Please join Microsoft and the League of Technical Voters at a 2-day codeathon event! We are hosting this event at the Microsoft Chevy Chase office in the DC area during the weekend of April 09 through 11 (please see attached flyer). The focus of this event is on making government documents more accessible and citable; we have provided more information on citability below. You can learn more about the event at http://dccodeathon.com and register at: http://dccodeathon.eventbrite.com. Event Details Programmers and designers will gather to work all weekend to create live demos to showcase Citability. Access Please sign up to attend at http://dccodeathon.eventbrite.com so we can reserve your seat! Date: April 9 – 11, 2010 Time: April 9, 7:00PM – April 11, 6:00PM EST Location: Microsoft Office 5404 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 700 Chevy Chase, MD 20814 (301) 771-8000 What to Expect Come and see some of our exciting new projects – here is a peek at some of what you can expect: • View new video annotation tools so people can cite a specific part of a video and can also tag those citations with different levels of access to annotate. • Demonstration of how to archive, version and cite live changing datasets while using a minimum amount of storage space. • See how archive servers can be cloned to other organizations where they can separately add their own annotations. • Explore how our archive server can help divergent agencies share data more easily. • Proposed integration of existing citation standards like Dublin Core, URN:LEX, and microformats. Participant Preparation We encourage participants to work on some relevant projects prior to the codeathon and showcase them at the event itself. Please visit our online wiki at http://dccodeathon.pbworks.com/Project ahead of time, choose a project and start designing. When it's Codeathon weekend, you will only have time left for coding! On Sunday you can showcase your applications to representatives from government agencies and media in attendance. Please feel free to add your own project here! Some of the relevant technical skills for participants would include: 1. ASP.NET, HTTP/REST, JavaScript, micro formats 2. Windows Azure (PHP and other OSS technologies on Azure a plus) 3. SharePoint 2010/2007 4. Open source technologies, e.g. PHP, Python, R-on-R Background & Overview on Citability Citability is an important step to promote informed participation by the public and increase governmental transparency and accountability. In keep