February 2012
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Chicago Launches Adopt-a-Sidewalk →
codeforamerica: Congrats to Chicago for successfully redeploying our Adopt-a-Hydrant app to preparation for snow season in the Windy City!
Feb 11th
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Prepping for "Code Across America"
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Feb 9th
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“It was really the spark for our community, giving citizens a way to express that...”
– City of Raleigh Councilor, Bonner Gaylord on CityCamp
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
January 2012
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Jan 21st
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Inside Honolulu – Honolulu Government, Politics :... →
honolulu-politics: Last month, we went to CityCamp to see what brave new technologies the City and County of Honolulu is cooking up. Now, the city will hold its first “Hackathon” to develop computer apps designed to improve the day-to-day lives of Honolulu residents. The city will bring its “ever-broadening array…
Jan 13th
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“Transit developers, web developers, hobbyists, hackers, or anyone who uses mass...”
– MTA Bus Time Wiki Intro
Jan 4th
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“Increasingly, citizens are demanding access to raw data from governments to hold...”
– Goodspeed Update » Blog Archive » How Open are Massachusetts Municipal Data? This is really great.  Rob Goodspeed’s research into the state of open data in MA, from a really practical perspective.  Here’s the link to the full paper. (via theslowhunch) (via civiccommons)
Jan 2nd
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December 2011
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Ryan Resella: The Story of Yakb.us →
ryanresella: During the summer I entered this apps contest called Apps for Communities. “The Knight Foundation and the FCC challenge you to develop a software application (app) that delivers personalized, actionable information to people that are least likely to be online. Using hyper-local government and…
Dec 28th
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"Circle less, live more": SFpark Open Sourced →
kfogel: As announced on the OpenGeo blog and at SFpark.org, all the components of San Francisco’s innovative parking space management system are now open source — and they’ve gone out of their way to make it re-useable by other cities. Here’s what SFpark does in a nutshell: it ties together …
Dec 25th
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Hack Tyler: Tyler Sirens: a visual police scanner →
hacktyler: Launch Tyler Sirens » Tyler Sirens presents nearly-up-to-the-minute incident report data from Tyler Police Department. However, if it were just that it wouldn’t be much different from the Tyler Morning Telegraph’s Police Call Map. What Tyler Sirens adds is real-time updates. If…
Dec 22nd
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Wanna Buy a City Hall? A Library? City puts assets... →
Dec 22nd
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GovFresh Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2011 GovFresh Awards winners. Winners City of the Year: New York City / Runners-up (tie): Chicago, Philadelphia) Public Servant of the Year: Matthew Esquibel (Austin, TX) / Runner-up: Mackenzie Kelly(Austin, TX) Citizen of the Year: Adriel Hampton App of the Year: (Tie) CitySourced, SeeClickFix Best Government/Citizen Collaboration: OpenDataPhilly / Runner-up: City of...
Dec 21st
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“In this model, which I believe is superior in terms of fostering sustainability,...”
– Mark Headd, veteran civic hacker, commenting on the evolution of apps contests, hackathons, and the different roles for which governments and citizens are best suited in this context
Dec 17th
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Inside Honolulu – Honolulu Government, Politics :... →
honolulu-politics: What if you could pay for your street parking with an app on your smartphone? Or plan your commute to work using only streets with dedicated bike lanes? Or track your water consumption, live? That’s where municipal government may be headed in this digital age. Those ideas were just some of those…
Dec 9th
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We Are All Hyperlinks
Early on in the CityCamp movement there was a fair amount of confusion about which “camps” to join and who should be partners. Some local organizers were frustrated by the number of groups forming in their area. They were experiencing a kind of social network fatigue. Others complained that people weren’t working closely enough together, weren’t coordinating efforts. Some...
Dec 7th
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“We will continue this. This will not end here.”
– Forest Frizzell
Dec 6th
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Inside Honolulu – Honolulu Government, Politics :... →
honolulu-politics: What if you could pay for your street parking with an app on your smartphone? Or plan your commute to work using only streets with dedicated bike lanes? Or track your water consumption, live? That’s where municipal government may be headed in this digital age. Those ideas were just some of those…
Dec 6th
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November 2011
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“The tremendous amount of support from the CityCamp group has been overwhelming....”
