Frank and I are at 1105 Media Group's Government Leadership Summit in Williamsburg today. The sessions so far are really informative. Frank led off the morning by moderating a panel composed of Molly O'Neill (EPA CIO), Dan Mintz (DOT CIO), Chris Rasmussen (Knowledge Management Officer @ NGA) and Vivek Kundra (DC CTO). The discussion around how Web 2.0 is driving change in government was really captivating - check out the notes we captured during the session. You'll be amazed at what's going on in these agencies! My favorite example is Vivek's stock market approach to IT portfolio management.

Fast forward to the 11:30 session - Chris Dorobek moderating Rob Carey (CIO of the Navy), Casey Coleman (GSA CIO), Heath Kern Gibson (CIO at State) and John Kamensky (IBM Center for the Business of Government) on "Getting Started: Blogs". Yep, I'm blogging while hearing a panel on blogging. Casey, the CIO of GSA just announced she'll be launching a public facing blog through usa.gov. Great news, and a welcome voice on innovation in the business of government. Her working title is "Around the Corner", but she's actively shopping for a new name, so if you have any suggestions, drop her a note.

John K. is a Fellow of the National Academy and is deeply knowledgeable on the topic of blogs. If you haven't seen the report on blogging by IBM's Center for the Business of Government, you can get it here.

Worth noting that today is Chris' anniversary - three year ago today, he started his blog, the FCW Insider. Chris often blogs about Web 2.0, though his writing covers a wide range of topics around technology in government. He is always interesting and often provocative.

Great Summit folks - congrats to the good people at 1105 for bringing it all together.