Making money from accessing the vast amounts of information collected by the U.S. government has been the basis for many commercial enterprises. The widespread use of Census Bureau data alone has been a great business resource for decades — with a relatively new twist as a component of Google Maps. Now the U.S. government has undertaken a major effort to make tons of federal information from all agencies more accessible for the general public and the business community.
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Feds to Open Data Access in a Big Way
Posted by: John K. Higgins May 29, 2013 05:00 AMMaking money from accessing the vast amounts of information collected by the U.S. government has been the basis for many commercial enterprises. The widespread use of Census Bureau data alone has been a great business resource for decades — with a relatively new twist as a component of Google Maps. Now the U.S. government has undertaken a major effort to make tons of federal information from all agencies more accessible for the general public and the business community.