New York’s data deluge begins
www.thenewyorkworld.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: Numbers nerds rejoiced Thursday as the city reached an important milestone: All the city’s online data, from rat reports to hurricane evacuation maps, must be downloadable from the city’s open data portal. March 7 was the deadline set under the city’s open data law, also know as Local Law 11. While it will take another five years to roll out in full, this week marks the first time that web-published information must be available to the public in machine-readable form, meaning that application developers, journalists and others can repurpose it into their own work.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Municipal, opendata
What Can Open Data do for You?
opencolorado.org
on 03/05/2013
Excerpt: As an OpenColorado board member and promoter of open government, I have worked to educate people about the opportunities that can be created from sharing government data, known as open data. Government’s sharing data creates many opportunities for transparency, collaboration, community building, and economic development. There have been many papers, articles, blogs, and opinions that illustrate the benefits of open data. Still, I am always excited when I see the benefits of open data in my own life. In this case, my excitement came from using Denver’s Crime Map while looking for a new house. I was getting ready to make an offer on a house, so I wanted to look up information about the neighborhood.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, City Government, Municipal, Open Data, State Government, Story
Superbowl 2013 Road Closures | Data.NOLA.gov
data.nola.gov
on 01/25/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Municipal, New Orleans, opendata
Using Twitter to Run Cities Better: Governance @SF311
blogs.worldbank.org
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: "People, Spaces, Deliberation" was launched in 2008 by the Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) and is now published by the External Affairs Operational Communication of the World Bank.... read the full post.
Tags: 311, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City Government, Municipal
Woburn Mass joins the SeeClickFix Community with the Assistance of the Common Wealth and the City of Boston
seeclickfix.blogspot.com
on 12/30/2012
Excerpt: In case you have not picked up on it yet, we think the Common Wealth Connect Application that we have built for the State of Massachusetts is a pretty big deal for the open government community and the State of Mass. Take open civic communication dedicated to improving neighborhoods and distribute the costs and responsibility across 35 jurisdictions in one swoop and you get something that's guaranteed to make a pretty big impact. The most exciting part for the folks in our office, as it is with every new city launch, is getting to know the new users, citizens and muni folk alike, and getting to see what they do with their new toolset to improve their neighborhoods.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, City, Government, Issue Management, Municipal, Support
Seattle is the latest city to go around ISPs to get a gigabit network
gigaom.com
on 12/13/2012
Excerpt: Seattle will join Chicago, Kansas City, Bruistol, Tenn. and other cities with its very own gigabit broadband network. The proposed plan would see a mix of fiber-to-the-home, mobile broadband and gigabit point-to-point wireless services. The city will partner with Gigabit Squared to make it happen. Seattle has teamed up with Gigabit Squared, a startup that wants to invest $200 million in building gigabit broadband networks in six college towns around the country, to build a gigabit network.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Municipal
Excerpt: As an OpenColorado board member and promoter of open government, I have worked to educate people about the opportunities that can be created from sharing government data, known as open data. Government’s sharing data creates many opportunities for transparency, collaboration, community building, and economic development. There have been many papers, articles, blogs, and opinions that illustrate the benefits of open data. Still, I am always excited when I see the benefits of open data in my own life. In this case, my excitement came from using Denver’s Crime Map while looking for a new house. I was getting ready to make an offer on a house, so I wanted to look up information about the neighborhood.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, City Government, Municipal, Open Data, State Government, Story
Superbowl 2013 Road Closures | Data.NOLA.gov
data.nola.gov
on 01/25/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Municipal, New Orleans, opendata
Using Twitter to Run Cities Better: Governance @SF311
blogs.worldbank.org
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: "People, Spaces, Deliberation" was launched in 2008 by the Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) and is now published by the External Affairs Operational Communication of the World Bank.... read the full post.
Tags: 311, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City Government, Municipal
Woburn Mass joins the SeeClickFix Community with the Assistance of the Common Wealth and the City of Boston
seeclickfix.blogspot.com
on 12/30/2012
Excerpt: In case you have not picked up on it yet, we think the Common Wealth Connect Application that we have built for the State of Massachusetts is a pretty big deal for the open government community and the State of Mass. Take open civic communication dedicated to improving neighborhoods and distribute the costs and responsibility across 35 jurisdictions in one swoop and you get something that's guaranteed to make a pretty big impact. The most exciting part for the folks in our office, as it is with every new city launch, is getting to know the new users, citizens and muni folk alike, and getting to see what they do with their new toolset to improve their neighborhoods.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, City, Government, Issue Management, Municipal, Support
Seattle is the latest city to go around ISPs to get a gigabit network
gigaom.com
on 12/13/2012
Excerpt: Seattle will join Chicago, Kansas City, Bruistol, Tenn. and other cities with its very own gigabit broadband network. The proposed plan would see a mix of fiber-to-the-home, mobile broadband and gigabit point-to-point wireless services. The city will partner with Gigabit Squared to make it happen. Seattle has teamed up with Gigabit Squared, a startup that wants to invest $200 million in building gigabit broadband networks in six college towns around the country, to build a gigabit network.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Municipal
Excerpt: "People, Spaces, Deliberation" was launched in 2008 by the Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) and is now published by the External Affairs Operational Communication of the World Bank.... read the full post.
Tags: 311, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City Government, Municipal
Woburn Mass joins the SeeClickFix Community with the Assistance of the Common Wealth and the City of Boston
seeclickfix.blogspot.com
on 12/30/2012
Excerpt: In case you have not picked up on it yet, we think the Common Wealth Connect Application that we have built for the State of Massachusetts is a pretty big deal for the open government community and the State of Mass. Take open civic communication dedicated to improving neighborhoods and distribute the costs and responsibility across 35 jurisdictions in one swoop and you get something that's guaranteed to make a pretty big impact. The most exciting part for the folks in our office, as it is with every new city launch, is getting to know the new users, citizens and muni folk alike, and getting to see what they do with their new toolset to improve their neighborhoods.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, City, Government, Issue Management, Municipal, Support
Seattle is the latest city to go around ISPs to get a gigabit network
gigaom.com
on 12/13/2012
Excerpt: Seattle will join Chicago, Kansas City, Bruistol, Tenn. and other cities with its very own gigabit broadband network. The proposed plan would see a mix of fiber-to-the-home, mobile broadband and gigabit point-to-point wireless services. The city will partner with Gigabit Squared to make it happen. Seattle has teamed up with Gigabit Squared, a startup that wants to invest $200 million in building gigabit broadband networks in six college towns around the country, to build a gigabit network.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Municipal
Excerpt: Seattle will join Chicago, Kansas City, Bruistol, Tenn. and other cities with its very own gigabit broadband network. The proposed plan would see a mix of fiber-to-the-home, mobile broadband and gigabit point-to-point wireless services. The city will partner with Gigabit Squared to make it happen. Seattle has teamed up with Gigabit Squared, a startup that wants to invest $200 million in building gigabit broadband networks in six college towns around the country, to build a gigabit network.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Municipal
