/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/authors/todd-park/ Recent content on Digital.gov Hugo en-us /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/12/delivering-a-customer-focused-government-through-smarter-it/ Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:29:36 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/12/delivering-a-customer-focused-government-through-smarter-it/ As technology changes, government must change with it to address new challenges and take advantage of new opportunities. This Administration has made important strides in modernizing government so that it serves its constituents more effectively and efficiently, but we know there is much more to do. Last year, a group of digital and technology experts /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/14/continued-progress-and-plans-for-open-government-data/ Wed, 14 May 2014 13:30:22 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/14/continued-progress-and-plans-for-open-government-data/ One year ago today, President Obama signed an executive order that made open and machine-readable data the new default for government information. This historic step is helping to make government-held data more accessible to the public and to entrepreneurs while appropriately safeguarding sensitive information and rigorously protecting privacy. Freely available data from the U.S. government