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Guest Blog from Microsoft’s John Shewchuk: Accela and Microsoft Hackfest — Providing Access to Open Data, Online and Off-Grid

By John Shewchuk, Technical Fellow and the CTO for the Microsoft Developer Platform A few weeks ago several of us…
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CivicData.com: Changing the Game on Open Data

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Mark Headd

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CivicData.com is Accela’s open data portal. The site represents a new approach, one that emphasizes the core mission at Accela—to build…
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Top 7 Videos about Open Government Software and Technology

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Scott Greenberg

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The Open Government movement is an effort towards making government information transparent and accessible in order to encourage civic participation and promote efficiency. A recent…
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Open Data Is Here: How Will You Bring Your Agency’s Data to Life?

The office has been buzzing with excitement this week with the launch of CivicData.com. We’ve been hard at work to bring…
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Looking Back at Accela Engage 2013: Civic Engagement Trends and the Value of Open Data

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Jeff Stiles

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I’ve had a chance to reflect on Accela Engage 2013 and wanted to share a few key takeaways. It was my first year attending the…
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Open Data Delivering on Its Promise to Bring Governments and Citizens Together

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Jeff Stiles

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The open government movement is gaining critical momentum, and that shouldn’t be a surprise. Making the data the government collects publicly available has the power…
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If These Walls Could Talk: The Case for Open Housing Data

Accela is partnering with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Code For America to launch the House Facts Data Standard. Today,…
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Guest Blog from Buildingeye | Accela Engage 2014: Startup Pioneers of Open Data to Converge In San Diego

The Open Data movement is primed to fundamentally shift the paradigm on how citizens interact with their governments. This will be the primary focus for…
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