Year: 2014
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Boards: Joining the Sunlight Foundation Board of Directors
Today I joined the board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses the tools of civic tech, open data, policy analysisand journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. Snip: Daniel X. O’Neil is an open data and open government advocate and the executive…
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Launch: Chicago residential parking zones map
Today marks the launch of the Chicago residential parking zones map. Smart Chicago helped City Clerk Susana Mendoza Here’s a look at the map on the Chicago Tribune website.
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Presentation: CUTGroup at Open Gov Hack Night
Today I gave a presentation at Open Gov Hack Night. Description: Daniel X. O’Neil of the Smart Chicago Collaborative will talk about theCivic User Testing Group, a set of regular Chicago residents who get paid to test out civic apps. Dan and his colleagues will give a brief presentation about the impetus behind the program…
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Guest Blog Post: Smart Chicago Collaborative helps launch three civic innovation projects
Today I wrote a blog post for the Knight Foundation about the Civic Works project, which is funded by the Knight Foundation and matching funds from The Chicago Community Trust. Here’s a snip: Over the past few months, the Smart Chicago Collaborative has launched (or helped others launch) three new projects as part of our…
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News Article: “The Responsive City: Chicago”
Here’s an article from this month’s Broadband Communities magazine by Stephen Goldsmith and Susan Crawford of Harvard University about Smart Chicago’s work with SWOP in collecting neighborhood-level building information for use in collaborative decision-making. Here’s a snip: SWOP, O’Neil’s team realized, could use this app to digitize its processes for tracking neglected properties. LocalData gave Smart…
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Presentation: Creating Synergies and Capacity through Public Partnerships
Today I did a presentation with Laura Breeden, Program Director, Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), US Department of Commerce and Denise St. Omer, Vice President of Community Investment, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation about how BTOP has stimulated our work. Here’s the description: Community foundations can help communities achieve more equitable use of federal investments and do transformative…
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The Publication of The CUTGroup Book
Today marks the publication of The CUTGroup Book, centered around propagating the components, tools, and methods of our Civic User Testing Group (CUTGroup) program. Here’s a snip from the launch blog post over at Smart Chicago: The CUTGroup is a set of regular Chicago residents who get paid to test civic apps. We started the program in February…
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Conference: Chicago School of Data Days
Today the Smart Chicago team completed the first Chicago School of Data Days Conference, with hundreds of participants.
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Presentation: Civic Data and Open Government: How Local Funders Can Get Involved
Today I gave a presentation in Charlotte, NC to a gathering called, “Community Engagement: Digital Strategies for Local Funders” organized by the Knight Digital Media Center. Here’s slides: Civic Data and Open Government: How Local Funders Can Get Involved from Daniel X. O’Neil And here’s a pic:
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City Council Resolution: Recognition extended to Smart Chicago for efforts to promote digital democracy
Today in City Council, Chicago City Clerk Susana A. Mendoza sponsored a resolution that was moved by Edward M. Burke, seconded by John Pope, and passed by the full City Council which resolved that “the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this tenth day of September 2014, do hereby…