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City approves new 311 services
Last month, we asked the Austin City Council to delay action on purchasing additional 311 services, so the community could have further input. Since then, we've met with city staff to discuss the proposal and offer our feedback. This morning, the ...
Continue Reading...ATX Civic Hackathon III, