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Sunlight’s Open Cities team helps cities develop open data policies and effectively engage communities with open data through our flagship... View Article
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For many, deciding what to eat on any given day is filled with choices. We can choose to eat healthy... View Article
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A 2019 study reported the City of Los Angeles as one of the top 25 most diverse cities in the... View Article
Continue readingGovernments should have a role in opening social service data
Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services has long been known as one of the most innovative government agencies of its... View Article
Continue readingThe future of open government: reflections from OGP & Code for America 2019
Two of the largest gatherings for open government advocates and civic technologists took place in May of this year. Thousands of civic technologists, open government advocates, government officials, and representatives of NGOs traveled to Ottawa for the annual Open Government Partnership Summit and Oakland, California for the Code for America Summit. While the two convenings differ in terms of scale and audience, both convenings asked attendees to pause and reflect on the values and goals at the heart of their movements.
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Elected officials have a plethora of options to keep open communication with their constituents. So why don’t they?
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Cities don't control private entities and how their tech developments shape cities, but they do control public spaces, public infrastructure, and democratic decision-making, and they must leverage that power to ensure residents have an active say in how technology shapes public life.
Continue readingOpen cities enter a new era: key takeaways from the Open Cities Summit
In September 2018 the Sunlight Foundation’s Open Cities team co-hosted the Open Cities Summit, a biennial gathering of open government... View Article
Continue readingDoing data differently – Greensboro’s evolving open data program
The City of Greensboro, North Carolina used public requests for information to help build an open data portal that was... View Article
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