Open Data

2:55 pm on June 28, 2012 · gale brewer (18), nyc (131), Open Data (12), wiki (2)

Gale Brewer writes FYI I have passed two…

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Gale Brewer writes:

-FYI, I have passed two bills recently, including the Open Data Bill, Local Law 11-2012, that represents the most expansive Open Data legal policy ever signed into law. This law will require most of the city’s databases be released to the public in open, machine-readable formats. Give your input on implementation. http://nycopendata.pediacities.com/wiki/index.php/NYC_Open_Data

5:50 am on March 11, 2012 · bloomberg (4), doitt (4), gale brewer (18), nyc (131), Open Data (12), open government (27)

NYC adopts open data law #nyc #opengov

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nyc.gov - Always Open

nyc.gov - Always OpenNYC Council Member Gale A. Brewer has long campaigned for an Open Data statute for the City. Indeed her original public hearing was back in June 2009, when she first introduced draft legislation. Another public hearing was held in June 2010. The law has finally passed, and was signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg on March 7 2012.

The law has provisions such as:

  • City agencies until 2018 to get all their data online and searchable.
  • Data to be machine readable and available via an API.
  • DoITT to produce guidelines for City agencies by October 2012
  • Agencies to report what data sets they have by August 2013
  • Agencies to submit a compliance report before March 2014.
  • Data is to be made available in one central location at NYC.gov.
  • If agencies opt-out they must make public their reasons for doing so.
  • DoITT to consult with the public and open standards bodies to ensure usability.

Video of the signing ceremony

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