Data for the Public Good: How Data Can Help Citizens and Government

By: Alex Howard

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Synopsis: As we move into an era of unprecedented volumes of data and computing power, the benefits aren't for business alone. Data can help citizens access government, hold it accountable and build new services to help themselves. Simply making data available is not sufficient. The use of data for the public good is being driven by a distributed community of media, nonprofits, academics and civic advocates.This report from O'Reilly Radar highlights the principles of data in the public good, and surveys areas where data is already being used to great effect, covering: Consumer finance; Transit data; Government transparency; Data journalism; Aid and development; Crisis and emergency response; and Healthcare.