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- Title: Data for the Public Good
- Author : Alex Howard
- Release Date : January 21, 2012
- Genre: Computers,Books,Computers & Internet,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2646 KB
Description
As we move into an era of unprecedented volumes of data and computing power, the benefits aren't for business alone. Data can help citizens access government, hold it accountable and build new services to help themselves.
Simply making data available is not sufficient. The use of data for the public good is being driven by a distributed community of media, nonprofits, academics and civic advocates.
This report from O'Reilly Radar highlights the principles of data in the public good, and surveys areas where data is already being used to great effect, covering:
Consumer financeTransit dataGovernment transparencyData journalismAid and developmentCrisis and emergency responseHealthcare