[nfbcs] Gearing Up for Open Developer Day at the FCC

[Jamal Mazrui]

 From the web page

http://reboot.fcc.gov/blog?entryId=951121


Gearing Up for Open Developer Day

November 4th, 2010 by Greg Elin - Chief Data Officer

This coming Monday the commission will play host to a one-of-a-kind 
event in federal government. Were calling on coders, programmers and 
developers of all stripes to join us at FCC headquarters for our 
first ever Open Developer Day. This will be a rare opportunity for 
developers in the public and private sectors to join forces. Out of 
this gathering will come innovations, collaborations, and continued 
open government partnership.

Central to Mondays event will be three tracks weaving their way 
through the day. Equipped with our laptops and the fellowship of 
sharp friends well be working through accessibility solutions and 
open APIs; and well host a Free Hack, an open-ended developer 
free-for-all. FCC tech minds and leadership will open the event, 
situating our Developer Day within the larger open government movement.

Programmers from the Yahoo! Developer Network 
(http://developer.yahoo.com) will be on hand to demo their tools and 
provide guidance. They will give an overview of YQL, their query 
language which allows developers to access and shape data across the 
Internet through one simple language, eliminating the need to learn 
how to call different APIs. We will also see a demonstration of their 
YUI Library, a set of utilities and controls  for building richly 
interactive web applications.

An undertone, pervading a significant strand of the discussion, will 
be the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. In 
signing the act last month, President Obama said the act will make it 
easier for people who are deaf, blind or live with a visual 
impairment to do what many of us take for granted  It sets new 
standards so that Americans with disabilities can take advantage of 
the technology our economy depends on.

The full day event will start at 9:00am and take place in Washington, 
DC at FCC headquarters (445 12th St., SW, Washington, DC 20554). All 
developers are welcome free of charge. Bring a laptop and RSVP soon
(mikelle.morra [at] fcc [dot] gov?subject=rsvp%20for%20open%20developer%20day).

If youre not in the DC area and are unable to make it down here, we 
will be live streaming portions of the day (http://fcc.gov/live). You 
can also join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #fccdevday. 
To email questions write to livequestions [at] fcc [dot] gov. You can 
participate by visiting Accessible Event 
(http://www.accessibleevent.com), and entering the event code 
005202376. For any TTY issues please contact Pam Gregory (pam.gregory 
[at] fcc [dot] gov).

Start getting excited for Monday. Well see you there.