A critical success factor for any regional or megaregion governance initiative will be the collection and synthesis of good-quality data from numerous sources on a wide range of issues. The rise of new information technologies related to the Web makes collecting and using data from disparate sources a reality. A threshold requirement will be the efforts by all governments and public sector actors to make any and all data readily accessible and reusable.
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