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Open Data in Government Is Open for Business

Last month, web designer Sean Wittmeyer and colleague Wojciech Magda walked away with a $25,000 prize from the state of Colorado for designing an online tool to help businesses decide where to locate in the state.

The tool, called "Beagle Score," is a widget that can be embedded in online commercial real estate listings. It can rate a location by taxes and incentives, zoning, even the location of possible competitors – all derived from about 30 data sets posted publicly by the state of Colorado and its municipalities.

By Jeffrey Stinson, Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/open-data-is-open-for-business-85899546160

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