This morning, along with a couple dozen other people, I spoke during the public comment section of the Cook County Board Finance Committee. The comments are limited to three minutes per person, and I covered my support for the technology portion…
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Two Great Illinois-Focused Health Data Events
There are two great statewide health data events coming up on November 8 and 9 in Chicago. Putting Health Data to Work in Our States and Communities First up, on Friday, November 8, is A Health Data Consortium Event: Putting…
Building a Smarter Chicago Chapter in Beyond Transparency, a New Book from Code for America
Today marks the publication of “Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation“, an anthology edited by Brett Goldstein with Lauren Dyson and published by Code for America. Here’s a blurb: Beyond Transparency is a cross-disciplinary survey of the open…
Civic User Testing Group as a Model in Changing the Relationship Between Government and Residents (#cfasummit)
Here’s the presentation I’m giving today at the Code for America Summit in the context of the “Changing the Relationship Between Government and Residents” panel. Panel description as follows: Civic technology often aims to change way governments and citizens interact…
Toward More Fluidity in Civic Data
Over there weekend, there were at least three news stories have referenced super-specific figures on speed cameras as released by the City of Chicago, but none of them linked to the source of the data. I read these stories, and…
City of Chicago Launches the First Comprehensive, Public Data Dictionary
Today the City of Chicago launched the City of Chicago Data Dictionary, a single, comprehensive database catalog for the City of Chicago and City of Chicago sister agencies. The data dictionary contains detailed information on every data set held by City agencies and departments, how and if…
