Ben Balter
Ben Balter is a United States-based lawyer who works for GitHub as their "evangelist" to government agencies. Balter has said that he works in a field where demand for data and access to repositories is sharply increasing in all sectors. In 2012 Balter was a "Presidential Innovation Fellow" overseen by Todd Park. In March 2013 Balter began working for GitHub.
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Ben Balter is a United States-based lawyer who works for GitHub as their "evangelist" to government agencies.[1]
Balter has said that he works in a field where demand for data and access to repositories is sharply increasing in all sectors.[2]
In 2012 Balter was a "Presidential Innovation Fellow" overseen by Todd Park.[3]
In March 2013 Balter began working for GitHub.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Orsini (14 August 2014). "GitHub May Actually Be Dragging Government Into The 21st Century". ReadWrite. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Howard, Alex (14 November 2014). "As open source goes mainstream, institutions collaborate differently". TechRepublic. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Tuutti, Camille (23 August 2014). "Newly minted Presidential Innovations Fellows announced". Federal Computer Week. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Konkel, Frank (7 March 2013). "'Baddest' Presidential Innovation Fellow Ben Balter goes to GitHub -- FCW". Federal Computer Week. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- video interview by FedScoop
- text interview with Fierce Government IT