Category Archives: open data

State and Local Agencies Showcase Digital Innovation Initiatives at the Accelarate Trendsetter Awards After three days of keynote talks, breakout...

Learn How the Cloud and SaaS Can Enhance State and City Recruitment Efforts Hiring top IT talent has always been...

Philly's service request platform and civic engagement strategy show how cities can use mobile apps to build community Cities searching...

The private sector has always led the race in technological advancement, usually leaving government agencies and city municipalities decades in...

On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people and injuring nearly...

Mark Headd and I were asked by Professor Peter Robertson to share our perspectives at the upcoming Academy of Management...

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 the upcoming gathering of government officials and tech startups: the Accela Engage 2014 conference in...

The Open Government movement is an effort towards making government information transparent and accessible in order to encourage civic participation...

The last few weeks have been big for open data and civic innovation. Awareness of the power of open data,...

CivicData.com is Accela’s open data portal. The site represents a new approach, one that emphasizes the core mission at Accela—to build bridges designed to connect citizens and government agencies—and we believe that it will change the game on how governments...