Policy may not be the most exciting part of an open data initiative, but it can be essential for its success. Here are four reasons why.
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Analyzing publicly available criminal justice data is painting a much fuller picture of crime in New Orleans.
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Consent decrees can help achieve greater transparency and accountability in policing because they often require departments to institute new policy, collect new data and report data publicly.
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While Louisiana fails at reporting criminal justice data on the state level, it succeeds at doing so on the municipal level, making it an extraordinary case study of the complexities of state criminal justice data.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How 596 Acres is opening up vacant lots data
596 Acres has been running a pilot project that helps neighbors see opportunities in the fenced vacant lots of New York City’s most historically disadvantaged neighborhoods since August, 2011.
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