The Commerce Department launched the Commerce Data Usability Project, providing tutorials on the necessary “context and code” to truly engage with data released by the Commerce Department
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: The next chapter of open data
We are on the cusp of transforming our communities through unlocking the power of open data. Here are the next steps we need to take to get there.
Continue readingUsing open data to stimulate new methods of human rights monitoring
Open data has been used in nontraditional ways to monitor human rights violations, to engage the public in the topic and even to stop human rights violations as they are happening.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Unlocking prison re-entry data
Thousands of families, individuals, organizations and civic coders are ready to roll up their sleeves and build roads to a new life after prison or jail — we just don’t have the information we need to get the job done.
Continue readingTacoma becomes sixth What Works City to adopt an open data policy
Tacoma, Wash., just passed an open data policy that will allow the city to make better decisions that will ultimately improve the lives of its citizens.
Continue readingTulsa brings a new kind of energy to its open data policy and practice
With Tulsa’s new policy framework, the city has successfully focused on open data implementation and put in place a strategy for getting there with a new kind of energy.
Continue readingBalancing post-conviction data and privacy
Many states publish inmate databases online, but standards for sharing these resources with the public don’t exist — causing discrepancies in how governments approach them.
Continue readingSunlight launches Hall of Justice, a massive data inventory on criminal justice across the U.S.
Today, Sunlight is launching Hall of Justice, a robust, searchable data inventory of nearly 10,000 datasets and research documents from across all 50 states and the federal government.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Demystifying Chicago politics with Councilmatic
Thanks to the support of the Sunlight Foundation, DataMade is launching a brand-new version of Chicago Councilmatic!
Continue readingHow much does your city spend on open data?
Help Sunlight analyze the cost of open data in cities across America by filling out our brief survey!
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