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About the Coalition
The coalition will bring together for-profit and non-profit organizations to inform Congress, the executive branch, and the public about the benefits of using consistent electronic formats for all types of information generated, collected, or mandated by the government.
Source:
http://datacoalition.com/about/about-the-coalition.html
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- Publication Date
- 2015-06-04
Organization:
- Name:
- Data Transparency Coalition
- Acronym:
- DTC
- Description:
- The Data Transparency Coalition is a membership-based trade association that brings together companies, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. The Coalition is managed by a board of directors representing its Executive Members and steered by a board of advisors. The Coalition is registered as a nonprofit corporation in the District of Columbia and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Stakeholder(s):
- Congress
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- The Executive Branch
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- For-Profit Organizations
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- Non-Profit Organizations
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- The Public
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- DTC Board of Directors
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- Craig Clay
- RR Donnelley
- Tim Day
- Teradata
- Jonathan Elliott
- Research Data Group and RDG Filings
- Donald McCrory
- PwC
- Bryce Pippert
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- J.W. Mike Starr
- Workiva
- Vasan Thatham
- DataTracks
- DTC Board of Advisors
- Advisors of the Data Transparency Coalition
- Mike Atkin
- Enterprise Data Management Council
- Greg Bateman
- Microsoft Federal
- Phil Bond
- Bond & Associates
- Gila J. Bronner
- Bronner Group, LLC
- Geoff Davis
- Republic Consulting, LLC
- Earl Devaney
- The Devaney Group
- Eric Gillespie
- Govini
- Dick Greg
- H. J. Steininger PLLC
- Joel Gurin
- The Center for Open Data Enterprise
- Jim Harper
- Cato Institute
- Ken Melero
- Socrata
- Miriam Nisbet
- Former director of the Office of Government Information Services
- Bryce Pippert
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Campbell Pryde
- XBRL US
- Robert Shea
- Grant Thornton
- Dr. Richard Mark Soley
- OMG
- VasanThatham
- DataTracks
- DTC Staff
- Coalition Staff and Consultants
- Hudson Hollister
- Executive Director --
Hudson Hollister is the founder and Executive Director of the Data Transparency Coalition. Prior to founding the Data Transparency Coalition, he served as counsel to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives and as an attorney fellow in the Office of Interactive Disclosure at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before his government service, he was a securities litigator in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins LLP.
- Stephanie Craig
- Communications Director --
Stephanie Craig serves as the Communications Director for the Data Transparency Coalition. Stephanie has an accomplished career in political communications with a focus on the technology and telecommunications industry. She has served members of the U.S. Senate and House as well as the Canadian House of Commons and Senate. She is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and received her Master’s degree from George Washington University.
- Justin Duncan
- Policy Associate --
Justin Duncan is a Policy Associate at the Data Transparency Coalition. Justin works closely with the Coalition’s policy team on data transparency issues in federal spending and federal financial regulation. He also focuses on expanding the Coalition’s open data policy efforts into other federal, state, and local government domains. Prior to joining the Coalition, Justin completed internships at the Center for Effective Government and the U.S. House of Representatives. Justin is a graduate of Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science.
- Sarah Joy Hays
- Membership Services and Programming Director --
Sarah Joy Hays began working with the Coalition as a consultant May of 2013. After a successful DT2013, she began full time work with the Coalition. Along side Hudson, Sarah Joy helped grow membership, cultivate the existing members, as well as coordinate the events and programs produced by the Data Transparency Coalition. Sarah Joy is a graduate of Louisiana State University and brings a background of non-profit management, conference planning, and development to her role as Member Services and Programming Director.
- Nick Jeffress
- Development Director --
Nick Jeffress is the Development Director for the Data Transparency Coalition. Nick works closely with the leadership and Board of Advisors to grow the Coalition, and is the primary point of contact for prospective new members, both individual and corporate. Prior to joining the Coalition, Nick was a successful political and non-profit consultant, working primarily on fundraising and financial management of small to mid-size organizations. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and an active triathlete.
- John Runyan
- Treasurer --
John Runyan is the President and founder of Runyan Public Affairs, an independent government relations firm and serves as the Treasurer of the Data Transparency Coalition. John has worked at the intersection of business, government and politics for more than 25 years. He has helped organizations of every size address both legislative and regulatory challenges and successfully advance their public policy agendas regardless of the partisan climate or party control in Washington.
