Source: White House Blog | Author: Matt Compton | Date: March 15, 2012 “Last week, right before we launched Ethics.gov — which brings data from across the federal government to one place where it can all be searched — Chris Vein, the Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer, sat down to talk about how the [...]
Continue Reading →Source: National Public Radio | Author: Susan Arbetter | Date: March 8, 2012 “So just as your listeners can upload their music into the cloud, New York State can begin to upload their datasets into the cloud and allow their citizens to retrieve it and analyze it in a way that makes sense to them.” [...]
Continue Reading →Last week I attended the 2011 Annual NASCIO Conference in Denver, CO. Many readers of this blog already know that NASCIO is the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. It’s an incredibly tight knit group of all of the nation’s state-level CIOs as well as the CIOs of DC, Guam and Puerto Rico. They [...]
Continue Reading →Public disclosure of government data isn’t merely about transparency and accountability. By adopting Open Data as a Platform, agencies can more quickly and cost-effectively deliver services that support their own programs and missions, while also making it much easier to publish data for citizens and civic-minded developers.
Continue Reading →Last night, in the State of the Union Address, President Obama reminded the world why a 21st century government that’s open and competent, starts with putting information online. He said: “In the coming year, we’ll also work to rebuild people’s faith in the institution of government. Because you deserve to know exactly how and where [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday we announced that on July 21st, we will launch a broad market study to benchmark the state of Open Data in government. We believe this will be the very first time that government stakeholders, mainstream citizens and civic application developers will all be invited to share their perspectives on this nascent movement. Why are [...]
Continue Reading →Led by New York City Council Member Gale A. Brewer, on Monday June 21, 2010 the New York City Council Committee on Technology will hold a hearing on Open Data standards for all NYC agencies. The specifics of the hearing are as follows: The New York City Council Committee on Technology will hold an important hearing [...]
Continue Reading →Today, the status quo for governments sharing public data is via the CSV. It’s the de facto standard by which most government organizations publish their data for consumption. The CSV is no longer an acceptable format for data publishing. It’s time to raise the bar on how government open data sites like data.gov and DataSF.org [...]
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