San Francisco (CA) Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a new open data policy that asks city departments to make all datasets that are not considered confidential available on DataSF.org. In a guest post on Mashable.com, Newsom wrote:
By providing more government data, San Francisco’s world class technology community will be able to create even more useful civic tools, all at no cost to city government. This new ease of access will lead to innovation in how residents interact with government, resulting in social and economic benefits for San Francisco.
Newsom also challenged city departments to use open source software whenever possible. Link to full story on Mashable.
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