Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
In 2009, Data.gov was established to improve public access to high value, machine-readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. [5] In 2019, the OPEN Government Data Act ordered agencies to share data that could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of their programs and to guide policymaking. Various federal ...
To ensure open data's sustainability, President Obama created an executive order on "Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information" to formalize Data.gov as the permanent repository for open government data. [8] McKinsey & Company published research [9] showing that open data contributed $3 trillion to the U.S ...
A unit of Harvard University's Law Library says it is releasing an archive of more than 300,000 government data sets, aiming to protect vital public information at a time when President Donald ...
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."
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began publishing data on federal agencies yesterday after questions and complaints arose about the office's transparency. As of now, the DOGE ...
There are a range of different arguments for government open data. [20] [21] Some advocates say that making government information available to the public as machine readable open data can facilitate government transparency, accountability and public participation. "Open data can be a powerful force for public accountability—it can make ...
The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is an open-source open data portal for the storage and distribution of open data.Initially inspired by the package management capabilities of Debian Linux, [2] CKAN has developed into a powerful data catalogue system that is mainly used by public institutions seeking to share their data with the general public.