- JUNE 27, 2014
- Civic Data
Each week, we bring you a summary of what happened this week on our site, on Twitter, and in the wider world of municipal data. Suggest stories on Twitter with #ThisWeekInData.
The city of Charlotte, NC announced that it is launching an open data portal that will make make information on real estate, transportation, and city employees’ salaries publicly available. Developed earlier this month at a hackathon hosted by Code for America, the portal will go live later this summer.
The public library systems in Chicago and New York both won grants from the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge to make Wi-Fi hotspot devices publicly available for checkout.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that Jascha Franklin-Hodge will be serve as Boston’s new Chief Information Officer. The CIO is responsible for overseeing the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT).
The Los Angeles Police Department is using PredPol, a data-driven predictive policing platform, to direct patrol officers to likely future crime scenes.
Alexandros Washburn, New York’s Chief Urban Designer, gave a lecture at the Wilson Center this week about how smart technologies can help coastal cities prepare for climate change.
New from our team:
Video: Last week, Data-Smart City Solutions director Stephen Goldsmith spoke at The Washington Post’s “Health Beyond Healthcare” conference about ways that cities are using data to promote health.
Emily Shaw discusses the Sunlight Foundation’s resource for the answers to governments’ most frequently asked questions about open data policies.
Guest authors from Freedman Consulting review California’s Healthcare Associated Infections map, which demonstrates how political institutions can spur technology innovation in public agencies.
Somerville, MA is taking a look at the complex factors that impact wellbeing as its Office of Innovation and Analysis pilots NEXUS, a new policymaking tactic.
