The Gov 2.0 / Open Government movement has been steadily gaining momentum in the last few years. This group seeks to bring like minded individuals (both inside and outside of government) together to seek and create change. Developers, designers, and anyone with ideas are encouraged to join!

This Action Group’s purpose is to help spread the message of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, encourage people to sign the Petition - including architects, engineers, and others - to conduct events in the public view, to contact government officials, and generally raise awareness locally about the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth mission. The mission of AE911Truth is to research, compile, and disseminate scientific evidence relative to the destruction of the three World Trade Cent …

We're interested in open source, open data, and data governance as it applies to cloud computing.

This Action Group’s purpose is to help spread the message of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, encourage people to sign the Petition - including architects, engineers, and others - to conduct events in the public view, to contact government officials, and generally raise awareness locally about the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth mission. The mission of AE911Truth is to research, compile, and disseminate scientific evidence relative to the destruction of the three World Trade Cen …

About Hacking 4 Health The launch of Community Health Data Initiative by HHS and Institute of Medicine is exciting news for programmers interested in the development of health applications. Under this initiative, HHS and other government agencies are releasing vast amounts of health data developers can use to create applications that will help individuals and communities. HealthTap, in collaboration with Health 2.0, is thrilled to announce a Hackathon where developers can learn more about this …

Hackers meet Democracy. Join us and find out more about how hackers can change the way our democracies work. It belongs to us to redefine our democracies using what we've learnt in technology.

Get involved with the creation of San Francisco's first Community Wireless network. We invite you to join our group and get involved! This is a great place for you if you're interested in: - Community Networks - WiFi and related Wireless technologies - digital divide issues - open gov - Always making San Francisco better!

There are demands for good mathematicians to write algorithms that can churn through billions or trillions of data points and show where patterns emerge. The Economist data issue raised this issue as follows: "During the recent financial crisis it became clear that banks and rating agencies had been relying on models which, although they required a vast amount of information to be fed in, failed to reflect financial risk in the real world. This was the first crisis to be sparked by big data—and …

Our purpose is to create a public forum where believers in Jesus Christ and those seeking to learn more about The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost can meet up to help spread awareness about Global Tyranny. There are evils we see physically and there are evils we battle spiritually. This group will show how they're connected. All evil being done ultimately comes from the evil one, the devil. The only way to defeat this evil within yourself is through the teachings of Jesus Christ, which ultimat …

This group is dedicated to organizing discussions, meetups, and events around data 2.0. The focus of data 2.0 is about utilizing the new avalanche of online data and new data-centric business models. The Data 2.0 organizers are also the producers of DataWeek.co Sept 22-27 in San Francisco as well as the Data 2.0 Summit (data2summit.com) We view "Old Data" is the practice of closing off your data, and data 2.0 hosting data online and making it accessible by other organizations. That includes big …

This group is for anyone currently practicing open innovation in companies, startups, the social/non-profit sector or local government (any any other industry I may have omitted!). This group is also intended or for people who are interested in the topic and want to learn more. Our first meetup will be a discussion on what exactly we mean by 'open innovation'! Future meetups will include topics such as crowdsourcing, design thinking & innovation, and innovation through social networks.

Are you interested in open access to data so it can be used to build new services and reveal new insights? In that case join our next Open Data Bay Area event to find others interested in and working with these topics! We are a group of thinkers, planners and doers meeting once a month to hear talks, get updated, spread news and meet other open data enthusiasts. In this forum you will meet lots of key people with a passion for open data, including open data advocates, data owners, and specialist …

OpenOakland, a Code for America Brigade, is a civic innovation organization that brings together coders, designers, data geeks, journalists, and city staff to collaborate on solutions to improve how our local government serves all citizens of Oakland. We draw on our wide range of expertise and perspectives to build open-source applications and working relationships that promote civic innovation and open government in Oakland. Our projects range from events like CityCamp and the Open Government P …

Come work together with other folks passionate about open government and civic tech! This is a weekly event hosted by Code for America, so come by and work on a civic project you have already started, start a new project, or collaborate with others on their projects. http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/brigades/81 https://www.github.com/sfbrigade irc.freenode.net #sfbrigade #codeforamerica

The world has experienced unprecedented urban growth in recent decades, and global data forecasts indicate this trend will only increase. Urban Tech SF focuses on the issues and strategies behind new technologies that improve (or hinder) our urban lives. Join us and explore a diverse range of urban technology projects in San Francisco. Participate in open civic engagement on the issues that shape our daily lives along the way.

Are you a Promoter, Developer, Marketer, Collaborator, and/ or Observer? It doesn't matter what role you fill. Your skills, passion, and enthusiasm are what we need to make a difference for the residents of Alameda County. Create a concept, web and/or mobile app that: Will benefit Alameda County residents, businesses and/or visitors & Uses at least one of the data sets from Alameda County Open Data or create data about Alameda County. Join the group today and get the latest info on Apps Challeng …