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What Do Civic Innovation & Open Data Policies Mean for
Cities? Urban Benefits & Opportunities of the
Government 2.0 Movement
Ellie Tumbuan PA780 - Urban Administration
12.20.12
Civic Innovation
What is it? Broad range of activity: A new idea,
technology or methodology that challenges and improves upon existing processes and systems, thereby improving the lives of citizens or the function of the society that they live within. (Alex Howard, Gov2.0 Correspondent for O’Reilly Media)
Civic Innovation: Examples
Civic application development for local use
App development competitions, gamification
New ways to engage
Example: Neighborland.org
Neighborland cont’d
What is Open Data?
“All your data are belong to us”
Public information should be public
Greater transparency brings greater accountability
Citizens have good ideas, too
Open Data - Definition
Datasets that are made accessible in non-proprietary formats under licenses that permit unrestricted re-use (OKF – Open Knowledge Foundation, 2006).
Open government data involves governments providing many of their
datasets online in this way.
Open Data - Implications
3rd parties can innovate with open data, generating social and economic
benefits. Citizens and advocacy groups can use
open government data to hold state institutions to account.
Data can be shared between institutions with less friction. (Tim Davies, PhD
Candidate in Web Science Doctoral Training Centre, U. of Southampton)
“Best Open Data Releases of 2012”-The Atlantic Cities, 12/19.12
Crime mapping in Philadelphia Bikeshare rides in Boston Public transit in Atlanta Blight in New Orleans
Pedestrian injuries in San Francisco Green roofs in Chicago
Rat sightings in New York City Tsunami sirens in Honolulu Dangerous dogs in Austin
Fixed speed cameras in Baltimore
Pedestrian Injuries in SF
Value for Cities as Places
Improving quality of life
Neighborhood improvement
Community development
Economic development & local investment
Value for City Governments
Creating efficiency for and accountability in municipal management
“I would love to find out where things are and what is happening, but the process to figure
out where a case or complaint really is can be miserable“ –Libby Schaaf, Oakland City Council Member
Intergovernmental relations: breaking down silos, shared info and systems cuts costs,
saves time, and helps departments run better
Creating a More Civil Society: Optimizing Impact & Resources of
Nonprofits & Community Based Orgs
Nonprofit Partnerships
Excellent position to take advantage of Open Data & passion for civic
innovation Connected to ground-level action, most
intimate interaction with citizens Passionate, values-driven staff
Issue experts Services pick up where Gov leaves off
(Usually) retain trust of community
Sustainability
Smaller environmental footprint – less paper and less energy
Shared costs of IT maintenance – after implementation, elimination of
duplicative efforts Increases accountability via
transparency: eliminates bureaucratic waste
Resources
Alameda County. Alameda County Data Sharing Initiative datasets: https://data.acgov.org/
CityCamp: http://citycamp.govfresh.com/ CityCamp Oakland: http://citycampoak.org/
Code for Oakland: http://codeforoakland.org/ Engage Oakland online platform: http://www.engageoakland.com/
Get the Data: http://getthedata.org/ GovFresh: http://govfresh.com/
Open Data Handbook: http://opendatahandbook.org/ OpenOakland: http://openoakland.org/
San Francisco Data: https://data.sfgov.org/ San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation:
http://innovation.sfgov.org/ School of Data: http://schoolofdata.org/handbook/