The City of Austin has been working to deeply understand the experiences of people in homelessness, and build trusting relationship with a population that's wary of government. Now, Sunlight’s Open Cities team and the City are working together to see if open data could be part of the solution.
Continue readingTactical Data Engagement will help Norfolk, VA make its fledgling open data program better, faster
One way Norfolk is building for a more resilient future is with a new open data program. In March we selected Norfolk to pilot Tactical Data Engagement. Here’s where we started on that work, and where we are planning to go.
Continue readingAustin and Norfolk selected to be the next pilot projects of Tactical Data Engagement
Sunlight Open Cities is excited to congratulate Austin, Texas and Norfolk, Virginia as the next pilot projects of Tactical Data Engagement. Austin and Norfolk are both passionate about open data and ready to convene community partners to learn how to support open data use outside of city hall. We’re looking forward to working with both of them to put open data to use addressing community needs.
Continue readingHow open data can support equitable and complete neighborhoods in Madison, WI
Lots of people are working to make neighborhoods in Madison, Wisconsin more equitable and complete. Could open data from the city help their work? And if so, how? Our third pilot project of Tactical Data Engagement sets out to answer these questions.
Continue readingHow Glendale, Arizona is using Tactical Data Engagement to improve procurement
We collaborated with the City of Glendale, Arizona on our first Tactical Data Engagement pilot project. Building on the success of this first project, Glendale also wanted to use data and evidence to improve the way it manages city contracts.
Continue readingHelp community groups use your city’s open data: Apply to be the next pilot of Tactical Data Engagement
Is your city interested in helping community groups put city open data to use addressing local challenges? If so, consider applying to be a Tactical Data Engagement pilot city.
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.
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