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Generate. Capture. Share. Apply Knowledge at the KM Expo

Posted by  on Tuesday, February 26th 2013     
The KM Center allows an exchange of ideas to provide solutions for people around the world, such as Ojok's family who was displaced from their land during a former war in Uganda. Photo credit:USAID

The Knowledge Management Expo, hosted by USAID, brings development community together to share projects and ideas to better able to achieve the ultimate goal of ending world poverty. Read more >>

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Video of the Week: Crowdsourcing at USAID: An Example for Aid Transparency & Open Data

Posted by  on Monday, January 14th 2013     
Shadrock Roberts talks about Crowdsourcing

Shadrock Roberts from USAID’s GeoCenter offers important lessons learned for government institutions who want to work with crowdsourced information at ICCM 2012. Read more >>

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At Datajam, Innovators and Entrepreneurs Unleash Open Data for Global Development

Posted by  on Thursday, January 3rd 2013     
Administrator Shah and CTO Park discuss open data's impact in development. Photo Credit: USAID.

USAID and the White House explored new ways of leveraging open data for development at Datajam event on December 10 Read more >>

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USAID’s Commitment to Transparency

Posted by  on Tuesday, October 9th 2012     

At USAID, transparency is an important part of our commitment to achieving sustainable development results and to doing business well.

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Food Security Open Data Challenge

Posted by  on Friday, May 25th 2012     

Last week, President Obama announced the G-8’s commitment to the “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition”, the next phase of the G-8’s shared commitment to achieving global food security and nutrition goals. One of the elements of this New Alliance is a focus on science, technology, and innovation including the importance of open and available food security [...]

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All Hands on Open Data: Mapping the Famine

Posted by  on Friday, September 23rd 2011     

USAID is starting to take a new approach to the data we release – from the types of data we release to the public, to the ways we actually release it. On Monday we launched a new campaign to raise awareness about the crisis in the Horn of Africa and, with it, released a set [...]

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