Sessions

Today's organizations are seeking tools and service providers to build their own

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Over the past few years, Open Source Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (OSBI) technologies have become  viable alternatives for enterprise computing. Their core functionality has significantly closed the gap with

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For the last few years, business intelligence -- commonly referred to as
BI -- has consistently ranked as a top priority for government CIOs,
according to Gartner and other research organizations. Unfortunately the

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Open source is already part of government IT procurement -- but too many contractors are struggling with developing and implementing an effective open source policy. If you are in procurement, what should you ask about the open source

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Market-based patent reform has been an ongoing topic of debate in WashingtonDC and legal circles since 2005. From a policy-based patent reform standpoint, there has been much discussion, but little progress. There are new market-based

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Stewart Baker has just left a leadership position at the Department of Homeland Security.  He will discuss the value of the collaborative open source model to government projects, as well as its potential contribution to

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Forge.mil is the groundbreaking collaborative software development environment designed to improve the ability of the Department of Defense (DoD) to rapidly deliver dependable software, services, and systems. It recently launched with

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NCOMS (National Consortium of Offender Management Systems) is one of the most successful examples in the nation of Community Source Applications utilizing Open Source technologies.

NCOMS consists of fourteen state Department of

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The contest worked, and the winning sites demonstrate the value to governments of opening up their data for easier public use.

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Despite evidence that clinical systems can help improve care, save lives, reduce costs and increase revenue, the unfortunate fact is that in 2008, only 15 percent of health organizations use advanced clinical systems and electronic

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Upcoming challenges in health industry and proposed complete EMR/Health Care Solution using open source technology and collaboration with Federal and State Agencies. Speaker has extensive experience in implementation of EMR solution./p

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There is a global consensus that integrated electronic health ecosystems are essential to facilitating more effective research, achieving better quality care and health outcomes, and reducing the cost of healthcare. Yet, in spite of

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The GIS Division at the Department of Growth Management in Alachua County, Florida, has developed a significant number of online web mapping applications over the past eight years. While some of the applications were initially developed

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Opening up data isn't an assurance that it will be used - or even seen. The other piece of the open data puzzle is to make it accessible, in a technical sense. This session will introduce ways to make data more technically accessible,

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This joint presentation with Heather Burke of Space and Naval Warfare Systems and Command (SPAWAR) Center will visit the lessons learned from five years of developing 100% open source technology for government and Department of Defense

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