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New Geostack Workshop

On Monday, we presented a workshop at GeoWeb in Vancouver, BC, on installing, configuring and using a full open source geospatial stack (database, application server, web ui, desktop) and except for Read more...
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Traffic Calming and Community Empowerment in Newark

Greater Newark Conservancy’s Newark Youth Leadership Project is giving youth the tools and support to transform their streets for the better. Livable Streets Education was on the scene, giving Community Organizing 101 talk, highlighted the ways that citizens can get involved in creating safer, more sustainable streets and neighborhoods. Mobilizing the Region has the full Read more...
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Join STREETFILMS on August 5th @ The New York Transit Museum

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OpenGeo @ FOSS4G 2009

The presentation program has been selected for FOSS4G 2009, and OpenGeo will be easy to find. We will be talking about the philosophy of open source, about the practicalities of using Read more...
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Zozo Celebrates

Over July 4th weekend, our big purple friend Zozo stopped in at Celebrate Brooklyn to enjoy the car-free atmosphere. He caught a concert by They Might Be Giants and talked to a few thousand new friends about making New York City a friendlier place for Zozos. Brooklyn Vegan has some great pics.
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Accountability and the top-down nature of open data

I just left a talk by Aneesh Chopra at the National Civic Summit, talking about open government. One of the examples he talked about was the opening up of federal IT budget data, and specifically Veterans Affairs. The VA CIO gave the organization mostly failing grades on its initiatives — which is to say, they Read more...
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NYC, Boston, and D.C. Make Strides to Improve 311 Services

Over the past week or so there have been significant advancements in the offerings of 311 services in New York, Boston, and Washington D.C.. At first day of the Personal Democracy Forum Read more...
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D.C.’s DOT Director talks “Transportation Freedom”

Meet Gabe Klein who was appointed new director of Washington D.C.'s Department of Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008.  With an interesting background which includes four years working for Zipcar, Mr. Klein Read more...
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