Open Data and Strong Data Visualizations Heighten the Quality of Debate on Federal Education Funding
The New America Foundation’s Federal Education Budget Project just launched a new website that opens up the largest set of public data on the U.S. public education system. While the site targets policy makers and the press, with its unique...
Schmidt Talks About Smart Policy and Openness Will Benefit Us
In a talk put on by the New America Foundation today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt talked about how government policy should spur innovation, and how it can. It was good to hear Schmidt emphasize the benefits of opening up government data – and how...