California is opening up criminal justice data with a new initiative. On Wednesday, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris unveiled a new open data portal for the state, focusing solely on criminal justice. The tool consists of two components: a Dashboard …
On September 4-5, the Port of Rotterdam is to hold the third edition of what has now become its annual World Port Hackaton. Hackers, programmers, stakeholders and enthusiasts are invited to attend the two-day event and join the teams. Together …
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Civic hackers and open data are children of public-spirited and trusting Gen Xers in the same way that personal computers, open source software and the Internet were the children of altruistic and ingenuous Baby Boomers. Unfortunately, altruistic and trusting children …
Why OSS Matters to Government There are clear reasons why governments are putting increased attention on open source solutions. No Lock-in With OSS, governments maintain complete control of their applications and data. They are not locked into proprietary formats, feature …
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We recently contacted a few industry experts to share their opinions on a subject that matters to them. Featured on the blog today is Jean Yang — a final-year PhD student at MIT and Harvard alumnus. Her research interests include …
Security and research information is a hot topic right now for a number of reasons, not least the transparency agenda and the desire, quite rightly, to be as open as possible about data relating to the conditions and outcomes of …