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Obama Administration To Require Government Agencies to Make Information Available in Open Formats
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| The Obama Administration's Open Government
| Directive was unveiled today. Concerning
| open formats the key provisions are:
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| âeach agency shall take prompt steps to
| expand access to information by making it
| available online in open formats...â..To
| the extent practicable and subject to
| valid restrictions, agencies should
| publish information online in an open
| format that can be retrieved, downloaded,
| indexed, and searched by commonly used web
| search applications. An open format is one
| that is platform independent, machine
| readable, and made available to the public
| without restrictions that would impede the
| re-use of that information........â
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| Just give us the data! That's been the
| mantra of open-government enthusiasts,
| developers among them, who have created
| mashups â web-based tools that make the
| reams of government data more accessible
| and, importantly, put this data to
| effective public use. For example, Stumble
| Safely, highlighted in a recent New York
| Times article, links data regarding
| incidents of crime with popular locations,
| such as bars, restaurants and
| transportation hubs to help guide people
| home safely after a night out.
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http://www.odfalliance.org/blog/index.php/site/obama_open_government_directive_odf/
Recent:
Open Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Plan
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| Open Source has been one of the most significant cultural developments in IT
| and beyond over the last two decades: it has shown that individuals, working
| together over the Internet, can create products that rival and sometimes beat
| those of giant corporations; it has shown how giant corporations themselves,
| and Governments, can become more innovative, more agile and more
| cost-effective by building on the fruits of community work; and from its IT
| base the Open Source movement has given leadership to new thinking about
| intellectual property rights and the availability of information for reâuse
| by others.
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http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/index.asp
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