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Making headlines this hour. As european leaders discuss illegal immigration at a brussels summit, the Italian Coast Guard says more than 700 migrants are being rescued near sicily in the last 24 hours alone. The french and german governments demand talks with washington as anger grows over americas spying on european leaders. The row undermines the global fight against terrorism. Heading to the polls in the first election in madagascar since the militarybacked to coup. First, discussing immigration in the wake of the lampedusa tragedy in which 367 people died when the boat sank off the italian...

Well launch in about a month or two. Thank you very much. Were really happy to be here. applause cool, were going to do a short panel talking about the state of open data and sort of what specifically some of these companies are doing which youve gotten a brief peek on. Again, youre probably familiar with, already know who a lot of these people are. Really quick go down and have everyone introduce them self. Hello,ishv. My name is ian kalen, hottved by the department of energy and i support thuous us chief Technology Officer todd park who is not the cto, but assistant to the president. And im ...

Park, we sought to have a Health Data Palooza proceeded by health data jambs or modeling sessions, jams sounded more fun, we can invite entrepreneurs in and see what can be done and created Real Products within a few months. That is being rolled out at education, energy, treasury, u. S. Aid, other agencies as well. These programs are celebrating the use of open data and hopefully will provide some additional support. I think there are even folks here who have been part of these events. Were excited for that continued support and hope you can all join this initiative in the neutral. Future. So,...

That are doing really well in terms of open data . I should be clear. When San Francisco is third, we have a pact. Ill add to that actually. Whats great in San Francisco is there is not just going to be a chief data officer. There is also the office of civic innovation. Jays team, shannons team. By having both of those units in place i think there is going to be a really powerful team. Because you cant just open up the data. You have to do things like this, where you get the Community Together or you have people actually talking about it because the demand side, as we were talking about it, wi...

Hopefully will provide some additional support. I think there are even folks here who have been part of these events. Were excited for that continued support and hope you can all join this initiative in the neutral. Future. So, earlier you were talking a little about kind of how San Francisco came in in terms of actually ading the officer. More broadly how do you think San Francisco compares and what are some of the other cities that are doing really well in terms of open data . I should be clear. When San Francisco is third, we have a pact. Ill add to that actually. Whats great in San Francis...