<![CDATA[Data.Gov Launches: Why You Should Care and What You Should Do]]>

1.0 link 206494 <![CDATA[Data.Gov Launches: Why You Should Care and What You Should Do]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jake-brewer/datagov-launches-why-you_b_206494.html Sometimes the geekiest stuff is the most important. When it comes to creating a more transparent and accountable government, Thursday, May 21, is one of those sometimes.

On this beautiful morning, our nation's citizenry received one of the greatest gifts it could receive from its government: raw, freely and easily accessible data.

Mmmmm... data.

New federal CIO Vivek Kundra and the Obama Administration have officially launched Data.gov, which is the first-ever catalog of federal data being made freely (and easily)...

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