Sunday, March 14, 2010

Federal CIO

I just listened to a NPR interview with Obama's federal CIO, Todd Park, and learned of the following cool ways that the government is giving Americans access to decision-making and data.

Tell Health and Human Services what you want
http://www.hhs.gov/open/

Download high value government data
http://www.data.gov/

Get up-to-date flight times before you fly
http://flyontime.us/

I'm curious how much nonprofits & individuals, consultants & businesses, and travelers will use this data. As someone who doesn't follow politics, I'm now interested in government developments.