Many government websites have a wealth of data on their websites. However, it has traditionally been very difficult to find and make use of the data due to usability issues. For the last several years, Tim Oreilly has been been pushing Gov 2.0 as an effort to push many of the web 2.0 ideas into Government. One key idea is that of providing a standards based platform for serving data. By making more data more consumable, ordinary citizens such as you and I can offer great insights into how our countries are running. Perhaps, we can look for patterns of wasteful spending. Maybe we can create a mashup which sheds light on the convoluted inner workings of our government. Perhaps we can highlight some of the ways in which our government is or is not serving us well. This is great, as it allows you and I to use our skills to be better citizens and make the world a better place.
Many countries are participating in this effort. Below are just a few:
Canada
England
Sweeden by a private citizen
USA
Various not-for-profit agencies have popped up to further this initiative as well such as http://opendatasearch.org/,http://opengovernment.org/, and http://sunlightlabs.com/.
What type of data would you like to see from your government? What would you do with it?
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