It'll take a long time to address the challenges that face Hartford and other small, post-industrial cities. But open data is one small way to enable progress and Hartford recently joined the ranks of cities with open data portals.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 9/12/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the perpetually ineffective earmark ban, 25 new countries support open parliaments, and a campaign finance smackdown in the Senate.
Continue readingSecrecy and money have no place in lobbying – and a new bill aims to fix that
Today we focus on shining a brighter light on resources that are used to directly influence policy — the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Grocers want to keep food stamp data secret
Some major retailers who accept food stamps would rather taxpayers not know how their money is being spent.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Beta release of the open contracting data standard
The objective of the Open Data Standard is to support governments to publish contracting data in a more accessible, interoperable and useful manner and to enable the widest possible range of stakeholders to use contracting data effectively.
Continue readingPrimary post-mortem: Intraparty squabbles still a conservative game
The dust has settled on primary season. What we've learned? The fight for the soul of the GOP is as alive as ever.
Continue readingTop outside spenders in 2014 primaries: Winners, losers and some long-term investors
The biggest primary election spenders threw millions of dollars at opponents who went on to win.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 9/11/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including data quality at the VA, transit data in Buenos Aires, and a lack of access to email at LA schools.
Continue readingRecovery.gov dumps DUNS, highlighting need for open entity IDs
A trove of data will soon disappear from Recovery.gov. It's a relatively minor blow for transparency in the end, but highlights a problem with how the US government tracks the entities it does business with.
Continue readingWhat DC should have done differently with its new open data policy
Here's how DC missed an opportunity for improvement on its open data policy and what it can do next.
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