U.S. publishes new “Open Data Action Plan,” announces new data releases | E Pluribus Unum

"On the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s historic executive order to open up more government data, U.S. chief information officer Steven VanRoekel and U.S. chief technology officer Todd Park described “continued progress and plans for open government data” at the WhiteHouse.gov blog ... The new Open Data Action Plan (which was ironically, released as a glossy PDF, as opposed to a more machine-readable format) details a number of significant steps, including: [1] Many releases of new data and improved access to existing databases. These include more climate data, adding an API to Smithsonian artworkand the Small Business Administration’s database of suppliers and making data available for re-use. [2] A roadmap with deadlines for the release of these datasets over the course of 2014-2015. Some data releases are already online, like Medicare physician payment data. [3]A policy that 'new data sets will be prioritized for release based on public feedback.' [4] New open data projects at federal agencies, each of which will be lead by a Presidential Innovation Fellow. According to the plan, the agencies will include NOAA, the Census Bureau, NASA, IRS, Interior, Labor, Energy and HHS.  Compliance with the executive order on open data has been mixed ..."