Data.gov Surpasses 100,000 Datasets
The number of datasets on Data.gov has increased from 47 to more than 100,000 - with new sets being added continuously, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag announced Friday in a blog post. The Web site was launched in May by White House Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra to provide raw feeds of government information from a range of agencies and departments. Since its launch, Data.gov has received more than 18 million hits. "The early response has been very positive. Individuals and organizations are not only viewing the data, but are also improving upon our work by analyzing and repurposing the information," Orszag wrote.
He also gave a shout out to the Sunlight Foundation, which recently launched Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge to elicit from the public the most innovative applications based on the data available on Data.gov. One of the submissions is FlyOnTime.us -- a Web site that uses data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, available on Data.gov, to let consumers to see estimated versus actual arrival times for flights on major commercial carriers. Kundra has also been been working with state and local governments to encourage them to open the warehouses of public data. California, the District of Columbia and Utah have already taken up the challenge. Click here for more.
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