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Owen Ambur

Actively "Retired" at Truly Connected Communities
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Seasoned government professional with 40+ years of experience in strategy, policy, and program management.
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States, US
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  • Government
  • Strategy
  • Policy
  • Strategic Planning
  • Program Management
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Owen Ambur is a seasoned government professional with 40+ years of experience in strategy, policy, and program management. He has held various leadership positions in the government, non-profit, and private sectors, including Chief XML Strategist, Project Manager, and Legislative Director. Ambur has also served on the board of directors for the Federal Information and Records Managers (FIRM) Council and co-chaired the governmentwide XML Community of Practice. He is currently actively "retired" from Truly Connected Communities, a company he co-founded.

Experience

  • Truly Connected Communities
    • Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Area
    • Actively "Retired"
      • Jan 2007 - Present
      • Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Area

  • ConnectedCommunity.net
    • Owner, ConnectedCommunty.net Domain
      • Nov 2017 - Present

      I own and am looking for partners to help develop the ConnectedCommunity.net domain. http://connectedcommunity.net/

  • AboutThem.info
    • Owner, AboutThem.info Domain
      • Sep 2018 - Present

      I own and am looking for partners to help develop the AboutThem.info domain. http://aboutthem.info/

  • StratML Community
    • Cheerleader
      • Sep 2007 - Present

      I chaired the committee that specified Strategy Markup Language (StratML) Part 1, Strategic Plans, as an international standard (ISO 17469-1), and Part 2, Performance Plans & Reports, as an American national standard (ANSI/AIIM 22:2017).On an ongoing basis, the StratML Community is fostering awareness and usage of the standard.See http://stratml.us/ | https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1514487/ | https://www.iso.org/standard/59859.html

  • Federal Information and Records Managers (FIRM) Council
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area
    • Webmaster
      • Mar 2008 - Present
      • Washington D.C. Metro Area

      I served on FIRM's board of directors. Although FIRM has become inactive, I continue to host its website in archival status.

  • XML Community of Practice (xmlCoP)
    • Co-Chair Emeritus
      • Jan 2007 - Present

      Together with Martin Smith, I co-founded and for the last six years of my career I co-chaired the governmentwide XML Community of Practice.The xmlCoP has become inactive. The content of the xml.gov site is being preserved in archival status by Bruce Troutman.

  • W3C
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Member, AIKR Community Group
      • Jul 2018 - Jan 2021

      I am participating in the W3C's AI Knowledge Representation Community Group (AIKR CG). https://www.w3.org/community/aikr/welcome/

    • Member, Credible Web Community Group
      • Jun 2018 - Feb 2020

      I participated in the W3C's Credible Web Community Group (CWCG). https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/ It has become inactive but the cause is now being pursued in the Content Authenticity Initiative. https://stratml.us/drybridge/index.htm#CAI3

  • World Wide Web Consortium
    • Invited Expert, eGov Interest Group
      • Jun 2008 - Jan 2014

      The eGov IG's charter is available in StratML format at http://stratml.us/carmel/eGovIG2011-2013wStyle.xml but it has been inactive in recent years.In December 2013 the eGov Activity was subsumed by the W3C Data Activity. https://www.w3.org/egov/

  • CIO Council
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area
    • Project Manager, ET.gov
      • Jan 2003 - Dec 2006
      • Washington D.C. Metro Area

      I managed development of the U.S. federal CIO Council's emerging technology site and process.See http://ambur.net/index.html#etgov

  • Department of the Interior
    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chief XML Strategist, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
      • 2003 - Dec 2006

    • DEAR Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
      • 2003 - Dec 2006

      Managed the Department of the Interior Enterprise Architecture Repository (DEAR).

  • XML Community of Practice (xmlCoP)
    • Co-Founder & Co-Chair, XML.gov
      • 2000 - 2006

      The activities of the xmlCoP are fully documented on the CoP's web site -- formerly at http://xml.gov -- which is being preserved in archival status by Bruce Troutman at http://xml.govwebs.net/

  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Senior Staff Member, Division of Information Resources Management (IRM)
      • 1994 - 2003

      Special assignment by the Director of the agency to expand agencywide the electronic document management system I implemented in the Office of Legislative Services.

  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Chief, Office of Legislative Services (LS)
      • Apr 1987 - 1993

      Served as Congressional liaison for the agency. Compiled Digest of Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest.htm

  • US Congress
    • Professional Staff Member, Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
      • 1986 - Mar 1987

      Conducted research on government farm subsidies and wrote a report entitled Selling Out the Family Farm: A Classic Case of Good Intentions Gone Awry. Available at http://ambur.net/SellingOutFamilyFarm.pdf

  • U.S. Senator James Abdnor (R-SD)
    • Legislative Director & Chief of Staff
      • 1981 - 1986

      Directed a staff of 40 on Capitol Hill and six field offices in South Dakota.

  • Representative James Abdnor (R-SD)
    • Staff Assistant
      • Jan 1973 - Dec 1980

      Responsible for agriculture, water resources, and environmental issues.

  • James Abdnor, Candidate for Congress
    • Campaign Aide
      • Feb 1972 - Nov 1972

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