In today's edition, we explore impact evaluation for civic tech, the FEC loses its quorum with the resignation of its vice chair, President Trump tries to drum up some official business for his Florida golf club, and more.
Continue readingIs there a good way to evaluate the impact of civic tech?
As open government and civic tech movements seek to understand how our work affects social inequalities, organizations and their leaders... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Baffling
In today's edition, we launch a guide to help co-design local open data initiatives, we also try to wrangle the Wild West of federal government websites, a lawsuit aims to open up old Office of Legal Counsel documents, and more.
Continue readingIntroducing a guide to co-design for local open data programs
If open data programs hope to effectively deliver information to the public, they must be rooted in user needs. In... View Article
Continue readingNavigating the Wild West of the Federal Web: One Cowboy’s Reflections
Sunlight Fellow Reflects on his Summer Wrangling Federal Websites at the Web Integrity Project Over the course of this summer,... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing the Wild West of Federal Government Websites
The diffuse and disorganized nature of the federal government web allows broken links and outdated content to abound, while doing... View Article
Continue readingOwnership, evictions, and violations: an overview of housing data use cases
Cities from coast to coast are grappling with major challenges in providing safe and adequate housing for their residents, as developers continue to build in luxury condominiums and affordable options dwindle. In the face of this struggle, civic hackers and housing advocates use open data to collaborate to develop tools to protect renters’ rights and aid communities facing displacement. My project aims to build a tool that helps hackers collect and organize housing data that is readily available.
Continue readingAn open data maturity scale for cities to find right-sized solutions
Local governments are often ambitious when it comes to innovating around open data and civic technology -- they envision highly developed tools and open data products that will change the way communities solve problems. But sometimes open data projects fall flat because of any number of challenges: data isn’t usable, data is hard for users to find, data is presented at the wrong skill level, data is shared through the wrong forum or platform.
Continue readingNew InfoMod Appointment System Creates Confusion and Delay for Immigrants and Attorneys
USCIS replaces an overloaded online system with an overloaded phone system A new appointment system launched by United States Citizenship... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Conflicting information
In today's edition, the Pentagon IG launches a probe, outside money floods into a North Carolina Congressional re-run, the impact of community engagement with open data is measured, and more.
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