The Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI) provides open source software that helps government organizations publish data on the web using open standards. OGDI software components can be deployed in the cloud to make data instantly browsable, queryable, and accessible via APIs. OGDI exposes data in standard formats like AtomPub, JSON, and KML and comes with samples to access data from popular web platforms and languages. It aims to accelerate data publishing, promote use of government data, and drive policy based on experience publishing data on the cloud.