by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Government IT, Uncategorized
Convenient. Accessible. Secure. These adjectives describe an ideal website. But the websites of federal government agencies are far from ideal. A recent report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) indicates that a great majority of the...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Civic Data & Tech, Uncategorized
Problem: Municipal data governed by a dizzying assortment of standards, released in a Babel of formats. Solution: An international open standards directory that will guide researchers on the proper format for releasing their data. [See it here.] Andrew Nicklin,...
by CivicMeter Staff | Nov 10, 2017 | Civic Data & Tech, Government IT
The answers to the important questions of budget allocation and performance monitoring in local governments are here, but they are hidden in the unruly thicket of data that grows ever larger by the moment. Too many trees too close together can obscure the view of the...
