[Tfug] Fwd: Open Government Initiative

[keith smith]

A basic question that needs answering is - Will this data be complete and accurate.  If the data can be corrupted in any way it will be of no use.  Raw unaltered data is the best.

And how will the validity of the data be verified or certified?

Scroll down and you will see a city employee using a gmail account.  Why?

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Keith Smith

--- On Sun, 5/6/12, Chad Woolley <thewoolleyman at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Chad Woolley <thewoolleyman at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tfug] Fwd: Open Government Initiative
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 9:41 PM

FYI

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From: Andrew Greenhill <andrewgreenhill1 at gmail.com>


Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:07 PM
Subject: Open Government Initiative
To: andrewgreenhill1 at gmail.com


This Tuesday, May 8th, the City of Tucson Mayor and Council will consider for the first time an Open Government Initiative.  


Mayor Rothschild's overall goal with this Initiative is to help make the City of Tucson more efficient, more transparent and more collaborative.  The Initiative would require the City to establish an open data catalog with high-value data streams in machine-readable formats.  Citizens and City staff would be able to access these data streams in order to gauge the City's performance levels in its operations and public services, conduct analyses of the data, and create mashups, visualizations and applications that provide value to the community.



You can access the agenda here:
http://www.tucsonaz.gov/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=922&doctype=AGENDA



The Open Government Initiative is Agenda Item #8.  Click on the item, and you will find links to the related materials appear on the right of the screen.  You can click on each of those links to access the documents.



I am writing you because you've expressed interest in the subject of open government to OpenTucson.org, to Ian Johnson or to me in the past.  We wanted to let you know that the Tucson City Council is now taking up this subject, and we hope you support it and spread the word.



Additionally, we have received some questions on this Open Government Initiative from City Council staff.  If you have any additional information that would help us address their questions please let us know.  These questions are listed below.



At least one particular question requires your help: "Have any local software developers, from Tucson, signed on to this effort and if so, who are they?"  If you support, and/or if you know other individuals or organizations who can express their support, for the Tucson Open Government Initiative, please let me know ASAP so I can include your information in the answer to the City Council.  Email or Twitter is best.



Thanks for your interest in open government, open data and the strategic use of technology to help improve Tucson's quality of life.
--Andrew Greenhill  Chief of Staff


  Office of the Mayor  Email: andrewgreenhill1 at gmail.com  Twitter: @andrewgreenhill
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What other cities in towns in Arizona have or are considering an "open government" initiative similar to the one proposed for this agenda item?




Can it be explained how this proposal could enable the Mayor and Council, or City management, to engage in data-based decision making?




Are there statistics on those cities which have seen a reduction in FOIA requests, and if so, for what cities, what period of time and what were the numbers prior to implementation?




How would this Open Government Initiative raise "accountability?"




How would this Open Government Initiative be "cost effective" and change the decision making process?  




What examples are there of this from other cities who have endorsed this initiative?




Have any local software developers, from Tucson, signed on to this effort and if so, who are they?




Thanks!



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