1. Do you support the adoption of a comprehensive Open Government Directive by the City of Austin? The Open Government Directive would outline a consistent approach to open data, technology-enabled citizen engagement, open decision-making algorithms, and civic application development and be based on existing documents such as model legislation developed by the Sunlight Foundation, Code for America, and Civic Commons.

I support any adoption that brings transparency and accountability to any public office.

2. Do you support the inclusion of the municipal Open Government Directive’s goals as performance benchmarks for each City of Austin department?

I do support the inclusion of the municipal Open Government Directive's goals as performance benchmarks for each City of Austin department.

3. Do you support releasing software developed by the City to the public, under an OSI approved open source license, through initiatives such as Civic Commons?

I do support releasing software developed by the City to the public, under an OSI-approved open source license, through initiatives such as Civic Commons.

4. Do you support the existence of an Information Authority modeled after the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office to provide oversight of government data as a public good?

I do support the existence of an Information Authority modeled after the U.K's Information Commissioner’s Office to provide oversight of government data as public good.

5. Do you support studying whether Austin should join cities such as Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., in pledging support for a publicly-accessible open-standard protocol for 311 services, such as the currently proposed Open311 API specification?

I do support joining others cities in pledging support for a publicly-accessible open-standard protocol for 311 services.

6. Do you support the creation of an application development contest that leverages public data and APIs?

I do support the creation of an application development contest that leverages public data and API's

7. How will you and/or your staff use social media to promote citizen engagement and improved service delivery?

To continue to use and social media with going out into the community to ensure that our message is getting heard.