Open Data: Challenges and Opportunities | Lab Manager

"Brodt-Giles says, 'Today more people are participating in the open data environment. It has become more accepted, versus 2009 when people were nervous about getting their data out. Now, people are seeing how data sharing is more beneficial. I am hopeful that these initiatives will continue even after the presidential transition, because shared open data can provide important benefits for society.

'I think people are becoming more willing to participate in open shared data, at least at a high level. I also think that this approach helps companies to get high-level or aggregated data out there for the world to see. This might even help drive business to them if they put something out to whet the appetites of the users, who may in turn request or even be willing to pay for more robust data sets.'

'Looking out over the next decade or so,' Gurin says, 'I believe there is good reason to think that open data will remain a bipartisan issue as it has been in the past with the Open Government Data Act. We are continuing to see growing bipartisan support for this initiative, which is encouraging.'"