Investing in Open Government to Create A More Efficient and
Effective Government Ed. Note: This post is part of our Sunshine
Week series, a national initiative to celebrate and focus on
government transparency and open government. Federal agencies
collect enormous amounts of data about such diverse matters as
automobile safety, air travel, air quality, workplace safety,
drug safety, nutrition, crime, obesity, the employment market,
and health care. The Obama Administration has made it a priority
to share this and other government information – what the
President has called a “national asset” – to improve citizen
education and decision-making, and to spur innovation and job
creation. Federal agencies are working hard to foster open
government, and we encourage you to examine what they have done.
For example: - The Department of Homeland Security created
“Virtual USA,” enabling public safety officials across all
levels of government to share information in real time, and
improve response to national disasters.