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850 results for "Open Data"

850 results for "Open Data"

An Open Letter to the Open Data Community

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March 3, 2017 Civic Analytics Network This is an open letter directed towards those in the open data community – including vendors, startups, civic groups, and engaged individuals. We, the Civic Analytics Network, are a consortium of Chief Data Officers...

Open Data in Chicago

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September 30, 2013 Open Data In only a few years’ time, municipal initiatives to open up public data have gone from drawing-board ideas to tech policy fixtures. According to data.gov, 39 U.S. cities now have their own data portal. Moreover, these cities...

A Guide to Opening Data

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December 5, 2012 Civic Data The Dynamics of Opening Government Data By the Center for Technology in Government The Center for Technology in Government released a white paper providing guidance on the process of opening government data, using case studies...

Making Open Data Open to All in Buffalo, NY

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September 9, 2019 What Works Cities What Works Cities Certification Criteria: Stakeholder Engagement 4: Your local government supports efforts to educate, activate, or upskill partners (e.g., civic groups, vendors, service providers) to better understand...

From Open Data to Community Data

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February 27, 2014 Project on Municipal Innovation This post originally appeared on Living Cities. There’s been growing momentum around opening government data. Stimulated by “civic hackers,” the President’s Open Government Executive Order, and nonprofits...

Eight Guidelines for Open Data

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June 13, 2018 Civic Analytics Network In 2017, the Civic Analytics Network (CAN) published “An Open Letter to the Open Data Community,” offering eight guidelines for open data. Today, CAN released an updated version of the letter, along with an abridged...

Improving Service and Communication with Open Data

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June 25, 2015 Civic Engagement This paper is part of a series published by Data-Smart City Solutions, a project of the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School. The series explores data-related facets of civic engagement in today’s cities. Enacting policies...

Why Benchmarking Matters for Open Data

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March 20, 2015 Open Data This article originally appeared in Government Technology magazine. Over the last four years, cities across the country have rushed to join the march toward transparency and open data. Yet the words carry many meanings and even...

Connecting Open Data to Residents' Lives

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March 15, 2017 What Works Cities This article, by the Sunlight Foundation's Katya Abazajian and Stephen Larrick, is cross-posted with the Sunlight Foundation. United States cities face a critical challenge when it comes to fulfilling the potential of open...

Paving a Path from Open Data to Open Government in South Bend

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May 8, 2017 Open Data Danielle Fulmer is the Director of Business Analytics at the City of South Bend. Since launching its open data portal in August 2013, South Bend, IN has published datasets on topics ranging from finance to code enforcement. Like many...

Two Years of Open Data in Pittsburgh

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November 16, 2017 Civic Analystics Network After he assumed office in early 2014, Pittsburgh mayor William Peduto’s administration began an effort to make the city’s data open and accessible by joining the existing vanguard of cities with open data...

Equal Access: Open Data and Equity

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There are over 2,000 datasets published by the City of New York on the NYC Open Data portal. There are spreadsheets about everything from landmark violation complaints to elder abuse to campaign finance contributions to the Queens library branches. Enough...