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Government Information and Data - United States
Articles and resources about e-Government initiatives related to the provision of government information and data including publications and freedom of information in the United States.
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- Daniel O'Neil - 15-second Case Studies in Open Government Data
- Paper presented by Daniel O'Neil at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC on Wednesday 26 May 2010. EveryBlock filters an assortment of local news by location so you can keep track of what's happening on your block, in your neighborhood and all over your city.
Added: 27 May 2010
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- Data.gov Concept of Operations
- The goal of Data.gov is to provide the public with free and easy access to high value, machine readable data sets generated and hosted by the federal government. It will enable the public to easily find, access, understand, and use data that are generated by the Federal government. For data sets that are already available, Data.gov emphasizes making it easier for the public to find and discover data in more usable formats. For data not widely available to the public in the past, the focus is on providing more data more quickly while still protecting and promoting privacy, confidentiality, and security.
Added: 17 November 2010
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- Gov 2.0 Summit 2010: Ellen Miller - Open Government Scorecard
- Paper presented by Ellen Miller, The Sunlight Foundation to the Government 2.0 Summit in Washington DC on September 7, 2010.
Added: 10 September 2010
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- Open Government: A progress Report to the American People - December 2009
- The Obama Administration has published its progress report on open government initiatives within the US federal government. The report offers a snapshot of work in progress to date, highlights of the new open government directive and a roadmap for what is coming next.
Added: 9 December 2009
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- Semantic Technology Solutions For Gov 2 0 Citizen-Friendly Recovery.Gov and Data.Gov With Transparency, Openness, and Collaboration
- Presentation by Mills Davis, Project10X May 13, 2009, Washington Semantic Meet-up, George Mason University. The presentation covers the following: Where are semantic technologies and the next internet taking us? What is the Obama administration's directive for transparency, openness, and collaboration? How can we exploit cloud computing, web 2.0, and web 3.0 semantic technologies to build citizen-friendly recovery.gov and data.gov? Demo: Using Cambridge Semantics' Anzio in support of recovery.gov Call to action: demonstrate citizen-friendly semantic solutions for recovery.gov and data.gov, with transparency, openness & collaboration!
Added: 7 October 2010
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- US Open Government Directive
- On December 8, 2009, the Office of Management and Budget published a Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies called the "Open Government Directive". This memorandum directs US federal government departments and agencies to implement principles of transparency, participation and collaboration across their organizations.
Added: 9 December 2009
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- The cost of open data: A Canadian lawyer's analysis
- By Lou Milrad. IT World Canada, 14 May 2012. "Cities across the country are moving to new models of information access, but a recent U.S. court case could give them pause. What you should know about Orange County... A RECENT US COURT DECISION in Orange County, California, has threatened to derail the movement toward greater public access to a particular category of data, namely geographic information systems data. The case, currently under appeal by the Sierra Club to the California Supreme Court with amicus curiae support from over 182 GIS professionals, including 14 GIS organizations, supporting open access to government geodata, is garnering much attention from open data advocates, land surveyors, GIS and other professionals, law firms as well as environmentalists and homeowners..."
Added: 17 May 2012;
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- Philadelphia shows brotherly love to open data with new executive order
- by Alex Howard. Gov20.Govfresh, April 26, 2012. "As TechnicallyPhilly reported this morning, the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has joined the ranks of municipalities putting more public data onto the Internet. “Transparency is a cornerstone of good governance, and it is vital for the City to be open and available to our citizens,” said Mayor Michael Nutter in a statement posted to the city of Philadelphia's Facebook page. 'Philadelphia was recently named at the seventh most social media savvy city in the nation. The Open Data policy furthers many of the policies and initiatives already put in place by the City.'..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Developer.Data.gov
- "Here you can participate, collaborate, and compete with the best developers to drive the publishing and use of government data. Ask for what you need, share what you’ve learned, and brag about your successes. This is your space!..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Data.gov launches developer community
- By FCW Staff. Federal Computer Week, May 1, 2012. "Data.gov has launched a new community for software developers to share ideas, collaborate or compete on projects and request new datasets. Developer.data.gov joins a growing list of communities and portals tapping into Data.gov's datasets, including those for health, energy, education, law, oceans and the Semantic Web..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Evergreen Apps contest invites new uses for government data
- First Startup Weekend Government announces awards. Seattle.gov, 2 May 2012. "Seattle – During the first ever Startup Weekend Government held at Seattle City Hall, Mayor Mike McGinn announced the Evergreen Apps Challenge to more than 120 developers, entrepreneurs and community members. The Evergreen Apps Challenge is a partnership between the City of Seattle, King County and Washington State designed to encourage the development of applications using government data while stimulating economic development throughout our state..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- US government deploys open data standards created in Ireland
- Silicon Republic, 26 April 2012. "The open data movement is in full swing and tools and standards created in Ireland are to prove pivotal to open data employed by the US government. It emerged today that agencies in the US Government have adopted a set of web tools and standards developed in Ireland by researchers at NUI Galway's Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Startup Weekend Gov seeks participant to build apps using government data
- City of Seattle, 25 April 2012. "Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, community members and government to mash up data and ideas this weekend in City Hall. SEATTLE - The first Startup Weekend aimed at connecting local application developers, entrepreneurs and community members with online government data will take place this weekend, April 27, 28 and 29, in Seattle City Hall... Developers will use data posted by the City of Seattle, King County and the State of Washington to create new mobile apps and business ideas that make government services more accessible and relevant to residents and businesses. It's not too late to register and participate at http://seattlegov.startupweekend.org..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Oklahoma Increases Transparency Efforts
- OKLAHOMA CITY --(Business Wire)-- April 24, 2012. "Data.OK.gov, the state of Oklahoma's online data repository, recently integrated with the federal government's Data.gov site to provide new Oklahoma-specific federal datasets. Data.OK.gov currently offers 215 datasets created by Oklahoma state agencies in addition to the 5,249 datasets now available from Data.gov. The seamless integration of the two sites is possible because both sites are hosted by Socrata, the Seattle-based company that provides the website's software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)) open data platform..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Hillary Clinton Lauds Global Open Government Efforts
- Secretary of State says countries that are open with data will flourish, while closed nations will have trouble with stability and security, By J. Nicholas Hoover. Information Week, April 17, 2012. "Countries with open governments will succeed in the 21st century, while those that "hide from public view and dismiss the ideals of openness" will have increasing trouble maintaining peace and security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday..."
