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Intel Probes the Private-Sector Side of Open Government Data
Intel, lead sponsor of last June's National Day of Hacking, has decided to examine several promising applications more closely.
Credit: Federal Computer Week
Last June's National Day of Civic Hacking drew 11,000 participants, and lead sponsor Intel recently decided to more closely examine a few promising applications with the goal of conducting practical experiments on how innovation takes place in and across business teams, and to see how large datasets can be used to develop new products and services.
For example, OMG Transit uses open data from public transportation services to give users end-to-end navigation without using a car. Meanwhile, the Disaster Recovery Assistance Tool connects first responders to residents in crisis situations. Purple Binder connects individuals with a range of social service providers, and Public Good Software develops platforms that help organizations connect with and maximize the efforts of donors and volunteers.
"Part of our interest is shifting the focus from what is the value imbedded and inherent in these large data sets, to how do those data sets contribute to a very contextualized applications of people in communities facing problems," says Intel Labs' Brandon Barnett. "The most interesting value is when those [large federal] datasets are a backdrop to very contextual personal data or community data and can serve those applications."
He says one future challenge could be convincing organizations to follow the government in opening up their data.
From Federal Computer Week
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