Yesterday, Webitects and Juvenile Law Center released a new site called Failed Policies, Forfeited Futures–A Nationwide Scorecard on Juvenile Records. It compares how states treat juvenile records and proposes that youth should be better protected from the harmful effects of their…
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Use health data? Use State Data? Fill out the survey!
If you have an interest in state health data, the Governor’s Office of Health Innovation and Transformation (GOHIT) is holding an Open Data Survey to get feedback from the community. The survey closes Monday night and can be found here: https://www.research.net/s/ILopendata…
Chicago launches a new PlowTracker
Chicago has seen it’s first snow flurries – which can only mean one thing…the return of Chicago’s PlowTracker! This year, it’s been updated with new features to help residents find where the plows are. In previous iterations, the plow tracker…
Chicagoflushots.org keeps going viral
Last week, Socrata created another version of Tom Kompare’s Chicago flu shot app that runs on the Socrata API. Developed in partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health, the app is hosted on Smart Chicago’s servers. (A service we offer…
Watch mRelief’s presentation at OpenGov Hack Night
If you missed last week’s mRelief presentation at OpenGov Hack Night – we’ve got the video below: Twitter was a big fan of the project! Here’s a sampling of the tweets below
Tomorrow: The Red Cross and Open Source Technology
At tomorrow’s OpenGov Hack Night, the Red Cross’ Jim McGowan will be talking about how the Red Cross is using open source technology to improve the way they handle disaster services. The Chicago Area Red Cross has been looking at…
