Photo Credit: Pexels, cc A 2018 study estimates that every year, over 3 million articles are published in peer-reviewed, English-language... View Article
Continue readingCommunity engagement and open data in action: Boulder, Gilbert, Philadelphia
Many cities with open data policies are taking new and varying approaches as to how they engage their open data... View Article
Continue readingCommunity engagement and open data: impact framework applications
We applied our Community Engagement Impact Framework to the open data programs of Louisville and Pittsburgh.
Continue readingThinking outside the box on data users – engaging non-technical audiences in open data work
Sunlight’s Open Cities team helps cities develop open data policies and effectively engage communities with open data through our flagship... View Article
Continue readingLearn how to incorporate user testing into open data projects
User testing is used in the private sector to understand the consumers of a specific product. It’s even more important in the public sector, because governments have a responsibility to serve everyone. This includes government open data programs.
Continue readingIs there a good way to evaluate the impact of civic tech?
As open government and civic tech movements seek to understand how our work affects social inequalities, organizations and their leaders... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing a guide to co-design for local open data programs
If open data programs hope to effectively deliver information to the public, they must be rooted in user needs. In... View Article
Continue readingAn open data maturity scale for cities to find right-sized solutions
Local governments are often ambitious when it comes to innovating around open data and civic technology -- they envision highly developed tools and open data products that will change the way communities solve problems. But sometimes open data projects fall flat because of any number of challenges: data isn’t usable, data is hard for users to find, data is presented at the wrong skill level, data is shared through the wrong forum or platform.
Continue readingMeasuring the impact of community engagement around open data
Over time, local government open data programs have evolved from publishing large quantities of open datasets, toward improving usability and... View Article
Continue readingHacking for Housing: How open data and civic hacking creates wins for housing advocates
From 2001 to 2015, the share of households considered “rent burdened”- spending over 30 percent of income on rent-has increased... View Article
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