The US City SDK was created by the US Census Bureau to be a user-friendly “toolbox” for civic technologists to connect local and national public data The creation of the CitySDK came out of the desire to make it easier to use the…
CitySDK Demo
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Promptly.io launches in Chicago in partnership with A Safe Haven as part of CivicWorks Project
As part of the CivicWorks Project, we’ve helped launch a partnership between Promptly.io and A Safe Haven to provide the Promptly text-based followup services to A Safe Haven clients. About Safe Haven A Safe Haven is a social enterprise that provides comprehensive and vertically…
National Day 2015 Round-up
Last week was a busy week for civic technologists in Chicago with several events being held throughout the city as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. We’ve provided a quick roundup of everything that happened last week as…
US Chief Data Officer DJ Patil’s remarks at Organize! Civic Tech Leadership Training
US Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil made a whirlwind visit to the Midwest for National Day of Civic Hacking. He first visited Hack for Michiana in South Bend, Indiana and then made his way to Chicago stopping first at our…
Tech Tools for Civic Organizations
One of the problems that we sometimes encounter in the technology space is that we say things like, “Oh, just use this piece of software that I assume you know about.” It’s the digital equivalent of watching a home improvement…
U.S. Chief Data Scientist visiting Chicago for National Day of Civic Hacking
U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil will be making a trip to Chicago for National Day of Civic Hacking. As Chief Data Scientist, DJ helps to shape policies and practices to help the U.S. remain a leader in technology and innovation,…
