Digital Government
A Playbook for How Cities Should Share and Protect Data
A detailed guide from Harvard helps governments protect residents’ personal information in open-data initiatives.
Digital Government
Senate Passes OPEN Government Act
The bill would require agencies to make data available in a machine-readable format.
Digital Government
The Progress and Pitfalls of Government's Open Data Efforts
It’s one thing to put the data out there for the public to consume or to potentially spark new industries; it’s another to standardize those data sets.
Digital Government
What IARPA Knows About Your Canceled Dinner Reservation
It could predict impending disease outbreaks.
Digital Government
How Publicly Posting Data Can Cut Through Red Tape
U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil said federal open data is in the beta stages.
Digital Government
CIA Can Anticipate Social Unrest ‘Three to Five Days’ Out in Some Cases
The agency's use of sophisticated algorithms and analytics have significantly improved its ability to predict events.
Digital Government
Medicine at Forefront of White House Open Data Initiatives
For at least two projects, the impetus is personal as well as technological.
Digital Government
How the 'Data Cabinet' Could Break Down Project Barriers
Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil wants to connect government data professionals so they can help other agencies.
Digital Government
Can Twitter Fit Inside the Library of Congress?
Six years ago, the world’s biggest library decided to archive every single tweet. Turns out that’s pretty hard to do.
Digital Government
Commerce Data Guru Announces Departure
In a post on Medium on Thursday evening, Tyrone Grandison, Commerce’s deputy chief data officer, announced his planned exit nearly exactly a year after he joined the agency.
Digital Government
Commerce Wants To Help You Make Money From Federal Data
The department is looking for businesses to help government use data.
Digital Government
You’ve Heard of the DATA Act. Now, Get Ready for the EDIT Act.
The Establishing Digital Interactive Transparency Act would require congressional bills posted online to include a “track changes-style system”showing all the tweaks made to legislation as it makes its way through Congress.
Cybersecurity
Farenthold: Cyber Will Be Next Administration's Greatest Challenge
Reports of self-radicalized terrorists could force lawmakers to draw boundaries for what citizens can consume on the internet.
Digital Government
Scientists Build Public, Searchable Database for Cancer Data
The project supports the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Digital Government
Survey: More Than Half of Feds Want to Unleash As Much Data As Possible
These effort should “go beyond basic sharing," 60 percent of the survey respondents said.
Digital Government
Treasury Finalizes Guide to DATA Act Standards
The DATA Act requires federal agencies to publish their spending data.
Digital Government
Are Agencies Drowning in Data Mandates?
There's the DATA Act, the OPEN Government Act and others. Can agencies keep up?
Digital Government
White House Wants Techies to Delve Into Police Data
The program intends to make police data more transparent to the public.
Digital Government
Despite ‘Agile’ Approach, Agencies Might Not Meet DATA Act Deadline
It’s been almost two years since Congress passed legislation requiring agencies to standardize spending data.
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