More than 500 Government organizations, 1,000 citizens, and 100 civic application developers will be invited to participate in this groundbreaking study on the state of Open Data in Government.

SEATTLE, Wash. – July 14, 2010 – Socrata, Inc., a leading advocate and technology enabler of Open Data today announced it will launch the inaugural Open Government Data Benchmark Study on July 21, 2010. This study will offer insights into the state of Open Government Data from three perspectives: data producers and publishers in federal, state and local governments; civically-engaged data consuming citizens; and programmers who aim to build civic applications based on open, public data