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 readingCredit card abuse, open records and the U.S. Virgin Islands “black hole” government
The Virgin Islands Daily News recently requested information on how government-issued credit cards were used. The results were not ideal for the governor — or the taxpayers of the Virgin Islands.
Continue readingDark money group vastly outspending candidates on ads in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
The judicial election in Wisconsin is on April 5 — when Wisconsin voters go to the polls, they won’t know who funded most of the ad spending around it.
Continue readingThe importance of accurate, verified human rights data
The importance of reliable national statistics can be seen around the globe. Here, we look at examples of this in Argentina and Taiwan.
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.
Continue reading6 more cities join the What Works Cities initiative as demand for open data soars
The Sunlight Foundation is excited to announce that six more cities are joining the What Works Cities initiative: Boston; Charlotte; Little Rock, Ark.; Milwaukee; Raleigh, N.C.; and Victorville, Calif.
Continue readingMesa embraces open data with new portal and policy
As a part of its participation in the What Works Cities initiative, Mesa, Ariz., has made major progress toward establishing a comprehensive and sustainable open data program over the past several months.
Continue readingUsing open data to stimulate new methods of human rights monitoring
Open data has been used in nontraditional ways to monitor human rights violations, to engage the public in the topic and even to stop human rights violations as they are happening.
Continue readingTacoma becomes sixth What Works City to adopt an open data policy
Tacoma, Wash., just passed an open data policy that will allow the city to make better decisions that will ultimately improve the lives of its citizens.
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