Success in Washington requires more than a few well-timed meetings on Capitol Hill. RPA was organized to help clients develop a broader effort that focuses their constituent and grassroots resources, recruits key allies and coalition partners and builds a sustainable public policy effort that can achieve long-term success.
John Runyan has demonstrated outstanding leadership in all facets of the government relations profession. He has managed the federal government relations lobbying team for a Fortune 100 global corporation, developed and managed both corporate and association political action committees, played leadership roles in major multi-industry business coalitions and chaired the business community’s largest grassroots and voter education program. John enjoys a solid reputation on Capitol Hill and among business and NGO leaders throughout Washington.
- DTC Members
- Coalition Members
- pwc
- Executive Member
- Research Data Group
- Executive Member
- RR Donnelley
- Executive Member
- Teradata
- Executive Member
- Workiva
- Executive Member
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Partner Member
- Data Tracks
- Partner Member
- Socrata
- Partner Member
- Accenture
- Regular Member
- BackOffice Associates
- Regular Member
- The Center for Organizational Excellence
- Regular Member
- CGI
- Regular Member
- Elder Research, Inc.
- Regular Member
- Global IDs
- Regular Member
- Information Builders
- Regular Member
- IRIS
- Regular Member
- Level One Technologies
- Regular Member
- PR Newswire
- Regular Member
- Smartronics
- Regular Member
- StreamLink Software
- Regular Member
- uReveal
- Regular Member
- LexisNexis
- Regular Member
- Xcential
- Regular Member
- 3 Round Stones
- Startup Member
- C: Next Generation Financial Data Tools
- Startup Member
- enigma
- Startup Member
- Ez-XBRL
- Startup Member
- FindTheBest
- Startup Member
- giovani
- Startup Member
- GovPath
- Startup Member
- Posiba
- Startup Member
- OMG
- Trade Association Member
- DTC Individual Members
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- Ryan Alfred
- Individual Member -- BrightScope
- Aneet Kumar
- Individual Member -- EZ-XBRL
- Gila Bronner
- Individual Member -- Bronner Group
- Ann Rutledge
- Individual Member -- R&R Consulting
- Helen Xing
- Individual Member -- Tableau Software
- Anne Bini
- Individual Member -- Invoke
- Eric Hopkins
- Individual Member -- Federal Filings
- Herschel Chandler
- Individual Member -- IUI
- Rob Korinke
- Individual Member -- Grassroots Lab
- Rob Korinke
- Individual Member -- Grassroots Lab
- Dan Greening
- Individual Member -- Tableau Software
- Oscar Hackett
- Individual Member -- BrightScope
- Adam Glass
- Individual Member
- Joseph Kull
- Individual Member -- PwC
- Francis Burns
- Individual Member -- SC&H
- Christine Carmichael
- Individual Member -- Tableau Software
- Ron Lord
- Individual Member -- CompSci Resources
- Shannon Copeland
- Individual Member -- Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP
- Russell Perkins
- Individual Member -- InfoCommerce Group
- Maryland Association of CPAs
- Individual Member
Vision
Publication of government information as standardized, machine-readable data.
Mission
The Data Transparency Coalition advocates on behalf of the private sector and the public interest for the publication of government information as standardized, machine-readable data.
Values
- Data Standards
- We believe governments should adopt non-proprietary data standards for the information they generate or collect, and publish such information as machine-readable data, especially with regard to their spending, regulatory, legislative, and judicial activity.
- Machine-Readability
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- Interoperability
- The transformation of public information generated and received by governments from disconnected documents into interoperable open data will:
- Accountability
- Strengthen democratic accountability by making public data more accessible for citizens and watchdogs;
- Democracy
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- Accessibility
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- Management
- Enhance government management by improving data sharing and analytics capabilities;
- Data Sharing
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- Analytics
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- Compliance
- Reduce compliance costs by automating reporting processes.
- Cost Reduction
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- Innovation
- Data transparency also stimulates tech-sector innovation and creates jobs.
- Jobs
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- Leadership
- The Data Transparency Coalition has been formed to serve as a leading voice for the publication of standardized federal data.
Goals
Advocate legislative and regulatory mandates for data standardization and publication
Stakeholder(s):
- Congress
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- Regulatory Agencies
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Educate government leaders, private-sector innovators, and the public on the benefits of data transparency
Stakeholder(s):
- Government Leaders
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- Private-Sector Innovators
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- The Public
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Convene stakeholders to collaboratively design policies and build technology solutions that will drive the data transparency transformation.