Karl Dean

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 [...]