# OGPL

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'''OGPL''' (The '''Open Government Platform''') is a joint product from [India](/source/India) and the [United States](/source/United_States) to promote [government transparency](/source/government_transparency) and greater citizen engagement by making more government data, documents, tools and processes publicly available. OGPL will be available as an [open source](/source/open_source) platform. The OGPL combines and expands features of the India's "India.gov.in" and the U.S. "Data.gov" sites. By making this available in useful machine-readable formats it allows developers, analysts, media and academia to develop new applications and insights that will help give citizens more information for better informed decisions.

==Chair==

This initiative has been chaired on the Indian side by [Sam Pitroda](/source/Sam_Pitroda), Adviser to Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations and on the US side by [Aneesh Chopra](/source/Aneesh_Chopra), former Chief Technology Officer to [President Obama](/source/Barack_Obama).

==Features of OGPL==

Initially, OGPL will provide governments the ability to
* Publish government data, documents, apps, tools, and services from multiple departments within a government.
* Utilize [web 2.0](/source/web_2.0) open-source technologies to develop low-cost, cloud-based infrastructure.
* Engage citizens with open data based applications and services to improve their lives.
* Create data-rich community spaces around topics of national priorities and international interest.
* Empower end-users to share data via social media platforms such as [Facebook](/source/Facebook), [LinkedIn](/source/LinkedIn) and [Twitter](/source/Twitter).
* In the future, provide publicly available [application programming interface](/source/application_programming_interface)s (APIs) and other tools to add external software modules for [data visualization](/source/data_visualization), wizards, and other purposes.

==See also==

* [My Gov](/source/My_Gov)
* [Orchard Growers](/source/Orchard_Growers)

==External links==
* [http://www.pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2012/mar/d2012033001.pdf OGPL brochure ]
* [http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=82025 OGPL release]
* [http://webcast.gov.in/ogpl/index.html OGPL's Webcast by Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble Minister for Communications & IT and HRD]
* [https://ogpl.co.in/about/us#]

Category:Open government
Category:E-government in India
Category:Open government in the United States
Category:Open government in India

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