PayPal and the U.S. Department of Commerce have partnered to bolster exports with open data. In a joint blog post on Aug. 10, Commerce’s Chief Data Officer Ian Kalin announced  that the e-commerce site PayPal had committed to sharing data …

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When it comes to emerging roles such as those of chief data officer or chief analytics officer, one of the few constants is change. New personalities step into the limelight, industries contribute their own twists and early experiments can evolve …

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The City of Los Angeles steps out again as an open data leader, while Minneapolis gets set to improve its open data game. Plus: Civic tech strikes again, this time in NYC. Government as Data Consumer Ron Galperin, the Controller …

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