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Reflections on the Second Congressional Hackathon
On Friday, we joined the second Congressional Hackathon in the U.S. Capitol. It has been four years since the first, and the visible growth in the movement for creating a better Congress with better...
View ArticleUSA Today: FEC overhauls website to make it easier to track campaign money
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The ‘Rebooting Government’ Panel at Yahoo’s Digital Democracy Conference
Last week, I attended Yahoo’s Digital Democracy conference with an impressive group of political figures, journalists and a room full of enthusiastic students. The event explored how technology can and...
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How We’re Turning Inefficiency into Opportunity with the Chicago City Council
(Daniel X. O’Neil via Flickr) Part two of a series examining The OpenGov Foundation’s work in Chicago. Also see: part one. There are 89,004 local government entities in the United States. While each...
View ArticleStatement on New Coalition of Publishers Launched to Open Works for Public,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 1, 2015) — Today, The OpenGov Foundation’s Executive Director Seamus Kraft issued the following statement on the announcement that Hypothes.is has launched a coalition of 40...
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RELEASE: Code for Miami & The OpenGov Foundation Launch MiamiDadeCode.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2015 CONTACTS The OpenGov Foundation – Nicko Margolies: nicko@opengovfoundation.org Code for Miami – Cristina Solana: csolana@codeformiami.org, Rebekah Monson:...
View ArticleRoute Fifty: The Movement to Make Legal Codes More Accessible Expands in Miami
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View ArticleStatement on U.S. House Chief Administrative Officer Ed Cassidy Retirement...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 9, 2015) — The OpenGov Foundation’s Executive Director Seamus Kraft released the following statement on the the announcement that Ed Cassidy, Chief Administrative Officer...
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RELEASE: Free Law Founders Expands with New Members from U.S. Open Data and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2015 CONTACTS The OpenGov Foundation – Nicko Margolies: nicko@opengovfoundation.org Press Release Free Law Founders Expands with New Members from U.S. Open Data and...
View ArticleRELEASE: The OpenGov Foundation Receives $200,000 Award from the Rita Allen...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2015 CONTACTS The OpenGov Foundation – Nicko Margolies: nicko@opengovfoundation.org – 202-642-4467 Rita Allen Foundation – Molly Sharlach: ms@ritaallen.org –...
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Joining a Global Discussion of Civic Technology in The Hague
An American, an Argentine, an Italian and a Kiwi walk into a bar in the Netherlands to discuss civic technology. “Let it Go” plays overhead. Is this the setup to the world’s most convoluted joke, or...
View ArticleDCInno: Mayor Bowser Just Made DC’s Economic Data Open-Source
Open government proponent Seamus Kraft, founder and Executive Director of the Open Gov Foundation, a local non-profit dedicated to furthering citizen participation in government through technology,...
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Le Hackies Awards Showcase Strength of the D.C. Legal Hacking Community
(Winners via @DCLegalHackers) Last night, the D.C. Legal Hackers presented their 2nd annual Le Hackies awards to the people and projects improving law with technology and technology with law. The...
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RELEASE: Two Top Legal Data Scholars Join the Free Law Founders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2016 CONTACTS The OpenGov Foundation – Nicko Margolies: nicko@opengovfoundation.org Press Release Two Top Legal Data Scholars Join the Free Law Founders Professors from...
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RELEASE: D.C. Government Expands Use of The OpenGov Foundation’s Madison...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2016 CONTACTS Nicko Margolies (The OpenGov Foundation) (202) 642-4467; nicko@opengovfoundation.org Michael Rupert (Office of the Chief Technology Officer) (202)...
View ArticleStateScoop: D.C. mayor names new CTO, unveils open data policy
The new site will let users register their support or opposition to pending legislation, as well as add annotations to sections. Through the site, the legislation’s authors receive notifications when...
View ArticleRoute Fifty: D.C. Just Went ‘All In’ on Data Accessibility
The District of Columbia released a Draft Open Data Policy on its newly launched drafts.dc.gov site—intensifying citizen engagment in lawmaking on the OpenGov Foundation’s Madison platform. “The URL of...
View ArticleTechnical.ly: Can DC become an ‘epicenter of open data’ again?
Madison is a creation of the OpenGov Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to “building a 21st century legislature.” Seamus Kraft, executive director of the OpenGov Foundation, told Technical.ly that...
View ArticleHuffington Post: The State of Our Union Is Strong (in Oregon)
Across the USA, cities are also experimenting with new forms of collaboration. Just this week, Washington, DC went online with its Draft Open Data Policy . Open government platforms such as these,...
View ArticleHappy 15th, Wikipedia!
Our Favorite Wikipedia Articles United States presidential pets List of music styles List of Guest Stars on Sesame Street List of fictional primates Civic technology Grateful Dead Lists of lists of...
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