During the duration of his recent visit to the local technology incubator 1776, President Obama met her RideScout, a start-up, is using open data from the Department of Transport and local governments to inform its mobile transit app in real-time, giving users information about local media transports. Last month, during a visit to Pittsburgh's TechShop, the President spoke about the importance of opening up government data to boost economic growth.
"The federal government has an incredible amount of data. One of the things we have done in cooperation with the technology community is to think about how, with the right conditions for privacy protection, it is possible to use these "big date"For mobile application development."
The Department of Commerce of USA released a report that analyzes the economic value of government data and how that data can drive trillions of dollars in investment annually. For example, the annual value of weather data is $31,5 billion, which is six times the cost of producing it ($5,1 billion). Secretary Pritzker also announced that the Commerce Department intends to hire a Chief Data Officer to organization and availability of data sources to citizens and the business community.
The initiatives on open data of the US president are not limited to opening up and improving government data – they also focus on bringing innovative entrepreneurs and the general public together, with the common goal of using data innovatively in products and services that improve everyday life and the economy. To engage existing and potential users of open government data, showcase progress made, and receive feedback and feedback, the Administration has organized a series of data-related events and initiatives this year, including the following :
- Education Datapalooza to promote innovation in improving access to higher education, affordable prices and completion of studies
- Safety Dataplooza to promote smarter and safer choices
- Climate Data Initiative to provide the necessary information and tools to take the appropriate measures for the expected climate change
- Energy Datapalooza to highlight the contribution of data and technology to the clean energy economy
- Health Datapalooza for the provision of health data
- Jobs Jam " , with the Vice-President and Secretary Perez, to highlight technologies and ideas that can lead to jobs
- We The People Hackathon to test it Write API, the online application platform of the White House, which enables citizens to submit applications to the White House, using new technologies.
In the spirit of transparency and as a good practice for public services, local governments, non-profit organizations, and anyone else interested in organizing actions on open data, the White House has published a guide to hackathons and similar events.
The driver is published in Project Open Data of the White House.
Source: www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/07/15/opening-data-spur-innovation-economic-growth-0
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