to the public. The event involved an[he]nbsp[/he]unconference-day and a hackathon-day, both of them fully open to the public.

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