Author: Daniel X. O’Neil
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Panel: The Great Leveller
Today I participated in a panel called, “The Great Leveller”, about the promise of health data, at “A Health Data Consortium Event: Putting Health Data to Work in Our States and Communities“. Here’s their description: In partnership with the State of Illinois, the California HealthCare Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Health Data Consortium…
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Panel: It Takes A Village
Today I took part in a discussion hosted by the Health Data Consortium called, “It Takes a Village”. I spoke with Jim Alexander of the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute about the unique partnerships necessary to do our work at Smart Chicago.
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Panel: Fellows Seminars | Robin Carnahan: “Democracy 2.0: How the Next Generation of Leaders Can Save a System in Crisis”
This evening I spoke at this event: Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m: Technology and Governing: How New Technologies,Civic Entrepreneurs, and Start-ups Are Impacting How Citizens View Government How can tools like crowd sourcing and e-volunteers be used effectively in the public sector? How might individuals interested in creating innovative ways for government to provide services…
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Speaking: Testimony to Cook County Finance Committee
Today I spoke on behalf of the technology portion of the FY 2014 Cook County Budget. Here’s the full text: Remarks to the Cook County Finance Committee in Support of the Cook County Bureau of Technology FY2014 Budget Good morning Mr. Chairman and Commissioners. My name is Daniel X. O’Neil, and I am the Executive…
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Me: Work, Sun
Here’s me at work today:
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Writing: “Author at the Table” for the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner
Tonight I was honored to be an “Author at the Table”— a local author chosen to sit with guests at the annual Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner for the Chicago Public Library Foundation. Here’s some pics: And here’s a video of the scene before hitting the stage: Here’s the complete bios of all the authors:…
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Interview (Short) re: OpenGov
Here’s a quick interview w/ Alex Howard:
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Panel: Changing the Relationship Between Government and Residents
Today I made a lightning talk and participated in a panel discussion at the Code for America Summit. Here’s a comprehensive blog post about it over on Smart Chicago. Here’s the presentation slides: Civic User Testing Group as a Model in Changing the Relationship Between Government and Residents (#cfasummit) from Daniel X. O’Neil And a…
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Writing: Chapter in New Book: Beyond Transparency
Today Code for America published a new book, Beyond Transparency. I wrote chapter three. It’s called, “Building a Better Chicago”. Here’s the complete chapter as a PDF file.
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Writing: Chicago launches first comprehensive, public data dictionary
Today I published this article of GovFresh, noting the importance of the City’s launch: https://govfresh.com/2013/10/chicago-launches-first-comprehensive-public-data-dictionary/.