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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3322
When I was Utah's CIO, I wrote what I called the Web Services Manifesto to create a list of principles that I though all government agencies should follow whenever they created an online resource. Their goal: set the data free. The idea is that government can't ever hope to create all the useful information resources that people need. For eGoverment to move beyond the "here's a good way to search our data" stage, these applications need to be shared and mashed-up. I hoped that by creating Web services where XML was always available, we'd allow others to build the services they needed that we'd never even think to build. It took some time, but some governments are starting to do just that. David Stephenson points to a Jon Udell column about the DC government's Center for Innovation and Reform. The first link in the main body is Live Data Feeds. Very nice. Already, the first real mashup of this data has been built. Pick a location on the right hand side of the page and see where crimes have occurred, road repairs need done, or other service requests have been made. Talk about accountability! DCStat is doing just that. The Atom and RSS feeds summarize activity, and all the details - including latitude and longitude - are included in DCStat's own XML format. Following the initial launch of the service request feed, new ones will appear at roughly two-week intervals throughout the summer and fall. These feeds will contain raw operational data about crime, property, housing code enforcement, and business and liquor licensing.
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