Ideas

Moving Beyond the PDF Era: 3 Reasons to Embrace Financial Transparency

President Barack Obama's 2016 budget request reflected the values of data-driven government.

  • By Ari Hoffnung
Digital Government

Amid Open Data Push, Agencies Feel Urge for Analytics

Agencies are turning to industry, academia and outside researchers for cutting-edge analytics tools to parse through their data to derive insights.

  • By Jack Moore
Digital Government

Survey: Governments’ Pledge to be ‘Open by Default’ Still Mostly a Talking Point

A newly released World Wide Web Foundation survey found more than 90 percent of the polled nations still keep reams of government data hidden from the public.

  • By Hallie Golden
Digital Government

Here’s What People Did Before They Could Google Things

Before there was Google, there were librarians.

  • By Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz
Digital Government

Scientists Have a Sharing Problem

Competition and disorganization within their disciplines prevent many researchers from making their data publicly available, which is stunting scientific progress.

  • By Maggie Puniewska, The Atlantic
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