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5 Oct, 2017

Memphis mayor proposes new open data policy

By |2017-10-05T10:53:43-05:00October 5, 2017|Categories: open data|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he wants "to take our transparency to a new level" with a new open data policy. Through the end of October, the mayor's office is asking for feedback on the draft policy. Here is an excerpt: CITY OF MEMPHIS OPEN DATA POLICY Jim Strickland, mayor of Memphis I. Purpose The City of Memphis is committed to expanding the data it makes available to the public and providing the tools for understanding and interpretation of the data. To realize this commitment, this Open Data Policy sets forth the principles for the Memphis Open Data Program and establishes the Data Governance Committee. The Data Governance [...]

26 Oct, 2016

ECD posts online database of FastTrack grants, but leaves out job creation

By |2019-09-11T18:57:25-05:00October 26, 2016|Categories: economic development, open data|Tags: , , |0 Comments

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has posted online a searchable database of FastTrack grants since 2011, but has left out key information it gathers on job creation. Mike Reicher, a data reporter on The Tennessean's investigative reporting team, writes about the development in some depth here: State releases list of business grants totaling $400 M. There are many things to like about the database from an open government perspective. For one, it replaces what essentially were PDFs of FastTrack grants, and PDFs of other documents associated with the grants, but in a jumble of different styles that made it difficult to make connections or draw any meaning from it. The new database is [...]

23 Feb, 2016

Tennessee to consider open data standards under proposed legislation

By |2016-02-23T18:24:05-06:00February 23, 2016|Categories: open data|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

A bill that would create a task force to study the feasibility of state government to utilize an open data policy cleared the House State Government Committee on Tuesday. The task force created under the bill, H.B. 2215 / S.B. 2427, would: (1) Examine whether state agencies may collect or create information in a way that supports downstream information processing and dissemination activities, including using machine readable and open formats, data standards, and common core and extensible metadata for all new information creation and collection efforts; (2) Ensure information stewardship by the state agencies through the use of open licenses and review of information for privacy, confidentiality, security, or other [...]

14 May, 2014

Nashville creates open data portal

By |2019-09-11T18:46:55-05:00May 14, 2014|Categories: open data|Tags: , , |0 Comments

The city of Nashville has joined a "civic data" movement across the country in providing sets of government data on its website for download by citizens or citizen groups to create useful applications and to promote transparency. The executive order has been in the works for several months, and led by Mayor Karl Dean's co-chief innovation officer Yiaway Yeh. The portal “will serve as the destination for public access to Metro government data in a whole new way,” Dean told The Tennessean. Among the initial data sets are building permits, property standards violations, eBid monthly sales, government employee base salaries, park locations and special event permits and arts grants. Here's an [...]

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