This morning, the New York City Council Committee on Technology held a hearing on Council Member Gale Brewer's bill to establish open data standards for all city agencies. I applaud and support Council Member Brewer's bill, which will enable application developers and high-tech entrepreneurs to create more efficient and accessible government services. I will advocate for open data standards at all levels of governments to unleash entrepreneurial energy to improve government services.

 

I have already called for a new National Innovation Fund, which is a public-private partnership that provides seed investments for innovators working in areas of national importance, including clean-tech, high-tech, bio-tech, and nano-tech.

 

I encourage the New York City Council to adopt Council Member Brewer's proposal and look forward to scaling New York's leadership in open data standards nationally in Congress.