by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Civic Data & Tech, Uncategorized
Last October 18, a man dressed in a yellow Pikachu suit climbed a concrete barrier on the outer perimeter of the White House. The 36-year old was immediately arrested by Secret Service members. Combs said he only wanted to make a viral Youtube video. Less amusing was...
by CivicMeter Staff | Dec 4, 2017 | Civic Data & Tech, Sub Featured B
In Cook County, Illinois, you can try to evade but you cannot hide from your tax obligations. Following the lead of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which has employed new technologies that helped it catch $4.1 billion in identity-related tax fraud in 2016, Cook...
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...
