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May 9, 2013 09:04 pm GMT

How Obama's Open Data Order Could Save Lives, Energy Costs And Make Cool Apps

DA-SC-90-03096Readers may have noticed this morning that their geekiest politically oriented friends are freaking out like teenage girls at a Justin Bieber concert. Today, the big man in the White House signed a rare executive order that all federal data be made freely accessible in a form that can be utilized by software developers, lovingly known as "machine-readable format." Below, we compiled a list of some of the coolest applications developed with government data and, below that, a brief explainer why this new initiative matters.

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