What is my government doing? Where are time and resources being invested? How are those investments shaping my community today—and... View Article
Continue readingOpen data policy, participation, and progress: Sunlight Open Cities’ 2017 year in review
2017 was one of the most tumultuous years in recent political memory for the United States, but throughout the year city halls emerged as leaders on civic innovation, transparency, and good government.
Continue readingNew York City’s open data audit is a promising model for accountability
Eight years since Portland, Oregon passed the nation’s first open data policy, open data advocates are now beginning to shift... View Article
Continue readingCities across the Americas discuss data for social impact at OGP 2017
The Open Government Partnership's 2017 Americas Regional Meeting included a new focus on cities, and it opened conversations about data, experiences, and shared learning across continents. Here's what we heard from three days in Buenos Aires.
Continue readingIncrease the social impact of open data with user personas
Understanding who uses open data and how helps city staff share public information in ways that are most likely to result in social impact. At “Designing for Community Use," our workshop on the What Works Cities on Tour, we helped city officials brainstorm potential users of open data, develop personas, and then use those personas to design improvements to how city halls disclose information.
Continue readingChanges are coming to the U.S. City Open Data Census
The U.S. City Open Data Census is an ongoing, crowdsourced measure of the current state of access to open datasets... View Article
Continue readingHow opening city data can support racial justice
Cities collect, store, analyze and disclose many different kinds of government data that are critical to understanding and addressing social inequality and racial justice. Advocates for equity can and must do more to demand more transparency from local authorities by working with cities to open up, close information gaps in their communities, and end data poverty.
Continue readingLooking for open data use cases in Madison, Wisconsin
Sunlight’s Open Cities team will be in Madison, Wisconsin for two weeks, conducting dozens of interviews as part of our first-ever pilot project for our Tactical Data Engagement work. To that end, if you live or work in Madison and have ideas about these issues, please tell us! Email opencities@sunlightfoundation.com and share your perspectives about how the city could improve how it collects, releases, uses or applies government data.
Continue readingSioux Falls, South Dakota aims to improve neighborhood services with the help of open data
The City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, wants to make it easier for residents to see and understand what's happening in their city. A new open data policy, a major component of that work, is now open for public comment.
Continue readingAmerican cities depend on federal data
To learn how important federal data is to cities, the Sunlight Foundation, in partnership with DataLensDC, conducted a national survey of city staff about how federal data informs their work. The findings of our survey are now available.
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