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Media Advisory No. 0024.13
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USDA Chief Scientist to Discuss Results of G-8 Open Data Conference
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013--- TODAY, USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Woteki will conduct a media briefing to discuss with reporters the results of this week’s G-8 Open Data Conference. The conference is a step toward ensuring world food security through the open sharing of agricultural data.
Dr. Woteki will outline the federal government’s new Food, Agriculture and Rural data community, which offers a catalog of over 300 data sets as well as numerous apps, tools and statistical products. The community can be found on www.data.gov. Its creation was announced at the start of the conference by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Dr. Woteki will also discuss other conference outcomes, along with next steps.
TIME: 2:30 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, April 30, 2013
PRESS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT ACCESS:
Audio Bridge Number: 888-391-6741; 1-415-228-5049 TOLL
PASSCODE: REE (Given Verbally)
Trouble number – 202-720-8560
All callers using the above passcode will be placed in listen only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, these callers are instructed to press *1 on their touch tone phone.
All speakers please identify yourself as the speaker after dialing in. Speakers will be placed in a pre-conference prior to the start of the call. You will be fully interactive once the conference begins.
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