The Sunlight Open Cities team invites you to join us for Open Data Day 2018 on Saturday, March 3, when we'll be filling out the newly relaunched U.S. City Open Data Census. We'll be coming together in Washington DC, New York, and online with an easy tutorial on how to search for open datasets and how to add that information to the Census.
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On April 12, the OpenGov Foundation will co-host the first annual Door Stop Awards for Transparency, recognizing those who have toiled in the trenches to deliver more efficient, effective and open congressional information
Continue readingUnveiling Sunlight Open Gov Events
If you have been to any of our TransparencyCamp unconferences, the popular Labs Open House or happy hour then you know that we organize great events. And just as much as you support our events, we equally enjoy supporting other events -- especially when they involve bringing together a bunch of geeks like us who love cracking open code and making our government more transparent and open.
In that light, we are casting the net further by reviving our events platform to get you talking about your own event and assist you with sponsorship needs. For an idea about the kind of events that we are looking to engage in, here are a few that we have been a part of, so far:
Types of events we consider for sponsorship:
- Hackathons
- Tech Meetups
- Tech Bar Camps
- Datafests
- CityCamps
- Small tech conferences
- Tech Happy hours
Photos credit: Paul Schreiber, Howard Dy, dtraleigh.
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