April's White House Police Data Initiative celebrated its progress by gathering industry leaders for a two-day event discussing challenges and successes of releasing open police data to the public.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: ‘Open Information St. Paul’ makes data dynamic, relevant and user-friendly
To spark a culture of innovation throughout St. Paul, citizens will need more than access to spreadsheets. Find out how the city's executives are doing more than just data.
Continue readingThe false choice between criticism and collaboration
Tom Steinberg recently critiqued the open data movement, suggesting that advocacy is too incremental, political leaders are duplicitous and many basic problems have yet to be addressed. Here's our response.
Continue reading3 big themes from the 2016 What Works Cities Summit
The What Works Cities Summit brought together more than 200 local officials to more effectively implement open data policy in cities across the country.
Continue readingVictorville’s new open data policy brings transparency to the California desert
Earlier this month, the city of Victorville, Calif., became the latest What Works City to pass an open data policy.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Investing in open data and analytics in San José
Not to be overshadowed by Silicon Valley, San José is transforming its analytics capabilities through a new open data initiative.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: ‘Open Independence’ brings a wealth of data to Missourians
Independence, Mo., launched its open data portal, making data that could already be found on the city’s website accessible in several standardized formats.
Continue readingMayor Liccardo’s Smart City Vision will bring greater transparency to San José
Yesterday, the San José City Council approved Mayor Sam Liccardo’s Smart City Vision, a plan to transform the city through the use of technology and data-driven decision-making.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: With Bellevue’s data, it’s quality over quantity
When Bellevue, Wash., launched its open data portal last month, it made a conscious effort to present targeted datasets that would be useful to residents.
Continue readingCrowdlaw and open data policy: A perfect match?
An increasing amount of open and collaborative online approaches to drafting legislation — a set of practices called “crowdlaw” — seem to have found their niche in open data policy.
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