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

Readers 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." 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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