Recap: A Big Day for Open Data | The White House

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-13

Summary:

"Yesterday, President Obama visited Austin, Texas, to kick off his Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. At Capital Factory, a local start-up incubator, he met with technology entrepreneurs and innovative companies that are helping grow our economy and create jobs by building new products and services. One of those companies, Stormpulse, uses freely available government weather data to help businesses protect themselves and their assets from potentially hazardous weather.  Stormpulse CEO Matt Wensing has said that 'open government data is one of the giants on whose shoulders we stand.  Easier access to government data means growing companies like ours can offer significant value to citizens and enterprises.'  Indeed, earlier in the day, in a major step to provide innovative companies like Stormpulse with increased access to government data, the President signed a groundbreaking Executive Order and published a new open data policy requiring that going forward, data generated by the government be made available in open, machine-readable formats, while appropriately safeguarding privacy, confidentiality, and security.  In remarks yesterday at another innovative Austin-based company, Applied Materials, President Obama said: 'And today I’m announcing that we’re making even more government data available, and we’re making it easier for people to find and to use.  And that’s going to help launch more start-ups.  It’s going to help launch more businesses…It’s going to help more entrepreneurs come up with products and services that we haven’t even imagined yet. This kind of innovation and ingenuity has the potential to transform the way we do almost everything.'  Many innovators, entrepreneurs, and open government leaders across the country have embraced these historic steps. Below are selected statements of support ..."

Link:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/10/recap-big-day-open-data

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Date tagged:

05/13/2013, 08:17

Date published:

05/13/2013, 04:17