Atlantic Meetings will start at one of these times, and run about 90 minutes:

1. 7am Los Angeles, 10am Washington, 3pm London, 4pm Brussels, Other Cities
2. 8am Los Angeles, 11am Washington, 4pm London, 5pm Brussels, Other Cities
3. 9am Los Angeles, Noon Washington, 5pm London, 6pm Brussels, Other Cities

If you would like to attend these meetings, please answer the eGov Atlantic Meeting Times poll. (Before filling out the poll, be sure the times are being displayed for your time zone.)

Eurasian Meetings will start at one of these times, and run about 90 minutes:

1. 7am London, 8am Brussels, 2pm Beijing, 4pm Canberra, Other Cities
2. 8am London, 9am Brussels, 3pm Beijing, 5pm Canberra, Other Cities
3. 9am London, 10am Brussels, 4pm Beijing, 6pm Canberra, Other Cities

If you would like to attend these meetings, please answer the eGov Eurasian Meeting Times poll. (Before filling out the poll, be sure the times are being displayed for your time zone.)

Note that daylight saving time changes these relative times. The times given above are for the northern hemisphere summer. Right now, in mid-March, with the continental US having started DST before the rest of the hemisphere, we are during one of the periods when the relative times are not in the above configuration. These variations will be handled, going forward, by considering the Atlantic meeting time fixed to Los Angeles local time and the Eurasian meeting time fixed to London local time. To see the meeting time in your city on a particular date, use the “Other Cities” link, select “Modify Calculation”, and change the date.

The first day consisted of a broad ranging discussion across eGovernment issues, lent some shape by presentations from W3C staff members. Some of the topics provoking the most discussion were licensing, privacy, open government data, identity, and eGov outreach.

The second day was focused on Government Linked Data (GLD). In the morning, thanks to the presence of key participants in these efforts, we had presentations on GLD efforts in the UK, Spain, France, and Germany. In the afternoon, we worked through a list of possible work items for a proposed W3C Working Group in this area. That work should emerge as a draft charter in the coming weeks.

For more information about the session and its outcomes, take a look at the presentations, or contact W3C’s Ivan Herman.

For additional coverage, see: EPSIplatform, Euroalert

IG member, feel free to edit this wiki page to fill in related links,
question, etc: http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Open_Government_Laws.

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This is one of our new seminar-style Interest Group meetings: it will be
open the public, and we’ll start with the presentation, for up to an
hour. Afterword, we’ll switch to more of a business-meeting mode, with
our usual discussions about projects, planning, etc. Members of the
public are welcome to stay and listen for that part.

To join for audio:

+1.617.761.6200, +33.4.89.06.34.99 or +44.117.370.6152
Conference Code: 3468 ("EGOV")
More instructions: http://www.w3.org/2002/01/UsingZakim

To join for text chat:

IRC: irc.w3.org:6665 channel #egov

http://www.mibbit.com/chat/#egov@irc.w3.org:6665

This will be the first of a new style of IG meeting: it will be open the
public, and we’ll start with the presentation, for up to an hour.
Afterword, we’ll switch to more of a business-meeting mode, with our
usual discussions about projects, planning, etc. Members of the public
are welcome to stay and listen for that part.

If you’re in town, by all means come by. It’s free to many, and only $60 to the rest. I hear it’s a grand event (this will be my first time going), and it’s a good chance to connect with like-minded folks.

All meeting are on the usual teleconference bridge (+1.617.761.6200) with the conference code 3468(“EGOV”). For more details see teleconferences.

These groups are just getting started, so if you want some say in their direction (and possibly eternal glory), now is a good time to get involved.