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United States
Joined November 2013
Stop waiting for open data schemas to be created. It’s up to you to create the standard that you need. usopendata.org/2016/07/29/sc…
Govt can't turn spending into #opendata unless we get rid of DUNS Number! @hudsonhollister tells @GovMattersTV why: govmatters.tv/countdown-to-d…
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We got 4 great bids, and @Stamen came out on top. Work is underway! xitter.cf/opendata/status/740993…
We’re creating a collaborative legislative redistricting system built on open data. Want the contract to code it? us-open-data.forms.fm/redist…
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USDA discloses inspection results for slaughter/processing facilities by location, good day for #FoodSafety @bmarler fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsi…
“It makes Open Data look like a tick-box exercise for authorities seeking good PR.” brokentoilets.org/article/op…
U.S. Open Data retweeted
Congrats @opendata and thank you for all you've done. 🇺🇸 xitter.cf/digiphile/status/74378… – at Washington, DC
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ICYMI, we’re seeking bids to build a collaborative legislative redistricting platform. us-open-data.forms.fm/redist…
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[NEW] IRS opens up Form 990 data, ushering the nonprofit sector into the age of transparency sunlightfoundation.com/blog/… #opengov
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.@dat_project, now 8 members strong, will continue totally unaffected by our planned self-elimination. :) xitter.cf/denormalize/status/743…
In 2013, we promised to shut down U.S. Open Data within 4 years. This summer, we’ll fulfill that promise. usopendata.org/2016/06/16/su…
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We’re creating a collaborative legislative redistricting system built on open data. Want the contract to code it? us-open-data.forms.fm/redist…
U.S. Open Data retweeted
If you live or work in CT and use the word "data" at least once per day you should register for this conference: ctdata.org/conference/
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We hired @PostlightAgency to extract land parcels from @openaddr records. They found 30 million of them. usopendata.org/2016/06/07/pa…
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Moving Civic Tech from Code to Products: @awsmarketplace is the New @github smartchicagocollaborative.or…
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It’s wonderful to see another effort to drive down the MVP for launching an open data repository. xitter.cf/mheadd/status/72755170…
.@makeLOVELAND has scraped over 100 million U.S. land parcel records, republishing them as open data. makeloveland.com/reports/par…
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[NEW] Congress to consider making open data the default in federal government sunlightfoundation.com/blog/… #OpenGov #OpenData
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We interviewed Philadelphia data scientist @laurenancona about “Parkadelphia” and open parking data. usopendata.org/2016/04/07/pa…
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On the emerging trend of decentralized government data aggregation. Gov’t sharing data with gov’t, openly. usopendata.org/2016/04/06/de…
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