Sentences with phrase «open government data»

Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org discusses the Law.gov legal open government data project, in an interview podcast with David Weinberger of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Lost amid the rumpus (yes, I used the synonym function for that one) of #elxn41 was an announcement that happened shortly before the election call; from Policy Monitor Canada: Canada Launches Open Government Data Portal.

RECOP is a project of the Law.gov legal open government data movement.

I am sure there are librarians across the country rubbing their hands with excitement to get started on making sure that open government data will become information.

Visit our Open Government Data Inventory to learn more about our data inventory and prioritization.

These apps are based on an open platform which obtains information from open government data and enriches them through citizens» contributions.

Companies involved in fields ranging from health care to climate modeling have already tapped into the potential from open government data.

Not exact matches

Doubling of the Treasury Board's budget for open data and open government initiatives, providing an additional $ 11.5 million over five years for these activities.

As an avowed supporter of open data — or the government freeing the information it gathers to the public — I really wondered how Kundra felt about the issue, especially given that he's now on an advisory panel set up by Tony Clement.

If the Conservative government does indeed love open data, why did it slash Statistics Canada funding and eliminate the mandatory census?

Just take a look at Open Data 500, a review of U.S. companies using government data to innovate and solve problData 500, a review of U.S. companies using government data to innovate and solve probldata to innovate and solve problems.

Data.gov is the home of the U.S. government's open data site, offering hundreds of thousands of data sets.

Big Idea: How technology can improve civic life by simplifying and streamlining the delivery of municipal and state government services through open data, better procurement procedures and open - source apps.

Government data and information should be open...

We will amend the Access to Information Act so that all government data and information is made open by default in machine - readable, digital formats.

With the national unemployment rate at 4.1 percent, a 17 - year low, there are more job openings in the retail industry than at any time since the turn of the century, government data show.

The government of Canada's Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) hackathon is coming to Montreal for an information session on January 29. . .

datalibre.ca is a blog, inspired by civicaccess.ca, which believes all levels of Canadian governments should make civic information and data accessible at no cost in open formats to their citizens.

On September 8, the U.S. government's General Services Administration (GSA)'s program «Emerging Citizen Technology» hosted a workshop titled «Emerging Technology and Open Data for a More Open Governmegovernment's General Services Administration (GSA)'s program «Emerging Citizen Technology» hosted a workshop titled «Emerging Technology and Open Data for a More Open GovernmentGovernment.»

The School District will continue to share news, announcements and recognitions on the website's homepage, as well as continue to operate its transparency in government webpage, renamed Open CCSD, to provide the community with a one - stop data warehouse.

e) Re-commit to open government and open data — in the coming years, transparency will be one of the key mechanisms by which the government can explain what it is doing, and ordinary people can feel they are well informed about the changes to come.

A new open licence has been introduced allowing government - owned data to be used freely.

These include strengthening the central government Chief Information Officer's role over ITC procurement, ensuring that ITC projects do not exceed # 100m in total value, opening up access to government data, reviewing large databases and scrapping ID cards and Contact Point.

Think of it as big data and open government meet Charity Navigator and Guidestar.

We were told back in 2010 that open data was going to make government really transparent and improve the way that government was done.

Government databases should be designed to be interoperable with other government databases and with outside data — which as NAF's Sascha Meinrath pointed out has the potential to open government to real crowGovernment databases should be designed to be interoperable with other government databases and with outside data — which as NAF's Sascha Meinrath pointed out has the potential to open government to real crowgovernment databases and with outside data — which as NAF's Sascha Meinrath pointed out has the potential to open government to real crowgovernment to real crowdsourcing.

Secondly if we are processing this data in these algorithms and models, how do we open those up to scrutiny to ensure that people really do understand what government is saying.

Today, New York City took a very important step towards getting more government digital data online when the NYC City Council passed Council Member Gale Brewer's NYC Open Data Bill, Intro 29 data online when the NYC City Council passed Council Member Gale Brewer's NYC Open Data Bill, Intro 29 Data Bill, Intro 29 - A.

Reinvent Albany has spent the last year looking at government open data sites around the world, and FRED is one of the best.

In Maryland, the Montgomery County Council has unanimously passed open data legislation which updates and improves the way government information is collected, managed, and published.

Cuomo's «Open NY» proposals included making government information available on one central website and trying to establish a network and augment sites for each state agency and authority under the governor's control with uniform downloadable catalogs of agency data and search engines.

The Open NY team remain committed to supporting the new open data culture within state governmOpen NY team remain committed to supporting the new open data culture within state governmopen data culture within state government.

And the open campaign system includes tools that journalists, watchdog groups, or other parts of government can use to import data straight into their systems.

At their recent annual summit in Ireland the Group of 8 rich nations — including the United States — formally agreed that opening up government data is good policy.

The prime minister hired Sir Tim on Wednesday, telling MPs he» «would help us drive the opening up of access to government data in the web over the coming month,» in order for government information to be accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people.

Sir Tim Berners Lee has said his new job of opening up government data was «beyond politics and beyond global borders» today.

As Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, has said in several opinions regarding the disclosure of pistol permit data beyond names and addresses, «the only instance in which records must be withheld would involve the case in which a statute prohibits disclosure.

From David King in this morning's Gotham Gazette, Technology Helping to Pry Open Government: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to unveil a major open data initiatives as early as this week — Sunshine Week — coming on the heels of the announcement earlier this year ofOpenBudget.ny.gov, a portal that allows citizens to look up the state's finanOpen Government: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to unveil a major open data initiatives as early as this week — Sunshine Week — coming on the heels of the announcement earlier this year ofOpenBudget.ny.gov, a portal that allows citizens to look up the state's finanopen data initiatives as early as this week — Sunshine Week — coming on the heels of the announcement earlier this year ofOpenBudget.ny.gov, a portal that allows citizens to look up the state's finances.

The system, tentatively titled «Checkbook,» is the next step in New York's slow but steady embrace of open government and open data.

Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out an ambitious open government agenda in his state of the state address, declaring his commitment to provide «easy, single - stop access to statewide and agency - level data, reports, statistics, compilations and information.»

Congratulations to Governor Cuomo and his staff for his March 11th Executive Order instructing state agencies and authorities controlled by the governor to «Use technology to promote transparency, improve government performance, and enhance citizen engagement» via a new open data initiative and website.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 64 more local governments across the state have signed up to share their data on open.ny.gov, a new and comprehensive data transparency website — just three days after its launch at the start of Sunshine Week, a national initiative designed to raise awareness about the importance of open government.

The Teachout - Wu tech policy emphasizes investments in Internet infrastructure, protection of personal data, new regulatory approaches to innovative companies and an emphasis on open government.

The other partners in the effort are the Sunlight Foundation, good government group Citizens Union, Socrata, web - developer coder training program Dev Bootcamp, and Ontodia, an open data solutions firm that has experience working with scraping PDFS and making them machine - readable.

New York State's open data initiative is particularly innovative and interesting from a national perspective, because it makes the state's data website available to local governments as a resource they can use to make their data easier for themselves and the public to find and use.»

But Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, said the bill would make it difficult to use handgun data for demographic purposes, and would roll back the trend of technology making it easier for the public to reap the benefits of FOIL.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

«It was quick and inexpensive for us to build because we follow, and in some cases are helping to create, national best practices in government for open data, open standards, and open - source software.»

Hillary Clinton tried to find a middle ground when asked about data privacy, but ultimately left the door open to the possibility of intrusive government data collection.

Nationally, other Code for America's Brigades are starting to question their candidates on their Open Government and Open Data positions.