Secrets of open data success
Although many cities have made progress with open data portals and digitizing archives, a few consistently lead the pack.
Georgia opens data on schools’ performance
Georgia’s new School Reports website collects data from multiple sources to provide each public school with a single performance report based on indicators of student success.
Helping high schoolers connect degrees to dollars
States’ detailed data systems have revealed that more education doesn’t always mean higher earnings.
Inmate release map shows demographic data by county
Pennsylvania’s Corrections Department’s interactive map shows the number of released inmates by county as well as their gender, race and risk score.
4 Ways to Make Open Data Meaningful
Helping citizens build smarter communities through GIS technology the can help spur innovation, form connections and ultimately lead to action.
Chicago’s New Civic Tech Collaboration: Better E. Coli Risk Predictions
Volunteers are helping the Chicago Park District figure out whether there are better analytics models for water contamination hazards at Lake Michigan beaches.
IRS opens data on tax-exempt organizations
The tax agency is making the financial information from Form 990 available in machine-readable format.
Why you need a data intermediary
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership aims to help communities create data intermediaries to act as data translators, educators and collaborators.
Chicago Just Released a Massive Amount of Bike-Sharing Data
A new dataset about the Divvy bike-sharing program is now the largest available through the city’s open data portal, with over 52 million rows of information.
Cities Get a Resource Toolkit for Data-Driven Government
In addition, What Works Cities named 12 more to its performance initiative.
Open data: If you can’t measure it, how can you manage it?
While most organizations agree that open data provides a range of benefits, the ability to measure those improvements and the associated costs of open data initiatives remains elusive.
Building the next USASpending.Gov, out in the open
Emphasizing user-centered design, user feedback and iterative cycles of improvements, the Treasury Department is preparing to release its second open beta version.
FAA opens up drone registration data
The Federal Aviation Administration released information detailing the cities, states and ZIP codes of small drone owners who have registered unmanned aerial vehicles.
What to look for in an open data platform
Cloud-based technology, a vendor that can help with strategic decisions, user-friendly interfaces and the ability to incorporate dynamic data are all essential, according to an IDC analyst.
LA gets high-speed line for its data
Los Angeles is connecting the city’s open datasets and services to the California Research and Education Network, upgrading accessing speed to 100 gigabits.
Survey: Open data gains momentum
The key findings include broad commitment and increasing investment in open data and a strong correlation between open data and improved government efficiencies.
Salt Lake City joins the Police Data Initiative
The Salt Lake Police Department has released data on use-of-force incidents and plans on releasing more information as part of its participation in the Police Data Initiative.
Philadelphia City Hall Creates Open Data and Digital Transformation Office
But its establishment hints at the city's offices being too siloed.
Open data tapped for economic development, law enforcement
State and local governments are finding different ways to leverage their open data.
One year later: The Police Data Initiative celebrates growth
Participation in the Police Data Initiative has grown to 53 jurisdictions, which have released over 90 datasets of information to the public.
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