February 18, 2016

To Prevent Another Flint, Make All Open Data Machine Readable

This Jan. 21, 2016 photo shows the water tower at the Flint, Mich., water plant. Flint's mayor has floated a shockingly high price to fix the city's lead-contamination problem, saying it could millions to replace damaged pipes. (Perry Rech/American Red Cross via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The lead poisoning of the entire city of Flint, Michigan was preventable and should never have happened. Numerous pundits and industry experts have said this. Most of them, however, explain that if government had functioned properly, the environmental agencies would have properly communicated to their higher-ups and the problem would have been spotted much sooner. Those with a more cynical… Read More

Source: TechCrunch