SXSW 2012

Whether integrating hospital ratings in your web search results, serving up Farmers Market open data, texting health tips to expecting mothers, or striving for no official website at all (what?!), your government is making moves to serve the public better in ways and places that make sense to you. This seemingly disparate collection of federal agencies are in fact collaborating in more ways than you might imagine to utilize new apps, tools, challenges, and technology allows for better citizen engagement, better access to information, and more creative thinking. As your government, we need to create an environment where we bring the information to the American people rather than making people search for the information.