This morning, Smart Chicago Executive Director Dan O’Neil appeared on Outside the Loop radio to talk about Smart Chicago’s partnership with Cook County to expand open data. You can listen to the broadcast on the Outside the Loop radio website.…
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Get Covered Illinois at OpenGov Hack Night
At the last Chicago OpenGov Hack Night, Charles Watkins from Get Covered Illinois talked about the Affordable Care Act and its implementation here in Illinois. Get Covered Illinois is an effort by the State of Illinois to make sure that all residents in Illinois get health…
Hack Night Live: The Affordable Care Act
At tonight’s Chicago OpenGov Hack Night: Charles Watkins from Get Covered Illinois will discuss the Affordable Care Act and its implementation here in Illinois. Livestream will begin on this blog post at 6:15 PM CST.
GeoGit & GeoGinger: GitHub for Catrographers
At last week’s OpenGov Hack Night, Nick Dorian spoke about GeoGit and GeoGinger and how they can help with the process of making maps. One of the issues with GitHub is that it’s not a great tool for tracking changes…
Hack Night Live: Nick Doiron presents GeoGit
Nick Doiron will present GeoGit, a way for cities and civic hackers to publish their data and make maps that change over time. Live stream will start at about 6:15pm on our Google Plus page where we’ll have the Q&A…
Hack Dash + opengovhacknight.org: Making it easier to get involved
One of the challenges in organizing volunteers around building civic web applications is that there are a lot of people with a lot of different skills and many projects to choose from – particularly in Chicago. Over the past few…
