Data.gov is coming: Let’s help build it.

Barack Obama rode into office with a high-tech, open source campaign that digitized the book on campaigning.

Now, with his selection of a celebrated open data advocate as his Chief Information Officer, Obama appears serious about bringing those same principles to the executive branch’s treasure trove of data.

Vivek Kundra, the new CIO, comes to the White House from a similar role as the CTO of Washington, D.C., where he garnered kudos for his clear-headed approach to making data feeds from dozens of city agencies accessible.

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