Since March, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) has been supporting the work of Doctors Without Borders by mapping out areas that have been affected by the Ebola outbreak. During a disaster, the Humanitarian OpenSteetMap Team (HOT) activates to help coordinate…
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Chicago Public School launches new website redesign (done in-house)
Jay Van Patten, Information Technology Director at Chicago Public Schools, stopped by OpenGov Hack Night on October 7th to showcase his team’s work in redesigning the Chicago Public Schools website to be mobile – first. Their work provides an example of…
Tweet your @CivicTechJobs
Has the #civictech space gotten to a point where we need a twitter bot for job postings? — Christopher Whitaker (@CivicWhitaker) October 8, 2014 @_jden @civicjobsf Yes! But nationwide! — Christopher Whitaker (@CivicWhitaker) October 8, 2014 @CivicWhitaker let us know…
Data + Design: An open source e-book
On September 30th, Trina Chiasson presented her open source e-book Data + Design at OpenGov Hack Night. Data and Design is a free three-hundred page creative commons book explaining important data concepts in simple language.
Catch Christopher Whitaker on WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift talking Code for America Summit
Our consultant, Christopher Whitaker, will be on WBEZ with Demond Drummer and Cathy Deng to talk about the Code for America Summit. The segment should air around 3:40pm this afternoon. You can listen live here.
City of Chicago Launches OpenData ETL Utility Kit
The City of Chicago’s Department of Innovation and Technology released the OpenData ETL Utility Kit at the Code for America Summit this morning. The ETL Utility Toolkit will give cities the same tools Chicago uses to get data from their…
