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The Obama administration has introduced a plan calling for federal agencies to make their datasets publicly available as part of an open government initiative, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Shefali Kapadia writes that the White House wants agencies to prioritize the public’s research needs when sharing open data. “These efforts …

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has signed an executive order to open source municipal data as part of the city’s efforts to make the local government more transparent to the public, BostInno reported Monday. The executive order calls for city departments to release public record data sets on Boston’s open data …