- October 18, 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.
Code For America published Beyond Transparency: An Open Data Anthology, their new book on open civic data. Read an excerpt on our site. They also hosted the Code for America Summit with many prominent speakers on municipal data -- watch videos of the talks here.
On Tuesday, Oakland, CA joined a growing number of cities with open data policies.
Computer scientists at Harvard and cognitive scientists at MIT ask, what makes a data visualization memorable?
The City of Chicago is launching a comprehensive civic data directory, known as the Data Dictionary. We’ll have in-depth coverage on our site next week.
GitHub launched government.github.com for government users to "connect, share best practices and learn from each other."
Ideation Nation, a month-long nationwide call for community ideas, announced that our director will be serving as one of the judges of the contest.
Apache Foundation has released Hadoop 2, a new framework for storing and interpreting big data.
Last week, MIT Sloan Management Review released a study on Embracing Digital Technology. This week, the Review wrote on the top nine obstacles to digital transformation.
NEW FROM OUR TEAM
Stephen Goldsmith wrote about the increasing number of cities with Chief Data/Digital Officers as a response to the need for better use and management of city data.
Will Cook investigated how citizen feedback collected by Grade.DC.gov fits in the city performance reporting model.
Kristin Misner, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, spoke with us about how data sharing is improving service delivery in New York City. Watch our video interview on HHS-Connect.
