data.world Named NTIS Joint Venture Partner to Improve Use of Federal Data

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 21, 2016 -- data.world today announced its selection to enter into a joint venture partnership agreement with the Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Once the partnership is formed, federal agencies will be able to further distribute their open data in order to make it more discoverable, meaningful, and collaborative to speed innovation and drive positive outcomes.

“Open data concerning the nation’s economy, population, and environment is a major transformative force, and has the potential to solve some of our country’s hardest problems,” said Brett Hurt, co-founder and CEO of data.world. “data.world looks forward to helping make it easier for federal agencies to effectively share and use their data with internal stakeholders, data scientists, civic technologists, and citizens.”

The federal government collects an enormous amount of useful data about everything from weather and climate to statistics on the U.S. economy, population, and demographics to trade statistics by market and industry, including jobs supported by exports. Joint venture partnerships with organizations like data.world will help federal agencies efficiently use, share, analyze and gain insights from these national data resources, either alone or in combination with non-federal data.

“We want to accelerate the data innovation process by quickly connecting private sector experts with agencies striving to create smart cities, deliver critical public services, enhance operational excellence or improve accessibility and interoperability among national data sets,” said NTIS Director Avi Bender in a press release.

“We expect the new data science platforms, tools, and apps created through these partnerships to help agencies save time and money through innovative, effective ways to manage data in carrying out their mission and operations,” continued Bender. “By working on challenging data problems, NTIS JVPs will be in a position to leverage spin-off benefits through improvements to their data products and services.”

Launched in July 2016, data.world offers a data platform and community that makes it fast and easy to find and use data to solve problems. With data.world, people who work with data can quickly and easily discover, prepare, and share it, as well as effectively collaborate in real time to solve important problems.

Additional News Facts:

• data.world is one of 35 organizations selected to enter into a joint venture partnership agreement with NTIS. Additional partners include Amazon Web Services, HP Enterprise Services, IBM Corporation, and Palantir, as well as leading academic institutions including Stanford University and others.
• More details on the announcement can be found in NTIS press release, NTIS Announces Selection of 35 Joint Venture Partners: A Major Milestone for the Data Economy

About NTIS
NTIS provides innovative data services to federal agencies, through joint venture partnerships with the private sector that advance federal data priorities, promote economic growth and enable operational excellence. As a fee-supported agency, it receives no appropriations from Congress.

About data.world
data.world strives to build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world. The company eases data discovery, collaboration, and use to solve the most complex academic, commercial, and societal problems. data.world operates as a public-benefit corporation and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Visit data.world and follow @datadotworld and facebook.com/datadotworld for more information.

data.world Media Contact:
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