White House announces National Day of Civic Hacking, declares open season ...

White House announces National Day of Civic Hacking, declares open season ...

By Jeff Blagdon on January 22, 2013 08:47 pm @jeffblagdon 7Comments Publicly-available Census or Department of Energy data can be a powerful tool in the right hands, and the White House wants to help get it there. The inaugural National Day of Hacking from June 1st to June 2nd is inviting everyone, regardless of experience to come together and help "liberate open data," building software that puts the government’s meticulously-compiled facts and figures to good use. Developers could visualize data in new and interesting ways, or build frameworks that

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  1. Steve Ressler

    121.0 days ago

    RT @LazyDonut: White House announces National Day of Civic Hacking, declares open season on government data http://t.co/dYlV107J

  2. Gov 2.0 Radio

    121.0 days ago

    RT @noruweijin White House announces National Day of Civic Hacking, declares open season on gov data http://t.co/pu0dN6fz #opengov #opendata

  3. Carl Malamud

    121.0 days ago

    First the national day of the big cheese, now the national day of the big data. http://t.co/jLUWfWQX I miss the cheese.



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