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Seattle open data policy will improve public access to city information
Seattle is the next city to follow in the footsteps of open data reforms implemented by San Francisco, New York City, the District of Columbia, and other cities. Data.Seattle.gov is planned as a Web site that will publish city data sets to be downloaded by citizens, or used by citizen programmers to build Web-based applications… »
The Apps for Democracy how-to guide
Peter Corbett, the CEO of iStrategyLabs, has published a step-by-step guide on how to re-purpose city data with innovative applications by hosting an Apps for Democracy contest.
Could Apps for New Orleans be next?
Also of interest, read Peter’s presentation delivered recently to the CityCamp un-conference in… »
Can we “get an app for that” in New Orleans?
John Sutter, “Cities embrace mobile apps, ‘Gov 2.0′,” CNN.com:
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and a customer-service guru, was riding on a public train in San Francisco, California, recently when something common but annoying occurred: The railcar filled with people and became uncomfortably hot. …
Newmark pulled out his iPhone, snapped a photo of the train car… »
“The government doesn’t have a monopoly on the best ideas.”
Apps for Democracy was the brainchild of former Washington, D.C., chief technology officer Vivek Kundra, who joined the Obama administration this year to become the nation’s first federal CIO.
“The government doesn’t have a monopoly on the best ideas. We look forward to unleashing the creativity of the American people to show us what is possible… »
San Francisco improves public access to data by executive order
Inspired by President Obama’s Open Government Initiative, the D.C. Digital Public Square, and other developments around the country, Mayor Gavin Newsom made public access to electronic government data matter of official policy by issuing an executive directive on open government to all agencies (pdf). The directive is reprinted here with emphasis added to key points:
Executive… »
An engine for increasing the velocity of democracy
It’s an accepted truth that a healthy democracy requires citizens who participate in the civic life of their communities, and who engage with government institutions. But while civic participation is vital for a healthy democracy, it’s an inadequate prescription.
Government institutions also have to effectively engage and respond to citizen concerns, and by extension, government institutions… »
Governments are asking and citizens are telling
The San Jose Mobile City Hall was launched on December 15th as a free download from the Apple iTunes store.
“We need to embrace emerging technologies in order to more efficiently serve our residents at a time when our budgets are dwindling and deferred infrastructure maintenance costs are skyrocketing,” said San Jose Councilman Pete Constant.
A caution… »
Can New Orleans get an app for that?
An iPhone screen displays Boston’s “Citizens Connect” app. Citizens take photos of potholes and other repairs and the location’s coordinates automatically embed in the photo. The complaint goes hurtling through the bureaucracy of City Hall and heads straight out to public works crews around the city.
Listen to the NPR story to learn… »
