Five characteristics of an open source city: 1. Fostering a culture of citizen participation 2. Having an effective open government policy 3. Having an effective open data initiative 4. Promoting open source user groups and conferences 5. Being a hub for innovation and open source businesses Five characteristics of an open source city | opensource.com
New York City Comptroller John Liu is about to do something we need to see more often in government. This week, his office is open sourcing the code behind Checkbook NYC, the citywide financial transparency site—but the open-sourcing itself is not what I’m referring to. After all, lots of governments open source code these days. […]
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A report back on NYC BigApps’ CityCamp & Demo Night
This past weekend, the New York City Metro Area hosted five National Day of Civic Hacking events! (Two in Manhattan, One in Brooklyn, One in Queens, and One in Newark, NJ) One of them was the City’s first CityCamp and the last public event before the conclusion of NYC BigApps. After three months of civic […]
NYC GOV: Cities Around the World Share Stories of Digital Innovation
NYC GOV: Cities Around the World Share Stories of Digital Innovation NYC.gov is gathering the tribes! nycgov: On May 20th, NYC Digital and the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs convened the first Digital Cities Symposium in New York City. The Symposium, featuring 15 cities from around the world, aimed to create a global forum for […]
betaNYC May 2013 Newsletter
It’s been quite the month! Here’s a brief update… Video from “Meet Code For America” meetup at OpenPlans. Thanks Joly and NYC’s Internet Society for taping the night. Last week, we had DoITT’s Andrew Nicklin and eight of his colleagues debut NYC.gov’s developer portal. It is currently in beta and be explored at < nyc.gov/developers >. Also, Volkan and Curtis took […]
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BetaNYC is building a better tomorrow for all. We are NYC’s civic technology and open government vanguard. Since 2009, we have been leading elected officials to engage NYC’s technology community, helping pass transformative open government legislation, and supporting NYC’s civic oriented startups. We are America’s largest civic technology and open government community. We focus on […]