Can Data and Tech Help Solve Environmental Issues?

The Opportunity Project helps create tools and solutions to environmental challenges.

America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers Can Data and Tech Help Solve Environmental Issues? The Opportunity Project (TOP) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with four tech development "sprints'' running simultaneously to address challenges in the natural and built environment. Former Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent called the innovation program, led by the U.S. Census Bureau, "one of the most important accelerators in federal government." Through 12-week technology development sprints — a method to rapidly prototype digital products — government, technology and community collaborators team up to create digital products that use federal open data. The goal is to serve the public and solve some of our nation's greatest challenges. Read More More than 35 tech teams are set to launch their products/digital solutions at our upcoming first-ever virtual Demo Week celebrating TOP's five-year anniversary, including companies, universities, civic tech brigades, and more. A few of the challenges TOP tackled this year include:  Reducing Plastic Pollution in Oceans Enabling Aerial and Geospatial Data to Aid Agricultural Decision-Making Paving a Path to Economic Self-Sufficiency for Low Income Families RSVP here for TOP Demo Week, a tech and open data conference showcasing Technology for Good, December 9-11. Continue reading to learn more about the products being developed. Help us spread the word about America Counts. Share this story on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This You May Be Interested Data and Technology Making an Impact in Communities: Over the last four years, The Opportunity Project by the Census Open Innovation Labs has created over 100 data tools that address a variety of challenges. Learn More About America Counts America Counts tells the stories behind the numbers in a new inviting way. It features stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, economy, emergency preparedness, health, population, income and poverty. Contact our Public Information Office for media inquiries or interviews. Don't miss an America Counts story! Subscribe here.

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