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A Better Model For HealthCare.gov Is Weather.gov
Instead of beating up the government for its HealthCare.gov rollout, let’s look at what the U.S. gets right. It excels at providing data to businesses, individuals, application developers, researchers, or anyone with a need for it. Read More »
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A Look Inside Chicago's Open Gov Hack Nights
The government’s open data movement, sometimes referred to as Gov 2.0, has come a long way in the past few years. Most are familiar with the Obama administration’s open data initiative and the launch of Data.gov, but there are extremely active open data civic movements taking place in cities across the U.S...
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Agencies Will Shutter Nearly 400 Data Centers Before October
The government has shuttered 420 data centers since 2010, 38 of them in the past 10 weeks, according to updated figures the Office of Management and Budget released Friday. Read More »
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Appallicious Joins With SF To Launch Park And Rec iPhone App
Later today, as part of Innovation Month, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will unveil SF Recreation & Park’s official iPhone App, SFRECPARK, developed for San Francisco by mobile commerce company Appallicious. Read More »
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Data.gov Launches A New Consumer Community
The team at Data.gov launched its 16th data community on Monday, this one focused on government-gathered data that may be valuable to consumers. Read More »
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Data.gov Launches New Catalog and APIs
Data.gov is launching two innovations today to mark both the anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy and the fourth anniversary of Data.gov. First is a comprehensive listing of the application programming interfaces (APIs) that were released from across the federal government as part of the Digital Government Strategy. Data.gov is also launching a new data catalog on an open source data management system called CKAN Read More »
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Data.gov Moving To An Open Source Platform
The team that manages Data.gov is well on its way to making the government data repository open source using a new back-end called the Open Government Platform, officials said during a Web discussion Wednesday. Read More »
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Data.gov, World Bank to host 2012 International Open Government Data Conference
The 2012 International Open Government Data Conference, co-sponsored by Data.gov and the World Bank, will be held July 10-12 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Federal Shutdown: We Miss Our Data
One of the potential benefits of the government's partial shutdown is a new-found appreciation for many of the federally provided services Americans take for granted. Read More »
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Feds' Top Entrepreneur Shaking Data From Government's File Cabinets
Todd Park's job is to unleash the power of innovation inside the oh-so change-resistant walls of government, and he appears to love it. Read More »
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From Coding To Tangible Results: FEMA’s First Open Data Town Hall
The approach to FEMA’s first-ever Data Town Hall was refreshing because our OpenFEMA team harked just as much about project management and results as they did about getting creative when using FEMA’s data. The attendees were asked to break into five challenge tracks: GIS, Disaster Assistance Assessment Dashboard, Accessibility, API and Fire Viz; each with a specific project and private sector team lead.
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G-8 Conference Highlights Importance Of Open Data In Ag
The G-8 Open Data For Agriculture Conference kicked off with an announcement from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on the new virtual community launched on Data.gov. Read More »
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Government Data Goes Public
When the real estate sites Trulia and Zillow both made initial public offerings this summer it was more than just a victory for the two companies, federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said Tuesday. Read More »
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Government Open Data Proves A Treasure Trove For Savvy Businesses
Hoping to capitalize on free government information, IT leaders are discovering the value -- and vexation -- of converting terabytes of data into new revenue streams. When President Barack Obama signed the Open Data Executive Order last May, many IT leaders applauded the White House's decision to release treasure troves of public data as part of an important government initiative for greater transparency.
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How Open Data and Open Tools Can Save Lives During a Disaster
If you've lived through a major, natural disaster, you know that during the first few days you'll probably have to rely on a mental map, instead of using a smartphone as an extension of your brain. Where's the closest hospital with disaster care? What about shelters? Gas stations? And how many soft story buildings-with their propensity to collapse-will you have to zig-zag around to get there? Trying to answer these questions after moving back to earthquake-prone San Francisco is why I started the Resiliency Maps project. The idea is to store information about assets, resources, and hazards in a given geographical area in a map that you can download and print out.
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