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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:34 PM Subject: Encouraging the use of environmental data To: [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to encourage software developers to use its data to make useful applications about the environment and human health. I'm wondering how we could apply social marketing techniques to encourage developers to use our data in this way. A little background: The Open Government Initiative encourages federal agencies to make data more accessible so it can be used in innovative and helpful ways. EPA makes a lot of its data accessible (see EPA Data Finder www.epa.gov/data and Data.gov and Data.gov http://search.usa.gov/search?query=epa&affiliate=datagov&x=0&y=0), but many developers don't even know it exists. They also don’t know that agencies encourage this kind of activity. Luckily, the developers I’ve spoken with are altruistic and are looking for ways to use their skills to make a difference. Other agencies, like the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, have made their data available and done a great job of building awareness about their data (see the Community Health Data Initiative http://www.hhs.gov/open/datasets/initiative_launch.html and the Health Data Community http://www.data.gov/health). The U.S. Department of Agriculture sponsored a challenge called Apps for Healthy Kids ( www.appsforhealthykids.gov ) that encouraged developers to make apps to keep kids healthy. How could EPA reach software developers and the people who would use these applications? You can respond to the listserv or to me directly. Thanks, Ethan Ethan McMahon || Office of Environmental Information || US EPA || 202-566-0359 Try EPA's Data Finder at www.epa.gov/data See EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment in 40 pages at http://oaspub.epa.gov/hd/home _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
