3 Guidelines for Publishing Your First Open Data Sets
www.socrata.com
on 05/17/2013
Excerpt: You’ve decided now is the time for your agency to get started with an open data program. But how do you decide which data sets to publish first?
There is no standard formula that applies to all organizations. Depending on your program goals and priorities, there can be any number of good places to start. However, in working with a variety of organizations, we have identified a few smart starting points that have worked well. We hope they will help you decide the best route to take as you kick off your open data initiative. 1.... read the full post.
Tags: City Government, Data, Federal Government, State Government
When A Government Minister’s Data Laundry is Hung Out to Dry…
schoolofdata.org
on 05/17/2013
Excerpt: A well targeted Freedom of Information request to the UK Department for Education and its consequent report hit the news here recently. It turns out that a claim by Minister for Education, Michael Gove, that “[s]urvey after survey has revealed disturbing historical ignorance” was largely based, either directly, or as a cynic might imagine, as a result of feverish, opportunistic retrofitting exercise (i. e. a post hoc rationale), on a series of PR related, media sponsored polls.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government
The Revolution Will Be Forked · GitHub
github.com
on 05/11/2013
Excerpt: We are humbled to see that the White House drafted and released the official Open Data Policy of the United States on GitHub! The Presidential Memorandum calls for the creation of the aptly named Project Open Data, with the goal of making government data "available, discoverable, and usable – in a word, open". Today's news marks the first time a government entity has published law as a living, collaborative document. We're excited to see how the Open Data Policy evolves with the input of the community, and we hope this is just the first of many.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, GitHub
Project Open Data
project-open-data.github.io
on 05/11/2013
Excerpt: An API – application programming interface – at its most basic level, allows your product or service to talk to other products or services. In this way, an API allows you to open up data and functionality to other developers and to other businesses. It is increasingly the way in which agencies and companies exchange data and services, both internally and externally. What are APIs used for? APIs are launched primarily to give partners that are outside the agency or company “firewall” access to data and resources. But recently, APIs are also being used by more and more of the general public, including non-developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government
Making Government Data “Easy to Find, Accessible & Usable”
www.layer7tech.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: On May 9, 2013 the White House released an executive order with the title Making Open & Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information. My favorite line in the entire document is:
“Government information shall be managed as an asset throughout its life cycle to promote interoperability and openness, and, wherever possible and legally permissible, to ensure that data are released to the public in ways that make the data easy to find, accessible, and usable” (emphasis mine). No Dumping
The usual approach to this type of work is to simply publish raw data in a directory or repository and then create some fencing around the data that helps track usage and distribution.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government
Moving Forward with Technology Transitions Trials
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Today, the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force issued a Public Notice proposing to conduct real-world trials and seeking input on specific potential trials. The goal of any trials will be to assist the Commission in ensuring that its policy decisions relating to ongoing technology transitions are solidly grounded in good data. Communications networks are changing from copper to fiber and from time division multiplexing (TDM) to Internet protocols; wireless voice and data services are increasingly important. These are exciting developments. The ongoing technology transitions hold the promise for tremendous benefits for consumers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Communications, Federal Government, Mobile, Telco
New White House open data executive order: how does it compare to the British version?
www.guardian.co.uk
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: The White House has released an executive order today committing all federal government data to be open and machine-readable. Signed by President Barack Obama – who was also one of the people behind the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Bill of 2006, back in the day when he was a Senator. That Bill became an act – and led directly to the creation of data. gov. Just for reference, an executive order is a decree of the President which has the full force of law. They don't exist in the UK in the same way, but back in 2010, then-new Prime Minister David Cameron wrote a public letter to senior civil servants, the cabinet and members of the government setting out what the government planned to do with open data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Open Data
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by the President and an Open Data Policy released by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy—declare that information is a valuable national asset whose value is multiplied when it is made easily accessible to the public.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Executive Order -- Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. General Principles. Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth. As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation. Decades ago, the U. S. Government made both weather data and the Global Positioning System freely available.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Excerpt: A well targeted Freedom of Information request to the UK Department for Education and its consequent report hit the news here recently. It turns out that a claim by Minister for Education, Michael Gove, that “[s]urvey after survey has revealed disturbing historical ignorance” was largely based, either directly, or as a cynic might imagine, as a result of feverish, opportunistic retrofitting exercise (i. e. a post hoc rationale), on a series of PR related, media sponsored polls.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government
The Revolution Will Be Forked · GitHub
github.com
on 05/11/2013
Excerpt: We are humbled to see that the White House drafted and released the official Open Data Policy of the United States on GitHub! The Presidential Memorandum calls for the creation of the aptly named Project Open Data, with the goal of making government data "available, discoverable, and usable – in a word, open". Today's news marks the first time a government entity has published law as a living, collaborative document. We're excited to see how the Open Data Policy evolves with the input of the community, and we hope this is just the first of many.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, GitHub
Project Open Data
project-open-data.github.io
on 05/11/2013
Excerpt: An API – application programming interface – at its most basic level, allows your product or service to talk to other products or services. In this way, an API allows you to open up data and functionality to other developers and to other businesses. It is increasingly the way in which agencies and companies exchange data and services, both internally and externally. What are APIs used for? APIs are launched primarily to give partners that are outside the agency or company “firewall” access to data and resources. But recently, APIs are also being used by more and more of the general public, including non-developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government
Making Government Data “Easy to Find, Accessible & Usable”
www.layer7tech.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: On May 9, 2013 the White House released an executive order with the title Making Open & Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information. My favorite line in the entire document is:
“Government information shall be managed as an asset throughout its life cycle to promote interoperability and openness, and, wherever possible and legally permissible, to ensure that data are released to the public in ways that make the data easy to find, accessible, and usable” (emphasis mine). No Dumping
The usual approach to this type of work is to simply publish raw data in a directory or repository and then create some fencing around the data that helps track usage and distribution.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government
Moving Forward with Technology Transitions Trials
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Today, the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force issued a Public Notice proposing to conduct real-world trials and seeking input on specific potential trials. The goal of any trials will be to assist the Commission in ensuring that its policy decisions relating to ongoing technology transitions are solidly grounded in good data. Communications networks are changing from copper to fiber and from time division multiplexing (TDM) to Internet protocols; wireless voice and data services are increasingly important. These are exciting developments. The ongoing technology transitions hold the promise for tremendous benefits for consumers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Communications, Federal Government, Mobile, Telco
New White House open data executive order: how does it compare to the British version?
