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A presentation to the W3C Government Linked Data group meeting on June 29 in Washington DCTRANSCRIPT
Breaking the Barriers to Open Government Data
Jeanne HolmEvangelist, Data.gov
June 29, 2011
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President’s Innovation Agenda
“A Strategy for American Innovation” published September 2009
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Data.gov for the Economy
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Data.gov
• Break down stovepipes• Provide instant access
to raw data in easy to use formats
• Encourage development of innovative applications
• Drive innovation and knowledge use across the globe
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K-12 Education
AgenciesGovernment Stakeholders
Developers
Citizens
Industry
State, local, tribal
International
Communities: health, law,
ethics…
Community for Government Data
Academia
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Data.Gov Services
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Think Big, Start Small, Innovate
Data.gov Quick Facts Launch:May 21, 2009 May 18, 2011
Total datasets available 47 390,654
Hits to Data.gov 0 204.3 million
Apps and mash-ups by citizens and government 0 272 + 996
RDF triples for semantic applications 0 6.4 billion
Dataset downloads 0 2.0 million
Nations establishing open data sites 0 14
States offering open data sites 0 29
Cities in North America with open data sites 0 11
Open data contacts in Federal agencies 24 396
Agencies and subagencies participating 7 172
Communities 0 5
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Easy to Find Data
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The Power of Visualizations
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• Provides developers the tools and raw data formats to develop new capabilities
• Close partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Connected to other open data efforts across the world
Semantic Technologies
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Data-Driven CommunitiesCommunityRestore the Gulf ✓Open Data ✓Semantic Web ✓Health ✓Law ✓EducationEnergyDevelopersForeign trade productsHuman rightsClimateMarine and coastalFinance and consumerOpen data research
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Learn at Data.gov
• Resources for students and teachers
• Lesson plans and videos
• Showcase student projects using government data
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Tapping the Ingenuity of the Public
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Supporting Global EventsJapanese tsunami, earthquake,
and radiation monitoring
Restore the Gulf: Deepwater Horizon
Response
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The Path Ahead
• Bring data up and out of government to the public ★• Make data accessible and linked ★★★★★• Provide simple ways to visualize the data• Create communities to understand and apply data• Connect and collaborate with small businesses,
industry, and academia to drive innovation• Share with others to understand global issues
Be the change you want to see in the world– Ghandi
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A Global Movement Has
Begun to Provide Transparency and Democratization
of Data
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Let’s work together to set the data free!
www.Data.Gov@usdatagov
[email protected]@JeanneHolm
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