Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the policies and practices around civic data, technology, and service design. This year’s conference kicks off NYC’s annual Open Data Week & features OVER 30 sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community! Our conversations & workshops will feed your mind and empower you to improve your neighborhood. Follow the conversation #nycSOdata on twitter and tune into our live stream (provided by the Internet Society of New York).
The MyGov.nyc Research Center combines nearly a dozen NYC datasets to create (probably?) the most complete data-driven directory of city agency information ever. Check out a government agency, see all their communication channels, capital projects, social services, operations budget, mentions in the charter, code and city rules - and more! What about electeds? We have their disclosure data and endorsements. What’s next? Contract data from Checkbook.nyc, lots more social services information, facility data? Tell us what you think, what you want, and how our volunteer-driven, nonprofit-backed team can improve the system and grow our team.
Devin works at the intersection of the nonprofit sector, the free/libre/open-source (FLO) movement, and grassroots community organizing initiatives to help each benefit from the best practices of the others. He currently serves the president of the Sahana Software Foundation, a nonprofit... Read More →
