- May 31, 2013
- Civic Data
Each week we will bring you a summary of what happened this week on our site, on Twitter, and in the wider world of municipal data. Suggest stories on Twitter with #ThisWeekInData.
This weekend, the National Day of Civic Hacking will take place in cities across the country. 95 different local events will encourage participants to use open government data to solve civic problems.
The New York Times covered the issue of companies collecting consumer data without sharing it with those who create it; a few companies are leading the way in opening this data to consumers in useful ways.
MIT Technology Review raised concerns over “the dictatorship of data” -- the detrimental effect that data interpreted in the wrong way can have on decision-making.
The President’s National Science and Technology Council released a report, “Smart Disclosure and Consumer Decision Making: Report of the Task Force on Smart Disclosure,” which details “smart disclosure” practices to make opening data more directly useful to consumers.
New from our team
We wrote about how Philadelphia is using green infrastructure techniques combined with sensors and data analytics to address its CSO problem.
Our Chicago Fellow discussed how Chicago’s latest dataset releases -- citywide energy use and alternative fuel locations -- can help make the city more sustainable.
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