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2014 in review
2014 was a good year. Looking forward to 2015 and much more blogging. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 22,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 8 sold-out performances for that many… Continue reading
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Better Licensing For Open Data
It’s really interesting to see so many governments start to use GitHub as a platform for sharing both code and data. One of the things I find interesting, though, is how infrequently governments use standard licenses with their data and app releases on GitHub. I’m as guilty as anyone of pushing government data and apps… Continue reading
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Some Tips on API Stewardship
Following up on my last post, and a recent trip to St. Paul Minnesota for the NAGW Annual Conference to talk about open data APIs, I wanted to provide a few insights for proper API stewardship for any government looking to get started with open data, or those that already have an open data program… Continue reading
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Open Data: Beyond the Portal
One of the most visible statements a government embarking on a new open data program can make is the selection of an “open data portal.” An open data portal provides a central location for listing or storing data released by a government for use by outside consumers, making such data more easily discoverable. A portal… Continue reading
About Me
I am the former Chief Data Officer for the City of Philadelphia. I also served as Director of Government Relations at Code for America, and as Director of the State of Delaware’s Government Information Center. For about six years, I served in the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS), and helped pioneer their work with state and local governments. I also led platform evangelism efforts for TTS’ cloud platform, which supports over 30 critical federal agency systems.
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