metadata Archives

From left: Former Director of the Health Data Initiative Damon Davis, Beth Beck of NASA, Jeff Meisel of the U.S. Census Bureau and Brett Hurt of data.world speak at a panel on open data at the SXSW Conference in Austin on March 11, 2017.

Heads up developers, some census data just became easier to use

It will be more easy to use the American Community Survey's most granular data and build apps out of it because it has been transformed into linked…

Mar 11, 2017

NSA review panel offers preview of Obama reforms

The headquarters of the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md. (Photo: Wikipedia) The panel appointed by President Barack Obama to study and recommend changes to the…

Jan 15, 2014

NSA review group recommends significant changes

The NSA review group established earlier this year by President Barack Obama has issued its 300-plus-page report with a total of 46 recommendations. (Photo: DOD) A five-member…

Dec 19, 2013

NSA leaks amplify media, privacy, intelligence divide

There’s a great scene in the 2007 Hollywood blockbuster, “The Bourne Ultimatum,” in which Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon) tells fictional Guardian reporter Simon Ross (played by…

Nov 6, 2013