DJ Patil Speaks on Open Data Priorities

"At the recent Code for America conference, White House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil echoed a familiar message: Open data is most powerful when it’s released thoughtfully, with an eye toward both identifying and resolving society’s problems. A new report from the Data Foundation assesses the government’s open data efforts, and Socrata release a new tool for the U.S. Census Department. Read on for more in this week’s Open Data Download."