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Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: civic tech
“Rethinking Open Data Portals” in Civic Technology
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: abhi nemani, civic tech, open data, open data portal
How the New ‘Smart’ City Tackles Disaster Management with Open Data and Civic Tech
To date, smart city initiatives have been largely top down efforts accompanied by hefty infrastructure investments. They’ve also targeted similar areas for improvements, like parking, street lighting, transportation, water and energy use, and waste management. However, in “The next-generation…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Data, Greater efficiency, How, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Public safety, Resilience, Smart communities Tagged with: big data, civic tech, data, disaster, disaster response, open data, OpenDataSoft
Opening Government through Business in Pakistan
“We support open government not just because it is good for business but because is central to human rights and dignity” concluded a leading member of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the recent Open Government Partnership (OGP)…
ICFJ Knight roundup: Fellows discuss African open data revolution in Tanzania
Journalism Education Knight International Media Innovators Digital Journalism Fellows talk civic tech and open data in Africa, mapping media organizations in South America, big news for a recent fellow and more from the Knight Fellows in this week’s roundup.
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Africa, civic tech, International Journalists' Network, Jefferson Mok, journalism, open data, Tanzania
Civic Awesome: Open Data in the News for the Week of July 13, 2015
The US government puts open data to serious use this week, shining a spotlight on Big Pharma’s influence on medical care, and pushing to solve world hunger. Meanwhile, Virginians just want to have some open data fun — and profit.…
The Rise Of Female Hackers For Good
On May 23, 2015, hackers from 19 countries gathered online and in person for Femhack, a grassroots international feminist hackathon inspired by the life and work of Sabeen Mahmud. Passionate about civic technology, Mahmud started Pakistan’s first hackathon. Her efforts were not without controversy,…
Posted in Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Chayn, Circle of 6, Civic hacking, civic tech, female, Femhack, Hack4Change, Hackathon, Hacktivist, Harassmap, Hollaback!, Jennifer Vento, NGOs, Pakistan, Sabeen Mahmud, Techcrunch, TransHackFeminist, Womanity Foundation, women
A call to arms ! Cities should invest in Civic Tech Accelerators & Marketplaces !
Traditionally there is only one reason for the public sector to invest in projects, we call it market failure and basically means two things: (i) it is not happening, the market doesn’t provide it naturally and/or (ii) the benefits of…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Accelerator, Apps, business model, civic space, civic tech, CKAN, Esteve Almirall, funding, investment, Marketplace, open data, open data portal, Smart Cities
Civic Tech and NGOs … wait, and donors – Can we be better collaborators in global Transparency and Accountability work?
This is a guest post by Kersti Ruth Wissenbach, our Open Knowledge Ambassador in the Netherlands. At our Re:publica session in May we set out to bring together transparency and accountability practitioners from traditional NGOs as well as from the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: agile, civic tech, collaboration, Europe, innovation, Kersti Ruth Wissenbach, Netherlands, NGOs, OKFest14, OKFN, Open Knowledge, Re:publica, science, silos
Do we want a Digital Government & a tech cluster in our Cities? The 3 essentials
Governments can do a lot, no doubt, we can have a long list of policies to implement and all of them are important, from tax policy to changing procurement. However, many times is important to reflect on the essentials. Are…
Posted in Commercial opportunities, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: civic tech, Community, developers, Esteve Almirall, Government, Hadoop, programmer, Python, Ruby, skills
The Future of Civic Tech: 8 Localities Showcase Their Initiatives
Gathering at its San Francisco headquarters June 10, the civic innovation group Code for America (CfA) showcased a lineup of latest apps and efforts for eight localities in 2015. Tagged as its BETA event, the meeting provided a status update…
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