Marks First U.S. Customer for Award-Winning OpenDataSoft
Esri Launches New Site to Find Open Data
Search and Discover Authoritative Information from Any ArcGIS Open Data Website
Improved Search and QuickFacts Enhance Census Bureau’s Website
As a direct result of customer feedback, the U.S. Census Bureau recently updated two key tools on census.gov with new features to make accessing statistics easier than ever before.
Poll – Share Your Comments on OpenGov and OpenData
We’d like to hear from you with a little feedback and comments regarding Open Government and OpenData. We’d like you to share your favorite resources, comment on the state of OpenGov and provide some general feedback… enjoy, and thanks for participating!
Socrata’s New 2014 Benchmark Report Shows Rapid and Widespread Adoption of Open Data By Governments
An interesting update from Socrata as they share results of their recent survey on OpenData use in Government
Arkansas.gov Ranks Among Top 3 Government Websites
This week the State of Arkansas announced that its official website, Arkansas.gov, has been named the third best state government website in the country in the annual “Best of the Web” competition sponsored by the Center for Digital Government. This marks the ninth year in a row the state portal has received a top 10 national ranking, including its […]
2014 Open Data for Development Research Grants – Call for Proposals
The Open Government Partnership Open Data Working Group is interested in receiving research proposals for work exploring the technical and practical implications of Open Data. These grants are administered by the Web Foundation and supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and will initially support research projects to take place between November 2014 and […]
Open Government Tour 2014 #OGT14 Stimulates OpenData Dialog #opengov
A topic that is hugely hot these days, particularly with the GeoTech crowd, is Open Data. I spent an evening in the meeting chambers at our local City Hall discussing OpenData with about 2 dozen other geeks with nothing better to do on a Monday night.
Esri Connecting Citizens and business With Open Data
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 […]
GISuser Today Newsletter, Feb 19, 2013 – Geosage, OpenGov, SOTMUS, Trimble making news
Welcome again to another Geo / Location Tech news roundup. Prepare to hear lots about OpenGov, OpenData and the likes this week as there’s a ton of activity in that space this month. Just today details of the Knight Foundation news challenge has been trending on Twitter – this is a cool effort to help […]
