Digital Government

12 Ways for Congress to Step Up US Data Innovation

A new 12-step legislative program for Congress aims to improve the country's data innovation.

Ideas

DATA Act at Year 1: In Need of a Growth Hormone

For the first time, the DATA Act has made it someone's job to define, and later enforce, common standards that will allow users to match and search across financial, budget and award reports.

Emerging Tech

What Capital Bikeshare’s Busiest Bike Says About Open Data

Capital Bikeshare releases a plethora of data about its bike fleet. Developers have done some surprising things with the data.

Digital Government

Video: New Ideas from New Generations

Open data provides government with an opportunity to try new ideas and renew itself.

Digital Government

Video: Democratizing Data

How the open data revolution is really a part of something larger.

Digital Government

Few Americans Think Federal Open Data Programs Are Effective

Only 5 percent believe the federal government shares data effectively, according to a new survey from Pew.

Digital Government

Video: Making An Impact With Open Data

Why government needs more tools to get open data to the people.

Ideas

How to Not be the Next USAspending.gov

Here is a simple formula for any government working on the release of a new public-facing website.

Digital Government

Infographic: Manage the Surge in Unstructured Data

To figure out the best way to deal with the coming data surge, check out this infographic.

Digital Government

Video: How Open Data Improves Government Collaboration

Check out the 9th installment of our collaboration with Socrata's Open Data TV.

Digital Government

Rise of the Data Chiefs: Meet the Federal Officials Aiming to Usher in Government’s ‘Golden Age’ of Data

Nextgov sat down with five recently appointed agency chief data officers across government to discuss the mission of the agency CDO and whether there’s room in the federal organizational chart for yet another “chief.”

Digital Government

Timeline: Rise of the Chief Data Officer

Charting the evolution of the government's open data movement.