1. Transforming
Federal
Informa1on
into
Open
Data
for
business
innova*on
Data
Transparency
2013
Ronald
Reagan
&
Interna.onal
Trade
Center
10-­‐Sept-­‐2013

2. Data
Transparency
2013
We are specialists in
Open Data Policy
& Implementation

3. Data
Transparency
2013
US
Government
spends
billions
of
dollars
collec1ng
data
that
is
locked
in
proprietary
data
silos
–
databases,
spreadsheets,
CRM
solu1ons,
data
warehouses
and
email
systems
Tax
payers
are
not
seeing
the
benefit
…

4. Until now …

5. NOAA
EPA AirNow
EPA Sunwise
Wikipedia
NLM

6. Legisla*ve
Branch
Progress
#1
-­‐
The
DATA
Act
Calls
for
publica1on
of
Federal
spending
data
using
open
data
standards.
#2
-­‐
Persistent
Iden*fiers
GPO
manages
an
online
version
of
Federal
informa1on
deemed
essen1al
to
our
democracy.
GPO
has
been
using
Open
Source
soEware
since
1998
to
run
essen*al
services
for
the
Federal
Government

7. Execu*ve
Branch
Leadership
Open
and
machine
readable
means
“data
is
structured
in
a
way
that
enables
the
data
to
be
fully
discoverable
and
usable
by
end
users.”
-­‐
Execu1ve
Office
of
the
The
President,
OMB,
9-­‐May-­‐2013

8. Data
Transparency
2013
Increased innovation by entrepreneurs
& industry
Lowered Costs by eliminating duplication
& fraud
Reduced burden on regulated industries
Value
MODEL
PROPOSITION

9. Data
Transparency
2013
Policy
e.g.,
DATA
Act
Open
Source
Community
Engagement
Best
Prac1ces
Open
Data
Standards
Drupal
GitHub
Callimachus
PURLs
…
Persistent
IDs
Open
Data
Open
Data
Ecosystem
Government
Entrepreneurs
Industry
Researchers
Standards
bodies
RDFa
JSON-­‐LD
XML
…

10. Data
Transparency
2013
Leverage
Open
CDC
EPA
US
Census
DBpedia
Pub
Med
NLM
Web
of
Data
Data
silos
SMS
Email
Web
Persistent
Iden1fiers
DATA,
OPEN
SOURCE
&
WEB
STANDARDS

11. Data
Transparency
2013
• Long
track
record
of
innova1on
on
the
Web
• Runs
produc1on
Web
services
for
the
Legisla1ve
Branch
and
Federal
Agencies
• Strategists
for
persistent
iden1fiers
for
high
availability
Web
sites
• Commercial
support
for
the
leading
Open
Source
Linked
Data
pla^orm,
Callimachus
• Woman-­‐owned
small
business,
based
in
Arlington
VA
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