In 2013, the city of Tulsa created its Open Tulsa website, which now has 35 datasets published.
The number of datasets, compared to cities that have released 10 times the amount, doesn’t adequately reflect the level of commitment by the city; it illustrates the lack of support and advocacy from stakeholders to demand more. Continue…
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The city of Atlanta has announced the creation of three new websites that will give residents access to financial and departmental data.
The three websites, Data Atlanta portal, Atlanta Budget Explorer and FORAtlanta, are an effort to maintain transparency, officials said. Continue…
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More data may be coming to Miami-Dade County residents.
The county commission is considering a resolution that would try to make county numbers and information more accessible to the public, a resolution based on open-data guidelines from the Sunlight Foundation. Continue…
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Read More… from Florida county considers open-data resolution
Seamus Kraft was running on minimal sleep through the days of furious Congressional debate surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), when he had his “aha!” moment. The digital director of communications for House Oversight and Government Reform chairman, Darrell Issa, was looking for a better way to get citizen input on a bill that had become a flashpoint across the internet community.
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Read More… from Here’s what open-source government looks like
As more cities break into the world of transparency, policy remains an important piece of the open data puzzle.
But just how relevant and important is an open data policy to a successful open data program? What does it actually accomplish, not just symbolically, but functionally? Or, to put it more bluntly, why even have an open data policy? Continue…
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Read More… from Sunlight Foundation: Why should cities have an open data policy?
Engineering Prof. James Holloway, the vice provost for Global and Engaged Education, said Monday the University could implement plans to release course evaluation data as early as this semester.
Holloway’s announcement at Monday’s Senate Assembly Committee on University Affairs’ meeting came as a surprise to many of the committee’s members. Continue>>>
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Read More… from Michigan: University plans release of course evaluation data
We live in a time when technology is transforming almost every aspect of our lives, from how we shop and travel, to how we communicate and find entertainment.
But one sector that has been very slow to change is government. Continue…
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Read More… from Editorial: Promoting innovation in government
In a huge step forward for transparency in the city of Jackson, Miss., Mayor Tony Yarber has today signed an executive order that will create an open data policy and establish a powerful commitment to government openness.
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Read More… from Jackson, Miss., becomes first What Works city to sign executive order on open data
Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts sued the Boston Police Department, demanding that they turn over recent years' data on police stops to address concerns that people of color are being overpoliced in the city.
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Read More… from The Key Ingredient in Stop-and-Frisk Reform: Open Data
WHAT: Push, Pull and Spill: A Transdisciplinary Case Study in Municipal Open Government, a report by the University of Washington School of Law.
WHY: The push to open more government data at state and local levels led a cross-disciplinary team of researchers to assess open government efforts in Seattle. The analysis explored the city’s open data procedures, and their implications for privacy, public trust and citywide impact. Continue>>>
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