Over
the past two years, the NRC has undertaken a number of initiatives to
support President Obama’s emphasis on Open Government. We have, for
example, made public
29 high-value datasets and embraced a variety of
social media channels,
including this blog, to share information. These initiatives are in
addition to the variety of ways we have historically engaged the public.
on Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People. That memorandum launched a comprehensive
Digital Government Strategy
to enhance service to the public through the use of emerging
technologies. Two of the goals in the strategy are to provide
information to stakeholders on mobile devices, and provide application
developers (not our typical stakeholders) ready access to data for
subsequent analysis and use.
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We’ve also proposed two services that we could optimize for mobile use,
and five systems that we could “web-enable” for developers using
application programming interfaces (APIs). Availability of these new
services and systems is targeted for May 23, 2013. For details, see
Taking the Next Step.
We’ve
based these selections on inputs we’ve received from the public over
time through e-mails and web requests, as well as our own information on
web page usage and dataset downloads. Nonetheless, we’d like your
feedback on what’s important to you. We invite you to
Tell Us Your Thoughts
, and let us know if we’re on the right track to meet your needs.
So,
lend a hand and help us take the next step to build a 21st century
platform to better serve the American people. We would appreciate your
comments by August 30th, and we thank you in advance for your
suggestions.
Stu Reiter
Senior Advisor, E-Government
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