The Datathon, a unique collaboration between nonprofit researchers and data scientists, brought together individuals from the Aspen Institute, Charity Navigator, GuideStar, Urban Institute, Syracuse University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and American University.
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Intel is working with University of California, Davis, to perfect irrigation techniques by placing sensors in crops and other strategic areas to monitor soil and air moisture levels.
Code for America is working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the 21st century. We help residents and governments harness technology to solve community problems.
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Vote Match is an online voter quiz which matches users to the political party that best represents their views in an election, based on the issues which they select as most important.
Census Accelerate, an initiative within the innovation arm of the U.S. Census Bureau, has launched its first-ever video prize competition to reward the most engaging, impactful and informative videos about the 2020 Census - with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes.
What are the trends most impacting how campaigns create change in 2018? Bots. Decentralised campaigns. Facebook's ever-changing mood (and algorithm). MobLab and its network look at campaign trends in 2018.
In a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is emerging to defend human rights, democracy and the common good. Fearless Cities is the first book written by and for the global municipalist movement.
The Nigerian Law blog publishes blogposts to educate users on legal issues. It also engages users through social media by publishing information about laws and citizens’ rights.
At TargetSmart, we make data better every day. And making better data helps our clients make the right decisions, define their audiences more intelligently, and communicate in a more impactful and cost-effective way.
SmartParticipation is an open source e-participation platform based on Drupal and designed to offer an effective and adaptable environment for informed online discussion.
Partecipa is the Bologna participation and collaboration platform where it is possible to access the processes of collaboration and care of common goods. Sign up, report, propose and vote for proposals.
Unter dem Begriff Open Government Data OGD werden von der Verwaltung gesammelte Daten in maschinenlesbarer Form öffentlich frei zugänglich gemacht. Offene Standards bei den Schnittstellen und der Software ermöglichen mehr Transparenz, Partizipation und Kollaboration. Neben den technischen Schnittstellen muss seitens der Verwaltung ein rechtlicher Rahmen geschaffen werden. Beispiele für diese öffentlichen Daten sind etwa Geo-Daten, Verkehrsdaten, Umweltdaten, Budgetdaten oder statistische Daten.Personenbezogene Daten werden dabei keine veröffentlicht. Die wichtigsten Datensätze sind aber sogenannte POI-Datensätze (point of interests = Ort von Interesse), also geobezogene Datensätze. Diese können direkt vom Geoserver der Stadt bezogen werden. Der Daten-Katalog wird seitens der Stadt Salzburg laufend erweitert. Die Daten werden unter der CC BY 3.0 AT Lizenz zur Verfügung gestellt. Rückmeldungen hinsichtlich der bereitgestellten und weiterer erwünschen Datenreihen: an [email protected]
The Elections Performance Index (EPI) compares election administration policy and performance across the states and from one election cycle to the next.
Astrea Justice is human rights remedy mobile app that is being used in Zimbabwe and has the potential of being scaled into other countries. It comes along with functions aimed to empower citizens to demand good governance, observance of human rights, accountability, inter alia.
This is an exploratory overview of current and upcoming sources of data, processing pipelines, and data products. It is aimed at helping non-experts explore and harness the unfolding revolution of Earth observation, with an emphasis on understanding current capabilities and project development considerations.
Grab, a ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia, and the World Bank are developing free, open-source tools that translate Grab’s driver GPS data into traffic statistics, including speeds, flows, and intersection delays.
How do governments spend our taxes? Are the planned projects actually built? What contracts do governments make to sell their natural wealth? AfricanSpending looks at how we can use data to answer these questions