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BetaNYC’s testimony to NY City Council Committee on Technology – Open Data oversight hearing 1 Oct 2015
Dear Chairman Vacca and Councilmembers, New York City’s open data ecosystem one of the world’s best. We are very sorry that BetaNYC’s leadership can’t be there in person. First, BetaNYC and NYC open data community has experienced an amazing 18 months. We are excited to see the Council and this administration commit to making open…
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BetaNYC’s Statement on the signing of NYC’s OpenLaw and OpenRecord & the launch of City Record Online Workgroup.
“Starting today, the Mayor and this City Council will place fundamental components of democracy online, for no cost, available to anyone regardless of location, privilege, language, or device. We are delighted to see the Mayor and this Council build on the City’s pioneering transparency efforts,” said Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC. “We look forward…
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Here is an interactive map created by D.C. public and charter school students that shows where D.C.’s homeless kids are educated. The students call themselves Mini Hacker Civics and are clearly the hope for the future. This Map Created By Students Shows Where D.C.’s Homeless Kids Learn: DCist
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New York City has a thriving data community and one of the strongest open data portals in the nation. A comprehensive data strategy would build on past successes, improve the city’s economic and social well-being, and help city government better meet the needs of its citizens. Big data can be a big help to city…
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Technology and civic apps are like gardening – except when they’re not. I like the analogy of gardening applied to investment in technology solutions. It underscores the need to continually invest in the maintenance and upkeep of the solutions that are used to consume government data. However, I think there is some danger in using…
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OpenShift meets #BetaNYC, a #CfABrigade for NYC.
Tonight, #BetaNYC was honored to have OpenShift as a sponsor and have two of their best evangelists show us how to make better civic apps. Now, we are ready to build scalable apps and hand them off to others. Thank you Red Hat’s Fotios Lindiakos and Ryan Jarvinen! PS – It was great to have Ryan, an OpenOakland member,…
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A report back on NYC BigApps’ CityCamp & Demo Night
This past weekend, the New York City Metro Area hosted five National Day of Civic Hacking events! (Two in Manhattan, One in Brooklyn, One in Queens, and One in Newark, NJ) One of them was the City’s first CityCamp and the last public event before the conclusion of NYC BigApps. After three months of civic…
