127372 http://uservoice.com/users/127372-richardbronosky http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/59473f927637182d5c791abcff22dab8?default=http://uservoice.com/images/icons/default-avatar.jpg RichardBronosky RichardBronosky RichardBronosky 39 1563 68532 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/68532-open-government-data-apis-xml-rss- We can unleash a wave of civic innovation if we open up government data to programmers. The government has a treasure trove of information: legislation, budgets, voter files, campaign finance data,... We can unleash a wave of civic innovation if we open up government data to programmers. The government has a treasure trove of information: legislation, budgets, voter files, campaign finance data, census data, etc. Let's STANDARDIZE, STRUCTURE, and OPEN up this data. 6157 33 6111 Obama CTO general 117031 frontseat frontseat frontseat 2008-11-11T21:10:59Z 2008-11-11T22:11:47Z general 69029 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/69029-all-legislation-precedence-and-codes-publicly-avail-at-no- Make all legislation, precendence, laws, municpal codes, etc publically available at no charge, and providing a means of indexing, sorting, searching, and determining differences with updates and... Make all legislation, precendence, laws, municpal codes, etc publically available at no charge, and providing a means of indexing, sorting, searching, and determining differences with updates and bills. It needs source control! 356 8 6111 Obama CTO general 125260 anonymous anonymous anonymous 2008-11-12T03:22:02Z 2008-11-12T03:22:02Z general 69174 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/69174-complete-the-job-on-metrication-that-ronald-reagan-defunded The government has failed to take the lead on completing the task of moving the country completely to the SI metric system. George H.W. Bush tried to do something about it, but gave the bureaucrats an ... The government has failed to take the lead on completing the task of moving the country completely to the SI metric system. George H.W. Bush tried to do something about it, but gave the bureaucrats an easy out. Failure to follow the same measurement standards as the rest of the world is costing US industry something like $1 trillion per year. 6941 109 6111 Obama CTO general 125818 BillPotts BillPotts BillPotts 2008-11-12T06:55:43Z 2008-11-12T06:55:43Z general 69637 http://ideas.obamacto.org/pages/6111-obama-cto/suggestions/69637-gov-to-be-ran-on-100-free-software Premise: Software is licensed to distribute the overhead of its initial development, the cost of which few organizations could afford. Because all government software purchases are made with public... Premise: Software is licensed to distribute the overhead of its initial development, the cost of which few organizations could afford. Because all government software purchases are made with public funds, the public should be licensed to use it. Proposition: All future investments are to be made in software that is licensed to grant use and source code access to all governed subjects. Security will be maintained with the use of trusted concepts, including asymmetric cryptography, and not rely on the obscurity of closed source software. Where viable further development of existing operating systems and applications will be funded. Where not viable, or where competition is lacking, new projects will be originated. No patents will be granted for pubic works. Release of existing patents will be used as bargaining in the contract bidding process. Opinion: The ability of corporations and individuals to support themselves by developing software will not be impeded. On the contrary, the funding will be fair market representations of what the development is worth. The only thing that will change is that public will receive direct benefit from having paid for the software. The result will be a new renaissance in software advancement. We will also realize boons in hardware utilization and life cycle extension, helping to relieve the e-waste crisis. 2417 42 6111 Obama CTO general 127372 RichardBronosky RichardBronosky RichardBronosky 2008-11-12T18:03:58Z 2008-11-12T18:03:58Z general 2008-11-12T16:28:18Z 2009-10-31T15:01:19Z