– Forest Frizzell, a deputy director in City of Honolulu’s Department of Information Technology
Nov 28th
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““Of all the things that made up the ‘gov 2.0’ meme, open data may be one of the...”
– Gov 2.0 has gone mainstream. Last week, NPR listeners learned about “local Gov 2.0.” This weekend, civic applications and open data emerged further into the national consciousness with a widely syndicated new Associated Press story by Marcus Wohlsen, who reported that a “flood of government...
Nov 27th
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Attend TransportationCamp DC in January #gov20 →
signalbuilder: Join us in DC in January for an unconference on transportation and technology. Plus, we’re excited to pass on news about TransportationCamp MTL in December VIA TransportationCamp
Nov 16th
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“He said the beauty of a movement like CityCamp is that the organization is flat,...”
– Jason Hibbets reporting on the reaction of CityCamp Colorado attendee, Tom Downey. Mr. Downey is the Director of Excise and Licensing for the city and county of Denver
Nov 2nd
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October 2011
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WatchWatch
Clay Johnson, Director of Engagement at Expert Labs, discusses the efficiency gap between government and society in terms of Moneyball & focusing on what matters. Spoiler alert: it ain’t apps.
Oct 29th
“Sterne highlighted several data-driven initiatives across the city, including...”
– How data and open government are transforming NYC - O’Reilly Radar Woo!  Hooray for open source and open data.  Go OpenPlans Transporation! (via nickgrossman)
Oct 21st
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Oct 13th
Chicagobuildings.org maps vacant and abandoned... →
Oct 12th
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“I’m especially excited to be speaking with you because as a city, we need...”
– Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer, New York City speaking at Strata NY
Oct 11th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 7th
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September 2011
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BBC News - Smart cities get their own operating... →
Sep 30th
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Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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Looking Forward: Crowdsourcing in Michigan →
njacknis: I’ve been advising one of the leading local governments in the US, Oakland County, Michigan (population 1.3 million), on their next-gen government strategy. This has included co-production, which they have cleverly combined with social media. Recently they opened up a crowdsourcing site using…
Sep 27th
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WatchWatch
govfresh: Video: Hack4Reno 2011 (by Reno Collective) THIS!
Sep 27th
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Sep 25th
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Sep 13th
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City of Portland Kickstarter
Sep 3rd
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Join us for an OpenBlock screencast, 9/8
openblock: Curious about OpenBlock? Want to hear more about what goes on under the hood? Wondering how to go hyperlocal? Tune in next week for an introductory screencast to the wonderful world of OpenBlock. We’ll explain some typical uses for OpenBlock, give a demo of current features, and take questions. Thursday September 8th, 11am-noon EDT.  Join the screencast...
Sep 2nd
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August 2011
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WatchWatch
govfresh: Intelligent Cities Forum: @NickGrossman (by National Building Museum)
Aug 23rd
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Look at Cook →
Aug 18th
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Chicago Open Spaces →
Aug 18th
“Exit, Voice, or neither: Make.”
– Exit or Voice? How About Neither? | Code for America Hear hear. (via nickgrossman)
Aug 18th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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“For me, CityCamp Raleigh was about redefining how we can work together.”
– Bonner Gaylord, Raleigh City Councilor (and CityCamp Organizers)
Aug 10th
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“Instead of cashing in on what could be a $1.2 trillion industry, our patchwork...”
– Why The U.S. Government Should Embrace Smart Cities | Fast Company (via govfresh)
Aug 3rd
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“I was encouraged by what I heard from Mr. Singleton and his staff last week at...”
– The Road ahead for Open Baltimore (via govfresh)
Aug 2nd
July 2011
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“Over the past two years, we’ve made more and more information available to app...”
– MTA Launches Competition for Transportation-Related Apps (via nickgrossman)
Jul 22nd
“CityCamp is tumbling again.”
– Kevin Curry
Jul 20th
March 2011
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http://citycamp.govfresh.com
This site is dormant and archival.   Please visit:  http://citycamp.govfresh.com
Mar 10th