From David King in this morning's Gotham Gazette, Technology Helping to Pry Open Government: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to unveil a major
open data initiatives as early as this week — Sunshine Week — coming on the heels of the announcement earlier this year ofOpenBudget.ny.gov, a portal that allows citizens to look up the state's finances.
Not exact matches
New York State's
open data initiative is particularly innovative and interesting from a national perspective, because it makes the state's
data website available to local governments
as a resource they can use to make their
data easier for themselves and the public to find and use.»
As part of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation's proactive disclosure plan, the Department committed to a number of new
initiatives designed to facilitate access to
open, machine - readable
data.
In October, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
opened a new 20,000 - square - foot
data center in Hanahan
as part of a broader Navy cost - saving
initiative.
As a participant in the city's
open - government
initiative, Austin Animal Center has released around sixty
data sets and
data views for the public to access.
The framework of assessment they have described to us includes important concerns such
as opportunity costs, supporting the animal advocacy movement, and alignment with
Open Cages» overall strategy.132 Their assessment process also involves asking important questions related to measuring success and failure, such
as how they plan to evaluate the program, how long they plan to pilot it, and whether they already have
data indicating that they should rethink their strategy.133 Metrics that they use to help evaluate specific programs include the number of restaurants that agree to provide vegan meals in response to their restaurant outreach,
as well
as the amount and overall sentiment of right - wing press discussion of their legal
initiatives.134, 135 These metrics provide useful information, but we think an organization prioritizing among many different interventions could benefit from the use of metrics that are more directly related to their ultimate goals, rough estimates though they may be.
The Spatial Analysis and Visualization
Initiative (SAVI) at Pratt Institute, along with co-organizers Carto and Enigma, will bring the concept of «
Data through Design» to life in a dynamic visual exhibition as part of NYC Open Data Week in March, a city - wide initiative led by the New York City Mayor's Office of Data Analytics to celebrate the access to, and benefits of, open data for
Data through Design» to life in a dynamic visual exhibition
as part of NYC
Open Data Week in March, a city - wide initiative led by the New York City Mayor's Office of Data Analytics to celebrate the access to, and benefits of, open data for
Open Data Week in March, a city - wide initiative led by the New York City Mayor's Office of Data Analytics to celebrate the access to, and benefits of, open data for
Data Week in March, a city - wide
initiative led by the New York City Mayor's Office of
Data Analytics to celebrate the access to, and benefits of, open data for
Data Analytics to celebrate the access to, and benefits of,
open data for
open data for
data for all.
María Jesús González - Espejo, founding member of the Instituto de Innovación Legal along with Laura Fauqueur, made several requests to the Minister: the review and modernization of law degree studies so that new lawyers can meet the technological challenges; more investment in technology that will benefit both legal professionals and citizens; more support for
initiatives such
as #HackTheJustice; the promotion of partnerships between public and private sector; more transparency and
open data from institutions and finally, policies that promote greater diversity and in particular an increased presence of women in the governing bodies of organizations and companies in the legal industry.
Built on an
open architecture platform, Exterro's software integrates with existing IT, HR and EDRM systems to deliver complete visibility into all critical
data,
as well
as the flexibility to scale beyond e-discovery to encompass larger legal, compliance and information governance
initiatives.
This was clear in the way that presenters and attendees described CodeX and its bold
initiatives underway, such
as the Computable Contracts Initiative and the
Open Data Initiative.
But I'll be back, and I suggest you, too, persevere, because, if,
as ReadWriteWeb opines, even the U.S. government
open access
data initiative data.gov has whole lot to learn from the Brits, our government desperately needs to see how those who «get it» are engaging their citizens; and our informed readers need to do what they can to cause it to get it, too.