The Obama administration has begun transitioning its primary open-data website onto a cloud-based platform as Data.gov Next Generation. However, the change brings some questions about when the move is officially happening and whether it's fully funded.
The Obama administration has begun transitioning its primary open-data website onto a cloud-based platform as Data.gov Next Generation. Features of the next iteration of Data.gov are also being highlighted on a website hosted by Socrata, an open-data company. Socrata was among the vendors that were awarded a $46 million blanket purchase agreement in October 2010 to deliver dataset hosting services for Data.gov.
David McClure’s job is to help federal agencies keep pace with the latest technologies, including social media, collaboration platforms and mobile applications, so they can use those technologies to better communicate with the public.
A new bill designed to improve federal government transparency won't be considered by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, according to Federal News Radio.
