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Help Us Strengthen Open Government

June 10, 2015 By Corinna Zarek, Office of Science and Technology Policy (originally posted on Whitehouse.gov on June 04, 2015)

Open data is key to a transparent, accountable, participatory, and collaborative open government. The 2nd U.S. Open Government National Action Plan called to expand U.S. open data by: managing government data as a strategic asset, launching an improved Data.gov , opening agriculture and nutrition data , and opening natural disaster-related data to support response and recovery efforts . In concert with fulfilling these commitments, the U.S. government has been moving the needle forward every … Continued

National Day of Civic Hacking – Citizens Wanted

June 4, 2015 By Jasamyn Roberts

The National Day of Civic Hacking (#NDoCH) is a national community engagement celebration with events taking place on Saturday, June 6, in several cities around the country such as Miami, Chicago, Nashville, Wichita, Boulder, San Diego and Houston to name … Continued

Save the Date…the National Day of Civic Hacking is Coming June 6!

May 22, 2015 By DJ Patil, Office of Science and Technology Policy (originally posted on Whitehouse.gov on May 12, 2015)

I’m excited to let you know about the third annual National Day of Civic Hacking , coming June 6, 2015, to a city near you! It’s a day when we’ll collaboratively build new solutions using publicly-released data, technology, and design processes to improve our communities … Continued

Launching the Police Data Initiative

May 22, 2015 By Megan Smith and Roy L. Austin, Jr., Office of Science and Technology Policy (originally posted on Whitehouse.gov on May 18, 2015)

Today, the President is in Camden to talk about the promising progress that city is making in enhancing community policing. Last December, President Obama launched the Task Force on 21st Century Policing to better understand specific policing challenges and help communities identify actions they can take to improve law enforcement and … Continued

Data.gov Turns Six!

May 21, 2015 By Jasamyn Roberts

Today is the sixth anniversary of Data.gov. Data.gov was launched on May 21, 2009 with just 47 datasets. It currently features over 130,000 datasets from across the country including those from 83 Federal agencies and sub-agencies. Since the landmark 2013 … Continued

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