Luke Fretwell

Luke Fretwell is the founder of GovFresh. Contact him at luke@govfresh.com or connect on LinkedIn or Twitter at @govfresh or @lukefretwell.

Tipping my open government hat

I first met Alex Howard in Los Angeles at Gov20LA a few years ago. This was shortly before he joined O’Reilly Media as its Washington correspondent covering the open government/Gov 2.0 beat.

    PublicStuff builds a civic network that connects government and citizens

    PublicStuff helps local governments turn service requests and inquiries into tangible community improvements by connecting people directly to their city representatives from their laptop, mobile phone or tablet.

      Revelstone shares lesson learned from the civic startup trenches

      After a few years in the civic startup trenches, Revelstone has learned a thing or two about building a new business targeting government’s analytical needs.

        Open government’s double standard

        Despite open government calls for performance metrics and financial transparency in government, you’d be hard-pressed to find any of this for the movement behind it.

          Big feet: Walkonomics wants to crowdsource the friendliness of the world’s streets

          Walkonomics mobile app rates and maps the pedestrian-friendliness of every street in San Francisco, Manhattan and England.

            Please take this open data survey

            Steve Reitano is conducting an open data research project as part of his academic work at Royal Roads University in Canada.

              FreshWrap: Citizenville, EU and Japan data portals, NYC BigApps

              Weekly wrap-up of civic news.

                Help crowdfund this open source city book

                Jason Hibbetts is a great guy and a true leader in the open government community, and he is asking for your support in helping fund the first 500 copies of his upcoming book, “The Foundation for an Open Source City.”

                  Is San Francisco sittin’ on the dock of the open data bay?

                  In October 2012, in the form of proposed legislation, San Francisco announced it would appoint a chief data officer to “be responsible for sharing City data with the public, facilitating the sharing of information between City departments, and analyzing how data sets can be used to improve city decision making.”

                    FreshWrap: Code Corps, open data census, Philly property calculator, Hawaii data bills

                    Weekly wrap-up of civic news.

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