- Key Obama Administration leaders addressed DT2016, including OMB Director Shaun Donovan, United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth, and Chief Information Officer Tony Scott. They described the progress of the open data movement in the US, including the passage and implementation of the DATA Act and FOIA reform.
- Over 50 speakers spoke about transforming government information into open data - representing dozens of federal agencies, state governments, and innovative programs from Estonia, the Netherlands, and Australia.
- The Treasury Department's DATA Act team, led by Dave Lebryk and Christina Ho, gave DT2016 attendees the first-ever public demonstration of the DATA Act Broker, an open source software that helps federal agencies standardize spending data to comply with the DATA Act of 2014.
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