Ben Balter and Arfon Smith from GitHub will talk about their efforts to make government tech more transparent and accountable by using open source workflows like GitHub.
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We’ll be live streaming and live tweeting tonight’s OpenGov Chicago Meeting starting at 6:15pm CST.
Springfield Sunset, Photo by Ann Fisher
This meetup will focus on open records. Here’s a description of the meeting from our two speakers:
The open data movement in Chicago provides a wealth of opportunity to analyze, publicize and criticize the functions of city government. But it falls short of the kind of transparency that lets the public see how Mayor Rahm Emanuel actually governs. For that, you need open records. And those are too often in short supply. Join Chicago Tribune investigations editor Jim Webb and Tribune investigative reporter Dave Kidwell for a discussion about government transparency, why records are worth fighting for and what works or doesn’t under Illinois’ weak Freedom of Information Act.
Tonight, join us for Data Potluck at the Chicago Community Trust!
DataPotluck XII will continue their focus on hands-on workshopping of tools, focusing on Excel (everyone’s favorite workhorse) and OpenRefine (the coolest, free-est tool to clean data that you haven’t heard of).
Data Potluck’s featured non-profit partner this month is the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). They’ll have some of their data to work with to learn tools, and staff along for us to learn about–and help brainstorm on–their data- and analytics-related challenges.
This *is* a potluck so bring your favorite food or beverage! Our live stream coverage will begin at 6:15!
At tonight’s OpenGovHackNight – David Eads returns to the hack night to talk about his work on the Chicago Tribune Elections Website. He’ll go over their use of the new Reuters election data service and how they integrated the content into print. You can follow along with David with his slide deck here.
Our coverage begins at 6:15pm Chicago-time.
The US Census Bureau collects a bounty of data about people in the United States. Tonight’s Open Gov Chicago meetup is all about learning more about how you can use this data.
Our live stream (and live tweeting!) coverage will begin tonight at 6:10pm CST. We’ll also be keeping live meeting notes here. We have additional notes about the meeting below the fold:
In our last meetup, we asked you what you wanted to talk about! The idea of “collaboration” came up, and we want to make it happen.
So, we’ll be live streaming 5 Slide Pitches below and keeping meeting notes here.
Once everyone has had a chance to talk, let’s hang out and see how we can support each other. Connect Chicago is here to help all Chicago residents get connected— no matter where you are in the city, on the skills continuum, or in this universe of access and training providers. Let’s talk! You can tweet along at #ConnectChicago as well.
