It’s somewhat taken for granted that Chicago civic hackers have access to a plethora of data. This includes the city code – which is available online for anyone and everyone to see and download. To get the code to this…
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Stoked About the New “Squared Away” App from the Metropolitan Tenants Ogranization
This Wednesday the Metropolitan Tenants Organization (MTO) is launching a new web-based app that helps build better relationships between tenants and landlords. I served as sort of an informal advisor to this project, and I’m excited about it for a…
OpenGovChicago Meeting: Process and Products Around the Chicago Municipal Code
Last week, Smart Chicago hosted the OpenGov Chicago-land meetup at the Chicago Cultural Center with a great lineup of authoritative speakers: Susana Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Chicago, Julia Ellis, Legislative Counsel at Chicago City Clerk, Carl Malamud, President and Founder of Public.Resource.Org, Waldo Jaquith,…
Livestream of Process and Product Around Chicago Municipal Code
Tonight’s OpenGovChicago meetup will be livestreamed here (for as long as the wifi at the Cultural Center holds up). See also the live meeting minutes.
Livestream of “Putting Health Data to Work in Our States and Communities”
This Friday, the Health Data Consortium will be hosting a two-day event that will talk about how to Put Health Data to Work in our Communities. As we move through the day, we’ll post the videos below. Our broadcast will…
On the Creation of the U.S. Open Data Institute
Today in London, Waldo Jaquith, a great colleague and fellow Champion of Change, announced the launch of the U.S. Open Data Institute. The goal is “to encourage governments and businesses to adopt open data standards as a way to promote economic growth,…
