Nathanial Freitas
Open Data Architect, New York State Senate

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Nathan Freitas has been writing code since he was eight and hasn’t stopped looking for problems to solve ever since. A lifelong mobile technology enthusiast, his career has included work on DARPA-funded research projects, popular consumer products, award-winning digital art pieces and groundbreaking technology for activism. Mr. Freitas also recently designed and taught a new graduate course entitled “Social Activism using Mobile Technology” at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunication Program. He works as a member of the NY State Senate’s CIO Office focused on open services and mobile applications.

Sessions

10:40am Wednesday, 07/21/2010
Open Gov 2.0 - How A Bill Becomes a Blog
Government
 Location: D138
Tags: github, gov20, opengov, new_york_state_senate, legislation
Noel Hidalgo (World Economic Forum), Nathanial Freitas (New York State Senate)
Average rating: ****.
(4.25, 4 ratings)
It is not enough anymore for legislatures to release their data on a "website". Bills must be made available in a form that is easily indexed, searched, shared, blogged, discussed and tweeted. Bills must be well-formed, multi-format AND permalinked. Bills must becomes as blogs are - dynamic components of an online ecosystem. Read more.
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