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Open Data vs Urban Poverty, and Apps as Community Assets

G2R — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:04:21 +0000

Inspired by International Open Data Day, we talk to Steve Spiker, IT director for the Urban Strategies Council in Oakland, California, to talk about open data’s role in taking on urban poverty.

Steve explains that the cost of government data can be a major factor in how effective non-profit groups can be in taking on pernicious urban issues like foreclosures and crime, and that low-cost data can spur new businesses and community benefits in urban regions such as Oakland and Alameda County. Open data is “far more impacting than we actually thought,” he says.

Steve organized and hosted the Open Data Day Bay Area event, and on Gov 2.0 Radio he shares about a new app developed during the day of hacking that helps find fee-free credit union ATMs in the SF Bay Area, 99atms.com. Steve stresses that there is a need to link existing advocacy communities to the open data and Gov 2.0 movements to increase their impact.

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Civic technology issues explode onto the SF scene

G2R — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:10:32 +0000

From the first-known mayoral forum exclusively focused on open government and technology issues to CityCamp to the “Summer of Smart,” grassroots civic technology advocacy has taken off in a big way in San Francisco. We talk about the SFOpen forum, the second CityCampSF, and the ongoing “Summer of Smart.”

(Feature image courtesy Ryan Resella)

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Health 2.0

G2R — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:26:17 +0000

Californians, what’s the future of your health records as the state works on a plan for a new health information exchange using federal stimulus money? How should they be shared, opt-in or opt-out? And who really owns your health records, including their accuracy and the rights to access them? Join a discussion with Health 2.0 innovator and Health Information Exchange volunteer Mike Kirkwood on these topics, and get engaged right away with California’s ehealth strategy.

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