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Pia Waugh (née Smith, born 1979〔) is a community leader for open government. Having formerly worked in Australia for Senator Kate Lundy, Waugh spearheaded the growth of the Australian 'open government' community by organising events such as GovHack, GovCamp and other events that bring together a diverse range of citizens who want to see government data made open for reuse. Previously, Waugh was known for her former work as an Australian free software advocate. Her past positions include presidency of the organisation that runs Software Freedom Day; and presidency and vice-presidency of Linux Australia. == Career == Waugh was employed by IT services company Volante for several years. In 2005 Waugh was appointed Research Co-ordinator of the Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software (ASK-OSS) project.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ASK-OSS December 2005 Newsletter )〕 From 2006 Waugh, with her then-husband Jeff Waugh, was a director of Waugh Partners, an Australian Open Source consultancy. Waugh Partners won the 2007 NSW State Pearcey Award for Young Achievers for their work promoting Free Software to the Australian ICT industry. She was the project leader and a member of the Board of Directors of the One Laptop Per Child Australia program, launched in 2008. Waugh is a self-taught computer specialist, and has also studied politics at a tertiary level.〔 She has been involved in several projects and events promoting ICT careers to children and women. In April 2009 Waugh announced her appointment as a policy advisor to Kate Lundy, and announced that in this role she was stepping aside from leadership and advocacy roles in community groups, and that she would no longer work for Waugh Partners. In November 2012 Pia joined the (Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) ). She is Director of Coordination and Gov 2.0 in the Technology and Procurement Division of Finance (under John Sheridan, the CTO of Australia) and in charge of Australian national open data site http://data.gov.au/〔(Pia Waugh takes control of data.gov.au )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pia Waugh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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