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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.

    Visualize this: A week’s worth of NYC subway entries and exits

    This animation visualizes one week’s worth of turnstile data for the New York City Subway.

      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.

        Open data vital for San Francisco’s Bike Share

        Finally, a bike-sharing program is coming to San Francisco!

          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.

            San Francisco makes open data city policy

            Today, open data and its power to transform a city and a nation by engaging tech savvy citizens will be on display at San Francisco City Hall. And just as importantly, companies that have been successful because of forward thinking open data policies will testify to our elected leaders about its importance.

              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.

                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.”

                  BillTrack50 wants to make it easier to search, engage with legislation

                  BillTrack50 provides convenient and user-friendly 50-state legislative data to both citizens and those with a professional interest.

                    Oakland pulls ahead of SF in the Bay Bridge Open Government Series

                    It hasn’t garnered the accolades San Francisco historically has, but it appears Oakland is starting to pull ahead in the Bay Bridge Open Government Series.

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