Fixing Streets, Answering Questions and Holding Power to Account with Open Data
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Fixing Streets, answering questions and holding power to account with open data by Tom Steinberg, Founder and Director, mySociety
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FixMyStreet.comNationwide tool to make it easy to report potholes, broken street lights etc
175,000+ reports to date
50% fix rate
Makes everything public
Open source and copied in many countries
TheyWorkForYou / MzalendoPolitical transparency based on clear data on basic democratic facts:
How did they vote?
What did they say?
Did they ever show up?
About 2m visitors a year
Mzalendo is Kenyan version, in progress
AlaveteliMakes it ultra-easy to make FOIA requests to 3000 UK public bodiesBetter still, it archives all requests and responses, publicly and automaticallyOver 1m visitors/yearEasy to import to new countries
