Such data sharing naturally also benefits the public. Lou recalls that information like which bridges were out, which roads were cut, where rescue helicopters were operating, and where food and water were being distributed were tucked into some hard-to-find corner of a complicated ministry webpage packed with scads of unrelated information, or even was considered "internal" and not released at all!
他舉例，包括哪裡橋斷了、哪裡路不通等各地災損的即時通報，以及直昇機起降救災、物資發放的班表時程等資訊，過去不是暗藏在政府網站最不起眼的角落，就是屬於僅在內部傳遞、不對外公開的作業流程。