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Esri Connecting Citizens and business With Open Data

May 1, 2014 By Editor

Recall it was in February (seems ages ago!) when Esri’s Andrew Turner (@ajturner) lifted the lid off the Esri Open Data initiative,  and effort to help Governments meet their mandate to be more transparent and serve the public with more open data – enter ArcGIS Open Data. I’m a huge fan of such efforts, mainly […]

Filed Under: ESRI, government, opendata, opengov Tagged With: arcgis, ESRI, opendata, OpenGov

Esri Story Map Shows Regions Most Impacted by Government Shutdown

October 11, 2013 By Editor

Another fine, interactive story map from Esri…  Esri’s interactive Federal Government Shutdown map is available for the media to embed or share as part of ongoing government, economic, and political coverage. This map uses data from Trulia.com to show the 10 areas in the US that have the highest percentage of local wages going to […]

Filed Under: government

Government Shutdown Forces USGIF To Postpone 2013 GEOINT Event

October 9, 2013 By Editor

I suppose you had to expect this was coming now that the Shutdown is in week 2… yesterday the USGIF officially had to pull the plug on the 2013 GeoInt event which was supposed to take place next week in Tampa, Florida.

Filed Under: events, geoint, government

Government Shutdown Effect – Data.Gov is Closed, Sorry, Please Come Again!

October 4, 2013 By Editor

Indeed the Federal Government shutdown in the US has affected many web sites and web services. Seems that all of the “non-essential” sites have been pretty much turned off with splash screens replaced to greet visitors… essentially meaning that not only are any sites updated (although most do have feeds from real-time sensors and the […]

Filed Under: government

US Government Shutdown Effect – Newsletter Bounce Backs

October 3, 2013 By Editor

On the upside, we sent out another fine GISuser Today Geo industry newsletter today, the downside though are these email bounce-backs that we’ve received, and plenty of them!  Best wishes to all of our Federal Government worker colleagues and friends, Government contractors and others affected by the recent Government #shutdown

Filed Under: Career Tips, employment, government Tagged With: careers, employment, Government, shutdown

The Complete List of What's Affected by the US Government Shutdown #Furlough

October 1, 2013 By Editor

There’s no doubt that many companies and many people that you know personally have been affected by the US Government shutdown.  Indeed there’s also many GeoTech professionals and those charged with managing Federal assets and lands with GIS and supporting technologies that are currently out of work. Below, find an overview of some of the […]

Filed Under: government

The 2012 Census of more than 89,000 US Local Governments

September 27, 2013 By Editor

How big is government? Well, this survey of local agencies in the US may clarify that for you. The US Census Bureau has just released the data and findings from the 2012 Census of US Governments. The Individual State Descriptions provide the foundation of how government entities are identified and classified for the U.S. Census […]

Filed Under: census, government

Alberta Open Data Portal #OpenGov Opens Data to the masses

May 30, 2013 By Editor

A fine mainstream media report on a new OpenData resource from Alberta, Canada has surfaced on the CTV (Alberta) web portal. What I like really like about this report is that it is quite accurate and truthful, getting right to the point and describing exactly why opendata is important to users and the business community. […]

Filed Under: Canada, government, opendata, opengov Tagged With: opendata

Event Tip – GIS for Government

April 12, 2013 By Editor

Here’s details of an interesting technology event scheduled to take place in June in Washington D.C. enter GIS for Government. The event will tackle the topics of funding, interoperability and other pressing matters that government are faced with – expect Big Data, the cloud, OSM, open source and related items to be discussed! About the […]

Filed Under: events, government

Oakland Adds Bike Routes and more bike data to OpenOakland @openOakland

March 20, 2013 By Editor

The already data-rich open resource in Oakland is even richer now thanks to the addition of some cool bicycle data… let the hacking and mashing begin! This platform is an open data catalog built by the OpenOakland Brigade as a community resource and this site uses the opensource CKAN platform- the same free software behind […]

Filed Under: government, opengov Tagged With: opendata

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