{"id":6422,"date":"2016-06-24T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2016-05-20T08:06:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:06:41","slug":"open-data-use-of-government-open-data-promotes-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/open-data-use-of-government-open-data-promotes-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Data: Use of Government Open Data Promotes Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What\u00a0has been\u00a0the effect of the use of Open Data by governments? \u00a0A <a href=\"http:\/\/opendataenterprise.org\/map\/reports\/May2016Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new report\u00a0from the Center for Open Data Enterprise and the Open Data for Development Network<\/a> examined the use of Open Data by 87 different countries.<\/p>\n<p>Findings from the report include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developed, high-income countries are more likely to use Open Data<\/li>\n<li>The four main uses 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