Beth Simone Noveck
Encyclopedia
Beth Simone Noveck was the United States deputy chief technology officer for open government and led President Obama
's Open Government Initiative
. Based at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy until January 2011, she is an expert on technology and institutional innovation. On May 16 George Osborne
announced that Noveck had been recruited to a position in the United Kingdom government.
where she is on-leave as a professor. She is founder of the "Do Tank," and the State of Play Conferences, and launched the first of its kind Peer-to-Patent community patent review project in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trade Office. She has taught in the areas of intellectual property, innovation, and constitutional law, as well as courses on electronic democracy and electronic government. She is the author of the book Wiki Government, a book that argues in favor of utilizing Internet technologies to make the U.S. federal government more transparent in its activities more open to citizen input.
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's Open Government Initiative
Open Government Initiative
The Open Government Initiative is an effort by the administration of President of the United States Barack Obama to "creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government." . The directive starting this initiative was issued on January 20, 2009, Obama's first day in office.The philosophy of the...
. Based at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy until January 2011, she is an expert on technology and institutional innovation. On May 16 George Osborne
George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in...
announced that Noveck had been recruited to a position in the United Kingdom government.
Background
Previously, Noveck directed the Institute for Information Law & Policy and the Democracy Design Workshop at New York Law SchoolNew York Law School
New York Law School is a private law school in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The school is located within four blocks of all major courts in Manhattan. In 2011, New York Law School...
where she is on-leave as a professor. She is founder of the "Do Tank," and the State of Play Conferences, and launched the first of its kind Peer-to-Patent community patent review project in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trade Office. She has taught in the areas of intellectual property, innovation, and constitutional law, as well as courses on electronic democracy and electronic government. She is the author of the book Wiki Government, a book that argues in favor of utilizing Internet technologies to make the U.S. federal government more transparent in its activities more open to citizen input.
See also
- Open Government Blog
- Open Government Home Page
- Noveck's comments from the Gov 2.0 SummitGov 2.0 Summitis an event created and hosted by Tim O'Reilly and TechWeb. The first conference was held in Washington, DC on September 8–10, 2009 and included two distinct sessions, the Gov 2.0 Expo and the Summit....
on Blip.tvBlip.tvThe website Blip.tv is a platform for web series. The company offers a for the "best in original web series" and also offers a dashboard for producers of original web series to distribute and monetize their productions.... - Wiki Government book
- Presentation at the Long Now Foundation, "Transparent Government and the Long Now of Democracy"
External links
- Twitter: @bethnoveck
- Blog: cairns.typepad.com