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Crowdsourcing a Constitution: Mexico City’s experiment in collaborative drafting
This is the story of Mexico City's efforts to crowdsource a constitution, as told by Bernardo Rivera-Muñozcano, a political advisor in General Counselor’s Office.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Telling open data stories about military history with data.mil
Earlier this month, the Department of Defense launched a new open government data platform, data.mil. Above, you can see a... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Why every government employee needs a sabbatical
Government employees should take mini-retirements, enabling them to grow personally and professionally before returning to the public sector.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Nashville’s police data reveals racial burden
The Nashville police department is using data to direct their police presence, but without nuance, their policing could actually be hurting communities in need of the most help.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Open data and rape reports, new political ad site, White House OMB releases open gov plan
AD ON: Libby Watson wrote about the new and improved Political TV Ad Archive website, which enables public citizens to... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Campus Vote Project courting college campuses
Find out how the Campus Vote Project mobilizes, educates and excites students for civic engagement across the country.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Join us for the Great California Database Hunt
Join us on Aug. 27 to track down and index your government's 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 readingOpenGov Voices: We want to hear from you!
Want to see your open gov story featured on our OpenGov Voices Monday column? We want to hear from you!
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