Your local city council, demystified. Open data & open-source, for civic engagement. By @ppolitics & @DataMadeCo
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Job posting, via @NYCCouncilmatic:
NYC Planning is hiring a Senior Director of Application Development to accelerate digital transformation! medium.com/nyc-planning-digi…
New research on the effects of “democracy vouchers” on participation in municipal elections, by @DrJenH on @readsludge: readsludge.com/2018/11/10/ev… - a look at city experiments for #fairelex and greater representation, via @SSNScholars NYC chapter.
With an overview of all the free features for local engagement made possible on the open-source Councilmatic web app - lots of links to @NYCCouncilmatic, which since January has been an official Council web resource. Another #opendata success story.
NEW: @CMenchaca to hold public hearings tomorrow on #AbolishICE legislation in @NYCCouncil. Interview with @ppolitics on the Immigration Committee's push to cancel ongoing NYC contracts with #ICE: readsludge.com/2018/09/05/ny…
Councilmatic retweeted
New York City Council adopts civic-tech hack as its own bit.ly/2F3M027
Great writeup of our work in NYC, thanks @noneck!
Other cities, get in touch to bring a version of Councilmatic to your area - mobile responsive, powerful search, new #opendata, and free email notifications for public events and agendas.
Simply DM us to start a conversation. teapawt.org/betanyc/status/9362702…
NYC: did you know that @NYCCouncil launched an API?!
Here is why it matters.
This is #civictech & #govtech!
Thx @MMViverito @bradlander @JamesVacca13 @BenKallos @ppolitics @DataMadeCo @codeforamerica @mjumbewu!
beta.nyc/2017/11/30/a-huge-w…
We’re equally excited CM Lander, thank you for leading the national way in responsive city govt. Now communities can better build new tools. teapawt.org/bradlander/status/9316…
OK, this is truly as wonky as it gets, but I'm thoroughly excited about @NYCCouncil's new legislative API (application programming interface)! A big step forward for open government! Big ups @MMViverito @jchoi_li @BenKallos @ppolitics @BetaNYC council.nyc.gov/news/2017/11…
Boom! NYC takes a huge step in City Council transparency. DM us for info on how API became a reality & ways to bring #opendata to your city. teapawt.org/ppolitics/status/93156…
Big news: yesterday the @NYCCouncil announced an API for legislative info! Congrats to @MMViverito & incredible public tech team on making this longtime goal a reality - starts 11:55m in video, just 30s long - stream it, it's rad: legistar.council.nyc.gov/Vid…
- #opengov #opendata
A nice mention at #pdf16 from a panel on #opendata and responsive city government. Let's chat about bringing accessibility to your areas. teapawt.org/open_referral/status/8…
Aaand @BenKallos shouts out @ppolitics' @councilmatic as the way to push better legislation around modern data systems. teapawt.org/ppolitics/status/87291…
Today, our NYC site was featured on @LeonardLopate - new email alerts for local engagement. Audio starts 13:50m in: wnyc.org/story/overcoming-so…
Nice writeup yesterday of our new email alert features for @NYCCouncil. Try them out on @nyccouncilmatic, it's free. teapawt.org/govtechnews/status/824…
What's New in #CivicTech: USDS is here to stay, NYC council email alerts now available bit.ly/2jkpk1y
Local journalists and community groups: want email notifications when your city council leadership sponsors a bill? teapawt.org/ppolitics/status/82252…
Follow-up on this morning, part of my @NYCCouncilmatic email notification w/ link to new @MMViverito-sponsored bill: nyc.councilmatic.org/legisla…
It's always amusing when your public resource works for your own local information needs. Real-world user story: teapawt.org/ppolitics/status/82246…
On @BrianLehrer, question to @MayorDeblasio abt. @NYCCouncil action on construction penalities. That bill was in my @nyccouncilmatic alerts!
Now you can get daily email updates about city council meetings, see the agendas, and post public comment on bills. medium.com/@ppolitics/get-em…
New: free daily email alerts for everything in city councils. medium.com/@ppolitics/get-em… … - launching today on @nyccouncilmatic.
Lots of great info here about the #SxSWcivicpitch event with @codeforamerica, thanks @atx_innovation for hosting us: goo.gl/sr5vWk
Councilmatic retweeted
.@councilmatic pitches an opensource front end for visibility into the local legislative process. #sxsw #mayorspitch
We're at #SxSWcivicpitch to demo for 20 @USMayors, great opportunity through @codeforamerica - hey it's @eddietejeda
Thanks also to @atx_innovation for opportunity to pitch @usmayors this wknd., excited to demo #opendata + responsive web app for city gov'ts