National Day of Civic Hacking is over. It was a great event that brought web developers, journalists, designers, community activists, data gurus, and government officials together for a weekend civic hacking. Chicago was the most active city with 412 people taking part in…
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National Civic Day of Hacking at 1871
Chicago will be hosting three different events during National Day of Civic Hacking. ChicagoMigrahack: A hackathon focused on immigration issues at Cibola. (May 31st – June 2nd) Hack for Youth: A youth centric hackathon hosted by the Alder Planetarium. (June…
This Thursday at 6 PM: LiveStream of OpenGovChicago Meetup
This Thursday, we’ll be live streaming the next OpenGov Chicago meetup (“Methods for Resident Engagement in the Civic Innovation Process“) right here via Google Go-Live Hangout. The video will begin at 6:00pm on Thursday May 23rd and be posted here prior…
The Schoolcuts.org teams school us on how to build a civic app (even after launch)
Since schoolcuts.org first launched two months ago, the team has been working around the clock to add new features and information to the site. One of the weakness of the civic hacking movement is a tendency to launch a new…
Using the new ClearPath API to help communities interact with the Chicago Police Department
On Saturday, civic web developers, designers, and data gurus came together with the Chicago Police Department at Google’s Chicago headquarters to test out and find creative ways to use the new ClearPath API. ClearPath is the Chicago Police Department’s community…
OpenGov Hack Night: Karen Weigert and the CleanWeb Challenge
Energy usage by neighborhood area, picture courtesy of Tom Schenk Jr Karen Weigert and the CleanWeb Challenge This week’s OpenGov Hack Night featured a presentation by the City of Chicago Chief Sustainability Officer Karen Weigert and the winners of Chicago’s…
