Sunlight Foundation: Setting open government priorities for Congress in the...
Sunlight joined a panel of open government advocates [moderated by The OpenGov Foundation's Seamus Kraft] in Washington, D.C., at a launch event for Global Legislative Openness Week to talk through...
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Open Legal Data Expert Dr. Anne Washington Joins The OpenGov Foundation’s...
Dr. Washington’s Expertise Critical to Creating 21st Century Legislature that Governs Better Together WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15th, 2016) — The OpenGov Foundation’s Board of Directors today...
View ArticleYahoo! News: The Last 100 Days: Obama’s (non)Transparency Edition
The OpenGov Foundation’s Executive Director Seamus Kraft on federal government transparency work left to do during The Obama Administration: “The president ran on an ambitious openness agenda of...
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Empowering the Chicago City Council for the Digital Age
Part four of a series examining The OpenGov Foundation’s work with the City of Chicago, City Council and community. Also see: part one, part two, part three. I am sure you’re familiar with some of the...
View ArticleHow Naperville took an inclusive, participatory approach to opening city data
“Open data and transparency build community trust and engage our residents on a whole new level,” City Manager Doug Krieger said. “We look forward to finding out what solutions can be discovered...
View ArticleImpact Beacon: Modernizing Government, One Step at a Time
“Every legislature in the world is still paper-based. Every citizen has a stake in that legislature upgrading to the digital world. In doing so, we improve the way we solve our problems." - Seamus...
View ArticleCeiling and Visibility Unlimited with Aaron Ogle Joining The OpenGov Foundation
“When I was a Navy pilot back there a thousand years ago, flying in the Pacific in 1944, we had a saying that some pilots still use today called CAVU— Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited. That applies to...
View ArticleIn Wichita, Creating an Open Data Practice that Meets Community Needs
City of Wichita, KS Information Technology Director Mike Mayta: "...We published a draft of the policy online using free software from the OpenGov Foundation called Madison. Madison is an online...
View ArticleHAPPENING TOMORROW: Politico Panel on Technology and Innovation Policy and...
MEDIA ADVISORY November 17th, 2016 CONTACTS Seamus Kraft seamus@opengovfoundation.org The OpenGov Foundation’s Executive Director Joins the U.S. CTO, U.S. CIO, Former Head of 18F for Timely Discussion...
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ICYMI: Politico Panel on GovTech in the Next Administration with U.S. Chief...
“The only thing that can jeopardize the progress made over the last 8 years when this community became [something] and grew up, is for those who created that progress to walk away and then to not have...
View ArticleNaperville (IL) City Council Adopts Policy Setting Framework for Open Data...
The Naperville City Council adopted an open data policy to guide the City’s release of public data. The first release under this new open data plan is a Public Safety Incident Map. The post Naperville...
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TODAY: Curing the Civic Cancer of Copyright of Public Laws and Legal Codes
The OpenGov Foundation’s Executive Director to Address American Association of Law Library’s National Conference on Copyright of State Legal Materials at Boston University Law School BOSTON, MA...
View ArticleHAPPENING THIS WEEK: Open Government Partnership (OGP) Annual Summit Hosted...
Executive Director Seamus Kraft & Head of Product Aaron Ogle to Participate in Panel Discussion, Collaboration on Madison PARIS, FRANCE (December 8th, 2016)– Commencing on December 7th, Open...
View ArticleCivSource: Buffalo Focuses on Transparency
"The city is utilizing an internet platform provided by The OpenGov Foundation’s Madison Project to host the public comment period. Madison is a government policy co-creation platform that opens up...
View ArticleCenter for Investigative Journalism: How Private Contractors Are Taking Over...
The result of this effort to become more transparent often can be less transparency because governments give up control of the information to private companies. “That is the perverse result of the push...
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Statement on Appointment of Matt Cutts as Acting Administrator of the U.S....
CONTACT: Mary Kate Mezzetti, marykate@opengovfoundation.org | +1-508-776-2789 WASHINGTON, DC (January 23, 2017) — The OpenGov Foundation today released the following statement from Executive Director...
View ArticleWired: Apps Make Pestering Congress So Easy That Politicians Can’t Keep Up
The OpenGov Foundation has proposed a “Congressional Digital Service” not unlike the White House’s United States Digital Service (USDS), which is already hard at work modernizing government agency...
View ArticleStatement on U.S. District Court Decision Allowing Private Copyright Holders...
STATEMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR February 9th, 2017 CONTACT Mary Kate Mezzetti marykate@opengovfoundation.org | +1 (508) 776-2789 WASHINGTON, DC (February 9th, 2017) — The OpenGov Foundation today...
View ArticleMic.com: What is Congress doing today? Here are 5 ways to track what your...
"Need help keeping up with Congress? The Madison Project: Housed by the OpenGov Foundation, the Madison Project is a "government policy co-creation platform" that seeks to embolden citizen...
View ArticleStatement on Internet Archive Offer to Deliver Free and Perpetual Public...
STATEMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR February 14, 2017 CONTACT: Mary Kate Mezzetti, marykate@opengovfoundation.org | +1-508-776-2789 WASHINGTON, DC (February 14, 2017) — The OpenGov Foundation today...
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