Explore the five elements of an open source city using Raleigh, North Carolina as a case study. See how the open source characteristics of collaboration, transparency, and participation are shaping the open government and open data movements. This book showcases the open source culture, government policies, and economic development happening in Raleigh and acts as a guide for other cities to pursue their open source city brand.

Jason Hibbets is a project manager in Corporate Marketing at Red Hat. He

is the lead administrator, content curator, and community manager for

opensource.com and has been with Red Hat since 2003.

He graduated from North Carolina State University, and lives in Raleigh,

North Carolina where he has been applying open source principles to

neighborhood organizations in Raleigh for several years, highlighting the

importance of transparency, collaboration, and community building. In his

spare time, he enjoys surfing, gardening, watching football, participating

in his local government, blogging on southwestraleigh.com, and training

his Border Collies to be frisbee and agility dogs. He heads to the beaches

of North Carolina during hurricane season to ride the waves.

Website: http://hibbets.net/

Twitter: @jhibbets

Email: jason@hibbets.net