This is the week to participate in shaping how Recovery.gov is built and operated.  As I mentioned on Monday, the Government is hosting a National Dialogue and wants to hear your ideas.  You can submit ideas, vote on ideas you agree with or comment at TheNationalDialogue.org.

As a part of the 2009 Tech Policy Agenda, Voices for Innovation members told this Administration that “technology- and vendor-neutral procurement policies” are a priority. Make sure the Administration knows that Technology Neutrality is a priority by joining the National Dialogue. 

Here are just three of many ideas and posts around tech neutrality submitted to the National Dialogue about Technology Neutrality (please note you need to be logged in to comment and vote*):

1. Technology Neutrality 
   by mwendy 
   Any technology chosen by the Administration to help Recovery.gov should be accomplished in a technologically neutral way - that is, no one type of IT business model / development model should be chosen by virtue of the model alone.  It guarantees little. 
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2. Open Data Will Enable Democratized Analysis and Accountability
   by jzuck
   Focus on making the data available rather than the analysis.
   Third parties will make the most interesting use of the data. If a site like Recovery.org focuses on providing Open Data (timely, raw, and technologically neutral), it will leverage the passion and creativity of the populace to ensure real transparency and accountability. 
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3. Don't buy more solutions...use what you already own!
   by YouAlreadyOwnItGuy
   Instead of going out and spending more money on a solution or capability, the government should look at what it has already invested in and use it to do collection of data, storage, deliver analytics with a geospatial component (so people can search from a map of their area) and communicate it out to the public.
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Also, I would be very interested in any ideas you have submitted.  Please use the comments section below to share them with VFI so that we can help support your ideas.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas with the Government.  I hope you will join me and be a part of this conversation. 

*If you haven’t registered to join the National Dialogue, click here - it takes less than a minute.