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data loss privatization mis-publication greater respect for privacy and other citizen concerns, and excessive secrecy

The use of open source software, cloud computing technologies, and an integrated approach to search, video, and social media seems almost common-place in industry these days. Yet government websites aren’t quite there with the exception of a few noteable exceptions (not an exhaustive list by any means). This is why I’m so excited about that NASA has recently released an RFI (Request for Information) for information on how to build a better public website nasa.gov and intranet insdie.nasa.gov. This is a really big step for NASA, but,we truly need your help.

The Whitehouse CIO has released a strategy, entitled "Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People", providing federal agencies with a 12-month plan that focuses on

I find business cases for data publishers much more compelling than examples of how open data can be used. For a start, I don’t think it’s possible to predict how open data will be used or what that will mean in terms of economic or societal impact: the wide world into which it’s released is just too complex to know.

One argument I’ve heard made about government open data is that releasing it can help organisations avoid the costs of Freedom of Information requests.

The reverse of cost avoidance is finding sponsors for open data publication.

CDU-Politiker Michael Kretschmer versucht aus der starren Abwehrhaltung der Union in der Internetpolitik auszubrechen

Die Politik müsste weniger Regulierung und mehr Freiräume für Innovation schaffen – sowie flexible Förderinstrumente für kleine und kleinste Software-Unternehmen und zivilgesellschaftliche Initiativen im Bereich IT.

Wenn Kretschmer es schaffen könnte, die Union für ein data.gov.de zu bewegen, wäre aber auch schon viel gewonnen.