Space is big. Really big. That means a lot of information, and where there's data, there's opportunity for automation. Now, NASA wants your help to create new APIs for its extensive and ever-growing data archives. Launched in 2011, data.nasa.gov offers APIs for many different types of information--ranging from Mars Science Laboratory Raw Images to Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reports--as JSON objects via a RESTful interface.
The Office of Digital Strategy recently published a blog post calling on developers and designers to provide feedback on the We The People project. The petition platform was launched in 2011 and has since facilitated millions of petition signatures, White House responses, and new legislation.
Chris Taggart from OpenCorporates gave a keynote at API Strategy and Practice / API Days in Berlin focusing on the value of opening company data as a public good.
