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Cancer Maps Show The Power And Limits Of Data For Public Policy

Joseph Marks | Nextgov.com | May 7, 2014

...Linda Pickle has spent decades using maps and other spatial analyses to gather insights from cancer data. She likely had the first copy of Geographic Information System software at the National Institutes of Health, NCI’s parent agency, she told Nextgov recently, and she’s watched as visualization data went from “little better than crayons” to Google Maps applications that nearly anyone can use...

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Energy Datapalooza: Open Data From The U.S. Department Of Energy

Steven Chu, Todd Park, and Nancy Sutley | Clean Technica | October 1, 2012

Imagine it is a scorching hot summer day, and your smart phone beeps, asking if you’d like it to raise your home thermostat a degree or two to save money.  Or, envision an easy-to-use software package that lets a building owner perform virtual energy audits at a fraction of the cost of in-person audits, so real savings are calculated instantly, building upgrades launched sooner, and construction jobs created faster. Read More »