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US agencies have options for publishing open health data online. @USDataGov or http://HealthData.gov
Or
http://Data.CMS.gov
http://Data.CDC.gov
http://Data.CDC.gov
On Monday, @HHSgov launched a new site that aggregates #COVID19 data: https://protect-public.hhs.gov
#opengov
Or
http://Data.CMS.gov
http://Data.CDC.gov
http://Data.CDC.gov
On Monday, @HHSgov launched a new site that aggregates #COVID19 data: https://protect-public.hhs.gov
#opengov
The new website combines #opendata from US agencies with data from academia, nonprofits, industry & hospitals
It's the @CDCgov data that was taken offline, to much outcry: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1283786312974303232
…after the Trump administration changed how data flowed: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1283399025467756544
It's the @CDCgov data that was taken offline, to much outcry: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1283786312974303232
…after the Trump administration changed how data flowed: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1283399025467756544
You can read about @HHSgov's new #COVID19 data website in @CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/hhs-unveils-new-coronavirus-hospitalization-database-says-its-more-complete-than-cdcs.html & @Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/20/coronavirus-hhs-hospital-data-373269 …but once again, @PalantirTech's key role in Connect isn't in the coverage: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1252774231349305344
But today, "hospitals & states are scrambling to adopt a new national #Covid19 data reporting system hastily implemented by the Trump administration last week that has left some…states in the dark about the severity of their own coronavirus outbreaks." https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/us-hospitals-scramble-to-adopt-new-hhs-coronavirus-data-system-some-states-see-data-blackout.html
The Trump administration not only told states to transition quickly to a new system but tied doing so to getting remdesivir, a vital drug used to treat #COVID19.
And as a result, some states are experiencing "data blackouts" during the pandemic:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/us-hospitals-scramble-to-adopt-new-hhs-coronavirus-data-system-some-states-see-data-blackout.html Unreal.
And as a result, some states are experiencing "data blackouts" during the pandemic:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/us-hospitals-scramble-to-adopt-new-hhs-coronavirus-data-system-some-states-see-data-blackout.html Unreal.
But read deeper: on the same call @HHSGov CIO made claims to reporters about more data & "maximum transparency," he also said that the public will have to "undergo authentication" to access data from @CDCgov & @FEMA: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/hhs-unveils-new-coronavirus-hospitalization-database-says-its-more-complete-than-cdcs.html
That's not #opendata, folks.
#OpenGov
That's not #opendata, folks.
#OpenGov
The good news is that data is back, as @rypan shared: https://twitter.com/rypan/status/1285603244543279105
The bad news is that in July 2020, this @WhiteHouse still isn't sharing what it knows about the #COVID19 pandemic with states, hospitals, or the American public: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1283839200136179714
The bad news is that in July 2020, this @WhiteHouse still isn't sharing what it knows about the #COVID19 pandemic with states, hospitals, or the American public: https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1283839200136179714
This @HHSGov Connect system is reportedly the one Dr. Birx has been using to brief @POTUS. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-response-failure-leadership.html
In 2020, the data & models the @WhiteHouse is using to make decisions – or provides to governors, mayors, & hospitals to do so – should be open, online
In 2020, the data & models the @WhiteHouse is using to make decisions – or provides to governors, mayors, & hospitals to do so – should be open, online
Despite the last 3 years, it remains astonishing that for months, the @COVID19Tracking Project at @TheAtlantic was our country’s only reliable source for national testing data: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/cdc-publishing-covid-19-test-data/611764/ Even worse, that public trust in US government health data has been poisoned.
As @DrTomFrieden said this week, the USA is "lying blind in our effort to curb the spread of #COVID19," failing to set standards for states & counties to report:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/21/coronavirus-states-data/ Seems like the @CDCgov's job to drive data collection & info release, and yet here we are
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/21/coronavirus-states-data/ Seems like the @CDCgov's job to drive data collection & info release, and yet here we are
None of this is how the US government is supposed to work, much less in a pandemic where a thousand Americans are dying each day.
@HHSGov Connect data should be in the public domain, as @rypan explains: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/17/1005391/covid-coronavirus-hospitalizations-data-access-cdc/
https://twitter.com/rypan/status/1285603249278648320
@HHSGov Connect data should be in the public domain, as @rypan explains: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/17/1005391/covid-coronavirus-hospitalizations-data-access-cdc/
https://twitter.com/rypan/status/1285603249278648320
Maybe Congress will act to make @HHSGov Connect Data open to the American people, who paid for it & need to be armed with that knowledge: https://twitter.com/rypan/status/1286006361407418370 I hope so. But @USTreasury's lack of transparency on #COVID19 spending showed how untrustworthy this administration is
…and the fact that this @POTUS signed the Open Government Data Act into law in 2019 https://e-pluribusunum.org/2019/01/15/president-trump-signs-historic-open-government-data-bill-into-law/ but is utterly failing to uphold it (along with other notable statutes: https://e-pluribusunum.org/2019/07/22/tolerating-violations-of-the-hatch-act-undermines-the-rule-of-law-in-the-usa/) is a timely reminder that Congress has to impose its will after passage.
