Data for the Public Good

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Alex, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information society--United States.

Information society.

Information technology--Social aspects--United States.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 15 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] O'Reilly Media Incorporated 2012

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 Healthcare

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781449329761

1449329764

OCLC:

798923540