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Bill to Make Federal Data Open, Machine-Readable Reintroduced in Both Chambers
A bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced Wednesday the OPEN Government Data Act — a bill that passed the Senate last year but stalled in the House. The bill, which would set a presumption that federal data should be published online in a machine-readable format, has a broad support from open data advocates, government spending watchdogs and the technology industry...
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Government Healthcare IT Plans Hinge On Open Data
Health and Human Services CTO sees big future in big health data as the government looks to expand its repository of publicly available, machine-readable data sets. Read More »
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Op-Ed: Open Data Policy Has Far-Reaching Implications For Health Care
In May 2013, the [OMB] released an executive order that requires federal agencies to use machine-readable and open formats -- in addition to data standards and other regulations -- for creating and collecting information. This new policy will have a significant impact on how public and private organizations access and leverage information. Read More »
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Open Data Executive Order Compliance: The Bad And The Good.
The first major deadline for agency compliance with President Obama's open data Executive Order arrived this past Saturday. Agencies were required to, among other things, provide the Office of Management and Budget with an "Enterprise Data Inventory" and release a list of all their public data via a /data page on their websites. Read More »
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Social Engagement Shouldn't Wait Until After A Crisis Hits
One of the greatest challenges social media emergency managers face is that the public isn’t very interested in hearing from them unless and until a disaster strikes, they told lawmakers on Tuesday. Read More »
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Unlocking Chemistry: It's Time To Make The Subject As Open As Bioscience
Now that millions of patented compounds are open information, chemistry has a chance to catch up, says Peter Murray-Rust Read More »
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White House Expands Guidance On Promoting Open Data
White House officials have announced expanded technical guidance to help agencies make more data accessible to the public in machine-readable formats. Read More »
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