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  2. Open data in the United States - Wikipedia

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    data.gov is a U.S. government website launched in late May 2009 by the then Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States, Vivek Kundra. According to its website, "The purpose of data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."

  3. Open government - Wikipedia

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    Open government data (OGD), a term which refers specifically to the public publishing of government datasets, [67] is often made available through online platforms such as data.gov.uk or www.data.gov. Proponents of OGD argue that easily accessible data pertaining to governmental institutions allows for further citizen engagement within ...

  4. Open data - Wikipedia

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    The philosophy behind open data has been long established (for example in the Mertonian tradition of science), but the term "open data" itself is recent, gaining popularity with the rise of the Internet and World Wide Web and, especially, with the launch of open-data government initiatives Data.gov, Data.gov.uk and Data.gov.in.

  5. Open Government Initiative - Wikipedia

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    Open Government logo. The Open Government Initiative is an effort by the administration of President of the United States Barack Obama to "[create] an unprecedented level of openness in Government." [1] The directive starting this initiative was issued on January 20, 2009, Obama's first day in office. [2]

  6. Data politics - Wikipedia

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    Data Politics shares traits of each approach in that the core values of data politics are open government data, but data politics also concerns data collection by governments, private corporations, and platforms. An example of proactive data politics was the protest of the elimination of the long form census.

  7. List of open government data sites - Wikipedia

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    Many governments publish open data they produce or commission on official websites to be freely used, reused, or redistributed by anyone. [1] [2] These sites are often created as part of open government initiatives. Some open data sites like CKAN and DKAN are open source data portal solutions where as others like Socrata are proprietary data ...

  8. Open by default - Wikipedia

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    International Open Data Charter defines Open by Default as one of the six key principles that enable society to enjoy the full benefits of open government data. [2] The other five principles are Timely and Comprehensive Data, Accessible and Usable Data, Comparable and Inter-operable Data, Data for Improved Governance and Engagement, and Data for Inclusive Development and Innovation. [2]

  9. Open data portal - Wikipedia

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    A 2012 paper reported that government organizations which set up open data portals often find it challenging to predict what sorts of users will want the data and how they will use it. [ 4 ] In the European Union there is a central open data portal which connects anyone to the regional and subject specific data portals for various matters of ...