September 2014
The Open Media Foundation will be participating in the Code for America Summit in San Francisco, CA from September 23rd to to September 25th.
http://www.codeforamerica.org/summit/
The fourth annual summit invites the civic innovation community to gather for three days of collaborating, connecting, and learning. The event convenes innovators from dozens of local governments as well as civic-minded technologists, designers, community organizers, and entrepreneurs.
The Open Media Foundation, which focuses on providing media connectivity for all community members, has been selected as one of the rising organizations to participate in the summit. OMF will be presenting their endeavor in local government access, the Open Media Project. This suite of open source tools, centrally focused on helping Colorado’s State Legislature expand transparency and accessibility, allow for the making video of House and Senate sessions available and searchable online.
Brian Hiatt, OMF’s Web & IT Director, and Tony Shawcross, OMF’s Founder and Executive Director, will be attending on behalf of OMF. “The Open Media Project is the culmination of almost a decade of work at OMF. It has made a huge impact on Colorado, and the Code for America Summit is one of our first opportunities to extend the reach nation-wide,” stated Shawcross.
Code for America, founded in 2009. shares in this mission, striving for the mobilization of citizen engagement by building open source technology and organizing a network of people dedicated to making government services effective, and easy to use. By connecting government innovators, tech-savvy volunteers and civic startups, CFA hopes to transform local government. “We are thrilled that the Open Media Foundation has been selected to participate in this year's event,” states CFA team member Jessica Newhall.
The Open Media Foundation will be presenting at the event’s first ever Civic Tech Fair on the 23rd. The fair will be a chance for attendees to explore and test drive new apps and technology that are improving public service and citizen experience. Other participants include the technology companies who are sponsoring the event alongside civic startups, Fellowship and Brigade applications, Peer Network projects, and more.
About the Open Media Foundation:
The Open Media Foundation (OMF) works to put the power of media technologies in the hands of civic-minded individuals and groups. OMF produces high-end media content for nonprofits and public sector organizations. It also provides access to affordable media education and technical resources to anyone interested in expressing their own voice. In addition, OMF operates Denver Open Media, Denver’s public access TV station.
