4.2: Public Goods
Unleash government's power as a provider of public goods Other Information:
Unleashing government's power as a provider of public goods -- Governments have for decades provided a set of public goods
such as national defense and free-to-air TV. Open data -- the release of massive, publicly-held data sets in machine-readable
"liquid" form that can readily be used by developers -- is arguably a new type of public good, with the potential to spur
innovation among companies and other nongovernment entities. Todd Park, the US chief technology officer, has hosted "Datapaloozas"
-- events at which innovators and entrepreneurs build cost-saving apps using the more than 350 government data sets from 12
US health agencies, available on Data.gov. Similarly, opening up education data sets in several countries has spurred the
creation of start-ups that use the data to improve teacher quality, reduce infrastructure costs, optimize school locations,
and in general help educators do more with less.
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