THE 4TH AND LAST WHITE HOUSE OPEN DATA ROUNDTABLE: OPEN DATA FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION
As we saw in our recap of the 2nd White House Open Data Round Table, data quality is crucial to Open Data. But looking further than just this one massive subject, it is also crucial to the growth of Public-Private collaboration through data interoperability. The White House releases Open Data in the context of an asset. “Data as an asset” is encoded on the White House policy of “open by default” detailed in memorandum M13-13. To make possible the release of higher value Open Data to the public, the White House Office of Science and Technology (OST) in conjunction with the Center for Open Data Enterprise, convened four Roundtables. This last Roundtable was on Public-Private Collaboration. OPEN DATA AS AN ASSET The Center for Open Data Enterprise’s own page on the Roundtables states their objectives: Identify Open Data case studies, learned lessons, and best practices across the Federal Government; Strengthen a community of technical, legal, and policy experts in support of Open Data