As city staff hear new ideas at the SXSW Cities Summit, a recurring question they'll likely ask is, "how do I convince my colleagues that this is a good idea?"
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Foreign profits
In today's edition, we kick off Sunshine Week, the Trump Organization reveals the foreign profits it donated to the Treasury, Regulations.gov shakes up its API policy, the state of journalism in Europe may not be so free, and more.
Continue readingMore sunshine on health data will empower patients and caregivers
Transparency in healthcare empowers patients, caregivers, regulators and industry. Health data carries immense potential and serious risks to privacy, however, which means that everyone needs to approach opening it with care. First, do no harm.
Continue readingThis Week in Conflicts: Standoff in Panama, questions in Vancouver, and moonlighting in the EPA
This week, the standoff in Panama involving the Trump Organization and the hotel owner has ended, but ethics experts are worried the problems could be just beginning, questions surrounding Kushner Companies loans emerge and the FBI is looking into the Trump hotel deal in Vancouver.
Continue readingIn the wake of fraudulent comments, Regulations.gov revises API policy
After the Regulations.gov API was taken offline for almost two months, it's back, with new restrictions on user accounts and authorization. We don't know, but the EPA's response suggested that misuse was degrading the system.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: A Week of Sunshine
In today's edition, we prepare to celebrate Sunshine Week, President Trump doesn't want to stop blocking people on Twitter, we join the Police Foundation to assess use of force data, the need for online ad transparency is clear, but rules might not be in place for the Midterm elections, and more.
Continue readingAssessing police use of force data with the help of the Police Foundation
The Police Foundation promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them. We’re excited to join the Sunlight Foundation in 2018 as they empower communities across the nation and share the importance of releasing open police use of force data as part of the 2018 U.S. City Open Data Census.
Continue readingDepartment of Justice launches new FOIA.gov to kick off Sunshine Week
The new federal website for Freedom of Information Act requests mandated by Congress in 2017 is a gigantic improvement over the previous FOIA.gov, but the upgrade won't fix all that ails that nation's canonical transparency law as Sunshine Week dawns.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Corrupting influences
In today's edition, ProPublica unveils their database of Trump administration political appointees, FOIA is under assault, the next Tactical Data Engagement pilot cities are revealed, Spain tries to tackle its corruption issues, and more.
Continue readingAustin and Norfolk selected to be the next pilot projects of Tactical Data Engagement
Sunlight Open Cities is excited to congratulate Austin, Texas and Norfolk, Virginia as the next pilot projects of Tactical Data Engagement. Austin and Norfolk are both passionate about open data and ready to convene community partners to learn how to support open data use outside of city hall. We’re looking forward to working with both of them to put open data to use addressing community needs.
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