Mark HeaddVoxeo Labs

@mheaddvoiceingov.org/blog

Show me the data

•Who’s publishing open data?

•Seattle, San Francisco, NYC, DC (and Philly?)

•Measure of government transparency.

•Open Formats.

•Developer engagement.

What’s different?

OMG, #OpenGov is BFD

•More choices for devs means more apps.

•More apps means more choices for citizens.

•More use by citizens means more data.

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More Choices

What can you build?

• New York State Senate – Multi-channel bill status application.

• Phone channel – (646) 736-2439. English and Spanish.

What can you build?

• Transit location finder: findthebus@tropo.im

• Stand alone IM application (and SMS, Twitter), plus more.