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    {"title" :"DigitalGov Monthly Theme: How Data and Code Improve Government Services","summary" : "Data and code are the foundation, building blocks, and cornerstone of government digital services. They are the keys that open the door to a better digital government future and are fundamental in making government more open.","date" : "2015-03-10T11:43:05-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman","jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
            "application-programming-interface" : "Application programming interface",
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-10-digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services.md","slug" : "digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/10/digitalgov-monthly-theme-how-data-and-code-improve-government-services/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eData and code are the foundation, building blocks, and cornerstone of government digital services. They are the keys that open the door to a better digital government future and are \u003ca href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/open\"\u003efundamental in making government more open\u003c/a\u003e. No matter who you are or where you work in the federal space, data and code enable your projects to meet real needs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/10/600-x-450-USA-Networking-Vicente-Barcelo-Varona-Hemera-Thinkstock-100748265.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Digital photo of U S A Networking concept with binary code and website scripting overlays\"/\u003e\u003cp\u003eVicente Barcelo Varona, Hemera, Thinkstock\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis month we’re featuring articles around the theme of data and code. Here’s a sneak peek of what we have lined up:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/11/data-code-and-api-event-round-up/\"\u003eA summary of recent programming from DigitalGov University on opening data, code and building APIs\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/13/us-canada-and-mexico-collaborate-to-improve-open-government-and-digital-services/\"\u003eHow the U.S., Mexico and Canada are working together to improve digital citizen services via open data\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/16/why-your-apis-need-design-help/\"\u003eWhy (and how) your APIs need design help\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/20/structured-content-in-government-how-hhs-and-nci-are-getting-started/\"\u003eHow the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Cancer Institute got started with open and structured content models\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/23/web-metadata-publishing-using-xml/\"\u003eLessons learned from two Securities and Exchange Commission projects that use XML for Web metadata publishing\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/30/on-the-spot-must-have-ifttt-recipes-for-government/\"\u003eThe most relevant and useful If This Then That recipes for federal digital managers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/25/http-vs-https-is-it-time-for-a-change/\"\u003eFederal employees weigh in on the use of HTTP versus HTTPS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd speaking of open, the theme for our Spring 2015 Citizen Services Summit is \u003cem\u003eopen\u003c/em\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/communities/social-media/\"\u003eSocialGov\u003c/a\u003e team \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/05/u-s-public-participation-playbook-open-for-coders-and-designers-on-github/\"\u003eopened the U.S. Public Participation Playbook to coders\u003c/a\u003e last month. The Playbook itself is open, with contributions and feedback solicited throughout the development process. Remember that every Wednesday, Bill Brantley from USDA writes the weekly \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/topics/application-programming-interface/\"\u003eAPI Briefing\u003c/a\u003e where you can learn how government APIs are transforming government and improving services. We also encourage you to learn how you can \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/10/introducing-get-your-open-data-on-data-gov/\"\u003eget your data on Data.gov\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/04/data-govs-data-pipeline-explained/\"\u003ehow their data pipeline works\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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