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From: "Jamal Mazrui" <[log in to unmask]
Subject: Announcing Open Developer Day at the FCC
Date sent: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:44:32 -0400

From the web page

http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=927569

Announcing Open Developer Day at the FCC
October 28th, 2010 by Greg Elin - Chief Data Officer

On Monday, November 8, 2010, the Federal Communications 
Commission will
sponsor an "Open Developer Day" event at FCC Headquarters in 
Washington,
DC to promote collaboration between web developers in the public 
and
private sectors.

The goal of Open Developer Day is to further innovation in 
accessible
technologies and foster citizen participation in open government.

Open Developer Day will be a public, single-day event that 
prioritizes
accessibility goals, though other web solutions are also of 
interest.
The event will feature guest engineers from the Yahoo! Developer 
Network
and Yahoo!'s Accessibility teamLab and will have a component 
addressing
the requirements and opportunities in the new "Twenty-First 
Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act."

Think of Open Developer Day as a digital barn raising where 
software
developers learn new tools and volunteer their skills to 
prototype and
build new web applications together.

Engineers from the Yahoo! Accessibility team Lab and Yahoo! 
Developer
Network will be providing technical instruction for some of their
technologies that support working with web-based information and 
their
ongoing work in accessibility.

A priority area is the development of a web application that will 
serve
as a clearing-house of information on accessible information and
communication technologies (ICT).  The FCC is mandated to create 
this
clearinghouse by a new law called the "Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act," which President 
Obama
signed on October 8, 2010.  The clearinghouse is intended to make 
it as
easy as possible for people with disabilities, families, and 
support
professionals to find information about accessible technologies.

The FCC will also be interested in other innovative ways that 
public
APIs may be used to add value to the fcc.gov and broadband.gov 
web
sites.  The choice of intellectual property licensing is being 
left to
each developer for code contributions made.

Any developer may participate, without charge.  Each participant 
is
expected to bring his or her own laptop computer, and to comply 
with
security guidelines.

To RSVP for Open Developer Day, click here
(mailto:[log in to unmask]).

We hope to see you soon!


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