Sarah Schacht

Sarah Schacht is founder & executive director of Knowledge As Power. She founded Open Gov West, is an OpenGov author, speaker and gadfly. She believes governments should be open, their technology modern, and their work supported.

Open Government Standards Conference Update!

OGW 2010 Standards Discussion

OGW: Standards is set for October 26th, in Portland, Oregon. The work summit will coordinate open government standards and projects across the western US and Canada.


OGW: Vancouver Networking Prior to Van ChangeCamp

OGW: Vancouver partners up with Van ChangeCamp for June 11th’s pre-camp networking night in Vancouver, BC.


New Open Gov West Website!

New Open Gov West Website!

Welcome to the new Open Gov West Website! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, subscribe to to our feed or sign up for our email newsletter. Thank you to GovFresh for design and development using the Gov 2.0 WordPress Theme!


Photos from Open Gov West Seattle 2010

Open Gov West Seattle 2010

Lawrence Leung at CuriousAngle took fantastic photos at Open Gov West Seattle 2010. Check out the Flickr photostream.


Sessions from Open Gov West 2010

New York State Senate CIO Andrew Hoppin

New York State Senate CIO Andrew Hoppin presents as the Keynote Speaker at Open Gov West Seattle 2010.