Open Data Roundtables: Using Government Data as a National Resource

abernard102@gmail.com 2016-03-26

Summary:

"Open government data - free, publicly available data that anyone can use, reuse, and republish - is being recognized as a resource with great social and economic value. But a number of challenges still need to be solved if this resource is to realize its full potential. Today, March 24, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Center for Open Data Enterprise are co-hosting the first of four Open Data Roundtables to make open government data more accessible and usable. These Roundtables are being held at a time when new uses for government data are being developed almost daily. New and established businesses are finding novel ways to use data on weather, finance, demographics, energy, and more. The Obama Administration has launched programs using open data in education (the College Scorecard), criminal justice ( Police Data Initiative), urban neighborhoods (the Opportunity Project), health (Open FDA), and other areas that are critical to citizens. The 2016 Open Data Roundtables will address four major issues that relate to federal data ..."

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-gurin/open-data-roundtables-usi_b_9537466.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.psi oa.government oa.usa oa.consultations oa.best_practices oa.privacy oa.quality oa.industries oa.data

Date tagged:

03/26/2016, 08:23

Date published:

03/26/2016, 04:23