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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Open Data Roundtables Set Out To Make Data Accessible To Benefit Economy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">By
<a href="http://www.bsminfo.com/author/trisha-leon"><span style="color:#0033CC;text-decoration:none">Trisha Leon</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">,
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.opendata500.com/roundtables/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0033CC;text-decoration:none">Open Data Roundtable</span></a>
meetings have begun, a step in the partnership of government agencies with industry to ensure that the
<b><i>data sets the government publishes directly benefit the economy</i></b>.. Doms also listed the key insights he took away from the June 18 Open Data Roundtable:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">There is a strong desire for data consistency across the Commerce Department, and indeed the federal government. </span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Data should be catalogued in a common, machine-readable format. </span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Data should be accessible in bulk, allowing the private sector greater flexibility to harness the information. </span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">The use of a single platform for access to government data would create efficiencies and help coordination across agencies.</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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