Sessions at Strata 2011 about Government on Thursday 3rd February

Open access to information promises to connect citizens to their representatives, improving government transparency and helping educators transform the classroom. In this real-world panel, practitioners in government and the public sector will give us a glimpse into how data and new interfaces are transforming how we teach and govern.

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Data integration and viz technology have given rise to an appetite for government data–the Gov 2.0 movement. Do government agencies have good data? Sort of: I believe that an understanding of data limitations has gotten short shrift in the drive to develop the next app. I'll discuss why a knowledge of the complexities of government data is crucial to building quality decision-making tools.

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