Congress Moves to Open Up More Government Data
Congress looks to strengthen open data policies with new legislation.
Posts Tagged: open-data
How USDA Is Empowering Citizen Scientists with Open Data
USDA’s National Agriculture Library is using open data to make its massive collection of agricultural research accessible to citizens, journalists and anyone who wants to see it.
Open Data, Open Conversation
Read how the city of Phoenix is opening up dialogue within their community through open data initiatives.
Open Data Makes Change Possible
Data won’t do much good if it’s not presented in a way that makes it easy to access, use, and customize into something that best serves customers.
When Open Data is Not Enough
Open data may not be sufficient to solve some of our toughest social problems. Skilled data professionals working with government officials and neighborhood stakeholders in partnership to develop new solutions requires good data, but also trust.
ATF Open Data: Improving Public Understanding and Reducing the FOIA Backlog
For decades, the ATF released data on paper or in a static electronic format, as a PDF file. But the bureau realized that information in a static file format did not allow the firearms industry or the public to easily analyze data or make it more comprehensible. The need to build greater faith in the… Read more »
Open Data Dispatch #1
I’ve started this newsletter for our internal open data community of interest (DataCOIN) and thought others might find it useful. I read a lot about open data and I bet some of you do too. To pool our knowledge and prevent FOMO (fear of missing out), I’m starting a mini bi-weekly-ish newsletter that highlights what’s going onRead… Read more »
Open – The World’s First Short Film on Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source
Civic engagement is a bad brand. If we’re to capture the attention of more people, we need to change its brand for the better.
How Data Analytics Drives Mission Outcomes
This blog post is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent guide, the Open Data Playbook for Government. Download the full guide here. Data is powerful. It can tell us more than we ever hoped to know about ourselves and the world around us. It’s also vital for solving today’s problems and predicting government’s future needs. ThisRead… Read more »
Data May be Open, but is it Secure?
“It would be false to say that people are happily sharing their data with us.” That’s how the Department of Defense’s Col. Bob Saxon explained his agency’s efforts to open up government data. For all of its potential benefits, open data also presents security risks to those providing the information. From loss of agency confidentiality,Read… Read more »