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Enhancing the City of Austin’s Open Data With Digital Citations

With the continued public interest in open data and open government, challenges begin to become apparent for both publishers and users…

Thomas Montgomery

Jan 22, 2019

Open Data Day with Open Austin 2018

Earlier this month on March 3rd, Open Austin held Open Data Day at Capital Factory in Downtown Austin. Open Data Day is an international…

Vic

Mar 21, 2018

City Releases Some Requested Data about Lobbyists and City Council

Last week, Austin City Clerk Jannette Goodall and other city officials met with Open Austin and the Austin Tech Alliance about two datasets…

Matt Carey

Feb 25, 2018

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Matt Carey

Feb 24, 2018

Office of Sustainability Offers Guidance for Civic Climate Data

Last week, representatives of the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability took time out of their schedules to meet with me, and with David Edmonson of Austin Tech Alliance, about the climate data priority in Open…

Vic

Jan 25, 2018

5 Ways to Get Plugged Into Austin’s Open Data Efforts in 2018

Did you make a data resolution this past…

Matt Carey

Dec 4, 2017

Open Austin Releases Joint Advocacy Agenda with Austin Tech Alliance

Vic

Nov 28, 2017

Open Government Here at Home in Austin

An Overview of Open Government

Vic

Nov 27, 2017

Open Government From Austin to Argentina: The Americas Regional Meeting

Thomas Montgomery

Nov 17, 2017

Austin Crash Analytics

The goal of Austin Crash Analytics is to use publicly available data to investigate and map crash patterns on a city or…

Michael Sarahan

Nov 15, 2017

Gerrymandering, Math and You

I had known peripherally about gerrymandering since a great high school government class. I’ve been scared by…

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