During his recent visit to the local technology incubator 1776, President Obama met her RideScout, a newbie business, που χρησιμοποιεί τα ανοικτά δεδομένα του Ministryυ Μεταφορών και των τοπικών κυβερνήσεων, για να ενημερώνει την εφαρμογή κινητών συσκευών που ανέπτυξε για την διέλευση οχημάτων, σε πραγματικό χρόνο, δίνοντας στους χρήστες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τα τοπικά μέσα μεταφοράς. Τον περασμένο μήνα, κατά τη διάρκεια επίσκεψής του στο TechShop του Πίτσμπουργκ, ο Πρόεδρος μίλησε για τη σημασία του ανοίγματος των κυβερνητικών δεδομένων για την ενίσχυση της οικονομικής ανάπτυξης.
"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 US Department of Commerce has released a report which analyzes the economic value of government data and how that data can lead to 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 American president are not just limited to opening up and improving government data - they also focus on bringing together innovative entrepreneurs and the general public with the common goal of innovative use of data in products and services that improve everyday life and the economy. In order to mobilize existing as well as potential users of open government data, present the progress made and receive comments and remarks, Management has organized a series of events and initiatives related to this year's data, such as 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.
Ο guide 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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