Lightning talk from Data.gov for the Africa Open Data Jam in connection with the U.S.-Africa Summit, Washington D.C., August 5, 2014.

1. Creating Change with
Open Data
@usdatagov Jeanne Holm
Evangelist, Data.gov
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2. Releasing and using
open data is about
empowering people to
make better decisions
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3. 111,000+ collections
349 citizen apps
500,000 data
resources
230 organizations
450 APIs
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4. Presidential Executive Order
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5. Project Open Data: Open Source Policy
 Open source
government policy,
technical guidance,
and software
 Citizen contributions
to policy, code, and
content
 http://project-open-
data.github.io/
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6. Open Exchanges with Citizens
Data jams and
data paloozas and events
at theWhite House,
agencies, and everywhere
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7. 7
Changing Lives
Saving Lives
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8. Agriculture Drives Innovation and Saves Lives
Farmers’ Markets
mFarm
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11. Climate Corporation
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13. A Global
Movement Has
Begun to Provide
Transparency and
Democratization
of Data
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14. Open Source, Open Collaboration
The Open Government Platform is co-developed by India, Ghana,
Canada, and the U.S.
http://ogpl.github.io/index-en.html
Contribution to the Open Government Platform
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17. Helping to improve the
lives of people in our
community
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