Added: 18 April 2012;
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- We're Launching HHS' New Open Government Plan, Version 2.0
- By E.J. Holland, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Posted April 16, 2012. "Today marks the two year anniversary of when HHS launched its first ever Open Government plan, which guided our efforts to make government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. Over the last several months, the Department of Health and Human Services advanced new ideas and initiatives that will take HHS's Open Government commitment to the President's objectives to a new level. The result is our new Version 2.0 of the HHS Open Government plan. There are several new initiatives about which I'd like you to know. I encourage you to see the many ways we are focused on open government principles. The Version 2.0 plan has three new flagship programs with completion dates in 2013 and 2014 that address open government principles across HHS agencies. ."
Added: 18 April 2012;
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- Some Observations on the Practice of Open Data As Opposed to Its Promise
- by Roland J. Cole - Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, United States. Journal of Community Informatics. Vol 8, No 2 (2012). "This note is a contribution to the continuing debates and analyses about what can and should be done to make public data open. In this note, I share some observations about current practices surrounding public data. In general, these observations lead to the insight that absolutely open public data is and will continue to be rare. Instead, various types of data are apt to be more or less open, and the reasons for the degree of openness may vary from one situation to another, that is by type of data, by country, by type of institution, etc..."
Added: 17 April 2012;
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- Federal CIO's aim is government data as accessible as iTunes music
- By Nicole Blake Johnson. Federal Times, April 5, 2012. "Citizens should be able to download free government data online as easily as they download songs on iTunes, federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said Tuesday... The administration also is expected to release a governmentwide mobile strategy early this month to improve delivery of government information, products and services..."
Added: 11 April 2012;
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- NASA Open Government Plan 2.0
- "The key principles of Open Government – participation, collaboration and transparency - have been embedded in NASA operations for more than 50 years. As NASA continues to implement the Open Government Directive, we have developed version 2.0 of our Open Government Plan to serve as a model – not a manual – for what a more open NASA might look like today. Our Plan collects the many new activities that exemplify the evolution of openness in NASA’s policy, technology and culture – and provides citizens the opportunity to respond and engage..."
Added: 11 April 2012;
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- Open government plans 2.0 a mixed bag: news analysis
- NASA, GSA plans stand out from the crowd, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, April 10, 2012. "Federal agencies refreshed their open government plans this week, with mixed results and with generally more complex goals compared to the initial plans two years ago. In the forefront, NASA appeared to be breaking new ground in its 2.0 open government strategy update released on April 9, highlighted by colorful graphic images rather than by section headlines. Both the strategy and an accompanying progress report infographic use bold images presumably to appeal to a youthful global audience. The flagship new initiative is development of an open source Web architecture to more efficiently communicate and share data..."
Added: 11 April 2012;
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- 5 Best Practices for Open Local Government
- By Noelle Knell. Government Technology, April 6, 2012. "Utah continues to win accolades for its online presence, adding honors late last month for its Utah Connect Portal, which unites Utah-related social media feeds from all levels of government. The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council recognized Utah Connect for excellence in social media with an Excellence.gov award. But students at the University of Utah want to make sure those high standards are upheld by local governments in Utah too. Focusing specifically on open government practices, the Honors College Think Tank on Transparency and Privacy recently evaluated 16 local governments, discovering a wide variety of policies now in use. As a result of their study, the students are embarking on a statewide initiative to encourage local governments to operate more openly. Drawing on their own findings, as well as expertise from well-known open government advocates, including the Sunlight Foundation, the students will officially launch the Utah Transparency Project at a press conference Wednesday, April 11..."
Added: 10 April 2012;
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