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Advocates move to make open data more beneficial to citizens

By Billy Mitchell · Wednesday, July 23, 2014 · 4:50 pm

Exploring the social impact of open data, Maureen Ohlhausen, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, and a group of panelists spoke Wednesday at an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event about creating conditions so open data can be most successful.

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USGS 3-D mapping data aims to save lives and money

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Cybercom event explores agency roles in cyber incident response

Cybersecurity and incident response are practices engrained in most every 21st century federal agency. But when it comes to a massive cyber attack requiring the aid of multiple, partnering groups, which agency does what? Last week, the U.S. Cyber Command demonstrated a specific framework for how several critical agencies can play complementary roles in the national cyber incident response process.

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Advocates move to make open data more beneficial to citizens

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Symantec Canada reveals the dark side of mobile

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Cybercom event explores agency roles in cyber incident response

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