Giving Americans Easier Access to Their Own Data | The White House

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-11-15

Summary:

"Over the past few years, the Obama Administration has launched a series of Open Data Initiatives, which, for the first time in history, have released troves of valuable data that were previously hard to access in areas such as health, energy, climate, education, public safety, finance, and global development. Entrepreneurs and businesses across the Nation are using open government data to build new products and services, launch new industries, and create jobs. In addition to open data efforts to make public information digital and easier to find and use, the Administration has also been working to make it easier for Americans to gain access to their own data. Beginning in 2010, the Obama Administration launched a series of My Data Initiatives to empower Americans with easy, secure, and useful access to their personal data -- and to increase citizens’ access to private-sector applications and services that can be used to analyze it. As discussed in the 2014 Big Data report, the My Data Initiatives help establish a strong model for personal data accessibility that the Administration hopes will become widely adopted in the private and public sectors. The ability to access one’s personal information will be increasingly important in the future, when more aspects of life will involve data transactions between individuals, companies, and institutions. One of the newest My Data efforts is the IRS tool, Get Transcript. Launched in 2014, Get Transcript allows taxpayers to securely view, print, and download a PDF record of the last three years of their IRS tax account. Get Transcript has produced over 17 million so-called tax transcripts, reducing phone, mail, or in-person requests by approximately 40% from last year. Secure access to your own tax data makes it easier to demonstrate your income with prospective lenders and employers, or help with tax preparation. What was a paper-based transcript process which took multiple days has been made instantaneous and easy for the American taxpayer ..."

Link:

http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/11/12/giving-americans-easier-access-their-own-data

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.psi oa.government oa.usa oa.blue_button oa.green_button oa.mystudentdata oa.get_transcript oa.irs oa.policies oa.data

Date tagged:

11/15/2014, 17:31

Date published:

11/15/2014, 12:31