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Developer Survey on Open Government Data
In the last post, I started a series on building open government applications with transit data. If you read that post, and followed along, you’ve now got all of the GTFS data released by the Delaware Transit Corporation imported into a MySQL database. If you’re someone who is interested in this series, and cares about […]
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How to Build an Open Transit Data Application
Earlier this year, I had the chance to work with one of my state’s Senators to draft and pass a bill requiring the state’s transit agency to publish all of it’s route, schedule and fare information in an open format for use by third parties. This bill was signed into law by the Governor a […]
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Citizen Service and 311 Session Recap
The video from the first session I moderated at the Manor.GovFresh event is now online. http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/9707092?v3=1 This session focused on handling citizen requests for non-emergency service and 311. We were very fortunate to have a great panel for the discussion: Kam Lasater; Chief Strategy Officer, SeeClickFix Adam Kalsey; Manager, Voxeo Developer Network Alissa Black; City […]
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Manor.GovFresh: Gov 2.0 Goes Local
Next week local government leaders, technologists, entrepreneurs and open government advocates will come together in Manor, Texas to talk about how municipal governments can leverage what is going on in the world of Gov 2.0. Manor, Texas has been ground zero for some very innovative ideas in municipal government for a while now so it […]
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Gov 2.0 is Open Source
It’s interesting to reflect back on the not too distant past and think about how governments have used open source software. For many state and local governments – as recently as a few years ago – the use of open source software was something of a foreign concept. Many a government IT worker made an […]
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Time to Get Tough with 311 Vendors
Big news recently in the Open311 world. Lagan – a technology company that provides solutions for local government, including 311 systems – has announced the launch of an integration toolkit to allow “local government customers worldwide to receive and action service requests via social networks, mobile applications and third-party websites.” This is good news for […]
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The Case for Open Transit Data
This is an awesome short film from StreetFilms.org that convincingly lays out the case for open transit data. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13764646&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=9086c0&fullscreen=1 Later this year, the State of Delaware will – for the first time ever – release all of its transit data in open formats. This is the result of a bill introduced this past legislative session […]
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A ‘Glass Half Full’ View of Government App Contests
An increasing number of people are starting to suggest that the concept of the “app contest” (where governments challenge developers to build civic applications) is getting a bit long in the tooth. There have been lots of musings lately about the payoff for governments that hold such contests and the long term viability of individual […]
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The Economic Promise of Open Government Data
It’s been a few weeks since I suggested that by embracing open government data, the State of Delaware (and other states and localities) could encourage the development of nimble software companies and spur entrepreneurship. Since then, it’s been very gratifying to see lots of other people come to the same conclusion: The Open Gov Initiative: […]
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Building an Open311 Application
Earlier this year, I had an idea to build a Twitter application that would allow a citizen to start a 311 service request with their city. At the time, there was no way to build such an application as no municipality had yet adopted a 311 API that would support it (although the District of […]
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