We decided to update that research to include the most recent legislative events, using the Open States API to track the progress and timing of those bills.
Continue readingNew White House initiative utilizes data to improve policing nationwide
Last month, the White House announced the Data-Driven Justice Initiative (DDJ), a new effort to curb the financial and societal costs of mass incarceration through evidence-based solutions.
Continue readingSunlight adds more than 100 new datasets to our Hall of Justice database
Today, we are pleased to announce that Hall of Justice now includes 125 additional datasets made available to the public through the Police Data Initiative.
Continue readingLessons learned from a year of opening police data
April's White House Police Data Initiative celebrated its progress by gathering industry leaders for a two-day event discussing challenges and successes of releasing open police data to the public.
Continue readingReconciling criminal history open data and expungement
Inmate and arrest data will likely remain available in a variety of formats online. Unfortunately, those identified in the data may face long-term impact even after they have “paid their debt” to society.
Continue readingBalancing post-conviction data and privacy
Many states publish inmate databases online, but standards for sharing these resources with the public don’t exist — causing discrepancies in how governments approach them.
Continue readingThe perils of personally identifiable pre-conviction data
Where do we draw the line between citizens’ rights to freedom of information and individuals’ rights to privacy?
Continue readingCSOs propose new reform agenda to bolster transparency in Argentina
In an effort to increase opengov practices following its national elections, a group of civil society organizations have launched the Agenda de Transparencia para Argentina.
Continue readingAre the government’s commitments on criminal justice open data enough?
The White House released its Open Government National Action Plan last month, and while it contains many worthwhile goals regarding criminal justice data, there is much more work to be done on the issue.
Continue readingPRIDE Act highlights importance of criminal justice data standards
The PRIDE Act would encourage greater data collection on criminal justice across the U.S. and would make standardizing that data a priority.
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