In the beginning, government data was stored on pieces of parchment and kept in bureau. Only the government employees knew where all the documents were thus giving us the word: bureaucrat. Today, government is different. Now cities across the country…
Last Tuesday, Smart Chicago Executive Director Daniel X. O’Neil spoke at the OpenGov Hack Night about the Civic User Testing Group.
December 8th through the 14th is Computer Science Week and once again Chicago Public School will be participating through the Hour of Code event. Jamal Cornelious, Project manager for Computer Science at Chicago Public Schools, dropped by OpenGov Hack Night…
Our friends at the Southwest Organizing Project are hiring a part time data specialist to help manage data around housing. Here’s the job listing.
On Tuesday November 18th, Jim McGowan with the Red Cross of Greater Chicago gave a presentation at OpenGov Hack Night about their open source project: DCSops. The Red Cross uses DCSops to manage their situational awareness information and dispatch volunteers…
Today, Plenar.io released a new feature that allows you to add your own data sets to Plenar.io. Plenar.io was conceived as a centralized hub for open datasets from around the country. Funded by the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation,…
