open government

5:13 pm on March 6, 2013 · gale brewer (18), nyc (130), open (20), open government (27)

NYC Open Data rally tomorrow Thursday 3/7 Noon City Hall Steps #opengov #nyc

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nycopendataTomorrow, Thursday March 7 2013 at 12PM on the Steps of City Hall City Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer will hold a press conference to celebrate the first anniversary of NYC’s Open Data Law. On this day, under the terms of the bill, all qualifying data currently available on any NYC.gov website must be posted to the Open Data portal. Various open government groups including the Open NY Forum and the New York City Transparency Working Group will be in attendance to support Councilwoman Brewer.

What: NYC Open Data rally
Where: NYC City Hall Steps
When: Thursday March 7 2013. 12PM
RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/openny/events/107627092/

1:48 pm on December 18, 2012 · City and State (1), nyc council (4), nyls (6), open government (27)

WEBCAST TODAY City & State #RealPolitech at New York Law School #opengov

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realpolitechCity and State are today, Tuesday December 18 2012, presenting a full day forum #RealPolitech at New York Law School. The forum informs and encourages practical and material uses of technology in government, campaigns, media, and the industries that operate in and around these spaces. The day’s discussions look to ground the sometimes ethereal concepts with active examples of current, existing applications and how they can be best utilized. Participants include the New York City Council Technology Committee, DOITT, the Board of Education. The event is being webcast live, and will be archived.

What: City and State #RealPolitech
Where: New York Law School
When: Tuesday December 18 2012 10am-5pm EST
Agenda: http://www.cityandstateny.com/real-politech/
Webcast: http://nyls.mediasite.com/mediasite/Play/934fe0f10bff467d90b0353e719c712a1d
Twitter: #RealPolitech

8:38 am on April 3, 2012 · gale brewer (18), NYU (24), open government (27), policy (40), webcast (110)

Video: State of the Digital City: Government 2.0 and its Impact on Policymaking @nyuwagner #opengov #nycgov

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Video is now available of last week’s Wagner Policy Alliance event “State of the Digital City: Government 2.0 and its Impact on Policymaking”

Panelists:
* Gale Brewer, NYC Council Member, Founding Chair of the Committee on Technology in Government
* John Kaehny, Executive Director and Founding Board Member, Reinvent Albany
* Anthony Townsend, Research Director, Institute for the Future, and NYU Adjunct Assistant Professor
Moderator:
* Shankar Prasad, NYU Adjunct Associate Professor and Yourlist.org Founder

5:50 am on March 11, 2012 · bloomberg (4), doitt (4), gale brewer (18), nyc (130), 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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5:09 pm on October 24, 2011 · nyc (130), open government (27), rachel sterne (6)

Video: How New York City Government is (and isn’t) Using Social Media @rachelsterne #nyc #opengov

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On Oct. 14, City Hall News presented “How digital tools are (and are not) impacting communications in and around government,” at Baruch College. Media sponsor PBS program Metrofocus has archived the panel discussion How New York City Government Is (and Isn’t) Using Social Media. Naturally NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne was present. The panel also included Council Member Gale Brewer.

4:33 pm on May 9, 2011 · open (20), open government (27), open ny (2)

OpenGov Camp NYC announced for Jun 5 #opengov #nyc

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OpenGovNYC.001Open NY Forum will be hosting the third OpenGov Camp on June 5 2011. The event is in conjunction with the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum (PdF).

OpenGov Camp will ask three questions:
• Where is “local” Open Government going?
• How can we deepen the knowledge of what Open Government can be?
• What are the social and technical tools affecting Open Government’s development?

What: OpenGov Camp
When: Sunday June 5 2011 : 10am-6pm
Where: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 219 West 40th Street, NYC
Who: Open to public. Cost $16.36
Register: http://opengovnyc.eventbrite.com/
Hashtag: #OpenGovCamp
Site: http://opengovnyc.org

This is a gathering born from the desire to share and learn in an open environment. It is an event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn are welcome and encouraged. When you come, be prepared to share. When you leave, you’ll leave with actionable strategies for building efficient and engaging social campaigns and technical tools.

3:11 am on March 16, 2011 · nyc (130), open government (27), openny (2), rachel sterne (6)

Open NY Forum Meetup With Rachel Sterne – Wed 3/16 6.30pm #nyc

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Open NY Forum Meetup will take place at co-working space New Work City (located at 412 Broadway) in Manhattan when guests will meet with NYC’s Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne to workgroup improvements to the city’s Web interfaces.

[Source: NY Convergence]

4:01 pm on February 10, 2011 · nyc (130), open government (27), participation (2)

Help launch localocracy in NYC #opengov #nyc

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ISOC-NY member Darold Cuba is appealing for others to join him in supporting the launch a New York edition of Localocracy, a novel platform for political participation – an online town common where registered voters using real names can weigh in on local issues. Please check it out and, if interested, add your name.

10:32 pm on October 7, 2010 · NYT (3), open (20), open government (27), opentimes (1)

NY Times hosts TimesOpen 2.0 series #opengov #open #nyc

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NY Times Open

NY Times Open

Following up on a one day conference last year TimesOpen 2.0 is a series of events surveying the current landscape on a variety of topics, including Geolocation, Open Government, the Real-Time Web and Big Data. These free geek-oriented sessions are hosted on the 15th floor of the New York Times building with the added attendance inducement  of free beer.

Third and next session is Nov 9 2010 – The Real-Time Web.

The series will be capped off with a hack day in early December.

* TimesOpen 2009

* TechPresident report on session 2 – Open Government.