Create a Data.gov Evangelist Position
Most of the big APIs like Twitter, Facebook, and now LinkedIn have a dedicated core team that spends a lot of time evangelizing the API and working with developers to get what they need. Data.gov needs a Data.gov evangelist who can be the community manager out on the road listening and talking and generally spreading the word on data.gov and its value. I think this is a separate role from leadership like Vivek Kundra ...more »
Most of the big APIs like Twitter, Facebook, and now LinkedIn have a dedicated core team that spends a lot of time evangelizing the API and working with developers to get what they need.
Data.gov needs a Data.gov evangelist who can be the community manager out on the road listening and talking and generally spreading the word on data.gov and its value.
I think this is a separate role from leadership like Vivek Kundra and Aneesh Chopra (who have a ton of priorities so hard to manage bandwidth).
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