www.guardian.co.uk
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: The White House has released an executive order today committing all federal government data to be open and machine-readable. Signed by President Barack Obama – who was also one of the people behind the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Bill of 2006, back in the day when he was a Senator. That Bill became an act – and led directly to the creation of data. gov. Just for reference, an executive order is a decree of the President which has the full force of law. They don't exist in the UK in the same way, but back in 2010, then-new Prime Minister David Cameron wrote a public letter to senior civil servants, the cabinet and members of the government setting out what the government planned to do with open data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Open Data
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by the President and an Open Data Policy released by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy—declare that information is a valuable national asset whose value is multiplied when it is made easily accessible to the public.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Executive Order -- Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. General Principles. Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth. As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation. Decades ago, the U. S. Government made both weather data and the Global Positioning System freely available.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Excerpt: An API – application programming interface – at its most basic level, allows your product or service to talk to other products or services. In this way, an API allows you to open up data and functionality to other developers and to other businesses. It is increasingly the way in which agencies and companies exchange data and services, both internally and externally. What are APIs used for? APIs are launched primarily to give partners that are outside the agency or company “firewall” access to data and resources. But recently, APIs are also being used by more and more of the general public, including non-developers.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government
Making Government Data “Easy to Find, Accessible & Usable”
www.layer7tech.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: On May 9, 2013 the White House released an executive order with the title Making Open & Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information. My favorite line in the entire document is:
“Government information shall be managed as an asset throughout its life cycle to promote interoperability and openness, and, wherever possible and legally permissible, to ensure that data are released to the public in ways that make the data easy to find, accessible, and usable” (emphasis mine). No Dumping
The usual approach to this type of work is to simply publish raw data in a directory or repository and then create some fencing around the data that helps track usage and distribution.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government
Moving Forward with Technology Transitions Trials
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Today, the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force issued a Public Notice proposing to conduct real-world trials and seeking input on specific potential trials. The goal of any trials will be to assist the Commission in ensuring that its policy decisions relating to ongoing technology transitions are solidly grounded in good data. Communications networks are changing from copper to fiber and from time division multiplexing (TDM) to Internet protocols; wireless voice and data services are increasingly important. These are exciting developments. The ongoing technology transitions hold the promise for tremendous benefits for consumers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Communications, Federal Government, Mobile, Telco
New White House open data executive order: how does it compare to the British version?
www.guardian.co.uk
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: The White House has released an executive order today committing all federal government data to be open and machine-readable. Signed by President Barack Obama – who was also one of the people behind the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Bill of 2006, back in the day when he was a Senator. That Bill became an act – and led directly to the creation of data. gov. Just for reference, an executive order is a decree of the President which has the full force of law. They don't exist in the UK in the same way, but back in 2010, then-new Prime Minister David Cameron wrote a public letter to senior civil servants, the cabinet and members of the government setting out what the government planned to do with open data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Open Data
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by the President and an Open Data Policy released by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy—declare that information is a valuable national asset whose value is multiplied when it is made easily accessible to the public.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Executive Order -- Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. General Principles. Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth. As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation. Decades ago, the U. S. Government made both weather data and the Global Positioning System freely available.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Excerpt: Today, the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force issued a Public Notice proposing to conduct real-world trials and seeking input on specific potential trials. The goal of any trials will be to assist the Commission in ensuring that its policy decisions relating to ongoing technology transitions are solidly grounded in good data. Communications networks are changing from copper to fiber and from time division multiplexing (TDM) to Internet protocols; wireless voice and data services are increasingly important. These are exciting developments. The ongoing technology transitions hold the promise for tremendous benefits for consumers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Communications, Federal Government, Mobile, Telco
New White House open data executive order: how does it compare to the British version?
www.guardian.co.uk
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: The White House has released an executive order today committing all federal government data to be open and machine-readable. Signed by President Barack Obama – who was also one of the people behind the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Bill of 2006, back in the day when he was a Senator. That Bill became an act – and led directly to the creation of data. gov. Just for reference, an executive order is a decree of the President which has the full force of law. They don't exist in the UK in the same way, but back in 2010, then-new Prime Minister David Cameron wrote a public letter to senior civil servants, the cabinet and members of the government setting out what the government planned to do with open data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Open Data
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by the President and an Open Data Policy released by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy—declare that information is a valuable national asset whose value is multiplied when it is made easily accessible to the public.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Executive Order -- Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. General Principles. Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth. As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation. Decades ago, the U. S. Government made both weather data and the Global Positioning System freely available.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by the President and an Open Data Policy released by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy—declare that information is a valuable national asset whose value is multiplied when it is made easily accessible to the public.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Executive Order -- Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. General Principles. Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth. As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation. Decades ago, the U. S. Government made both weather data and the Global Positioning System freely available.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Federal Government, opendata
Excerpt: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. General Principles. Openness in government strengthens our democracy, promotes the delivery of efficient and effective services to the public, and contributes to economic growth. As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation. Decades ago, the U. S. Government made both weather data and the Global Positioning System freely available.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Federal Government, opendata
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