One thing all cities MUST do, and three questions to ask before signing an agreement with a smart cities vendor.
Continue readingHere are all the open data user personas created in our workshops
Understanding who wants to use public information and why is one of the best things cities can do to improve the impact and relevance of their open data programs. The Sunlight Open Cities team helps city staff develop open data user personas, and we wanted to share some of these personas to spark ideas and inspiration for open data staff in other cities.
Continue readingA tactical data toolkit will help nonprofits in Madison, WI make the case for their work
Today we are incredibly proud to present the result of our Tactical Data Engagement project with the City of Madison, WI. The final product is a data toolkit designed to help nonprofit organizations working to reduce youth violence on Madison’s Northside find and use open data to better contextualize their work and goals in grant applications to the City.
Continue readingDetails on the new datasets and features on the U.S. City Open Data Census
Our technical partner Open Knowledge International made several changes to the platform that supports the U.S. City Open Data Census (and dozens of similar projects around the world). We took that opportunity to also revisit the datasets included in the Census' assessment. Here’s a quick synopsis of all of them.
Continue readingThe U.S. City Open Data Census relaunches today. Here’s how you can get involved.
The U.S. City Open Data Census benchmarks what datasets cities make available, how cities compares to one another across the country on open data, and what datasets residents should ask their city government to publish. Today we're excited to release a new and improved version of the site.
Continue readingHelp document the state of open data and journalism in 2018
In 2018, we're collaborating on an ambitious new international research project that's assessing the state of open data across a range of issues and themes, culminating in a book that will be introduced at the 5th International Open Government Data Conference in Buenos Aires in the fall of 2018. Please weigh in on all of the history, events, research, organizations, data-driven journalism projects, and other details we missed in our first draft, and get involved in the 21 environment scans that are underway.
Continue readingA first look at our Tactical Data Engagement pilot projects
Over the last year, Sunlight’s Open Cities team has been researching and piloting best practices in facilitating community use of open data to continuously develop our TDE framework. Today we’re excited to share an in-depth look at our first TDE pilot project in Glendale, Arizona.
Continue readingIn its first year, the Trump administration has reduced public information online
Almost a year into the Trump presidency, we have seen are substantial public information removals and overhauls of federal webpages, documents, and entire websites, as well as significant shifts in language and messaging across the federal Web domain.
Continue readingNew York City commits to open data and open code
New laws passed in New York City in 2017 have made the metropolis an international trailblazer in open government data and algorithmic transparency.
Continue readingNational Park Service removes climate action plans from website
The National Park Service (NPS) removed 92 documents describing park climate action plans from their website. The NPS claimed that the removals are temporary while reports are updated to improve usability compliance, but no advance notice, public Web archive, or explanation why the documents could not remain on the site until material is prepared was provided.
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