How effective are cities at releasing open data in bulk forms?
Continue readingRep. Steve Israel reintroduces Public Online Information Act
On Thursday, Rep. Steve Israel reintroduced the Public Online Information Act, which would enshrine into law the simple, transformative principle that in the 21st century, public means online.
Continue readingGovernments should use FOIA demand to drive open data disclosure
Governments should connect the demand expressed in freedom of information requests to the proactive disclosure of open data.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Creating congressional district maps with Mapbox
GovTrack's map of congressional districts to is now more responsive, more legible and easier to reproduce.
Continue readingWhy are some cities so good at releasing open data? Pt. 2
How can a smaller city with fewer resources possibly achieve the open data success of major urban areas? Asheville and Hartford can show you.
Continue readingWhy are some cities so good at releasing open data? (Pt. 1)
While many cities have made open data progress in recent years, the City Open Data Census has seen a handful of cities consistently rise to the top. Why is that?
Continue readingCongress commits to making deliberative decisions more transparent online
At the 2016 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference, attendees explored new ways of opening up the legislative branch to the public.
Continue readingA decade of progress opening up congressional data to the public
Over the past decade, the legislative branch of the U.S. government has gone through a quiet evolution in information technology.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Governing together for a better Wichita
Wichita, Kan., was recently named a What Works City. See how the "Air Capital of the World" values collaboration and conversation with its citizens through technology.
Continue readingImproving the US City Open Data Census
This year, Sunlight will be taking on more responsibility for administering the US City Open Data Census, which evaluates participating cities based on the publication of local government datasets.
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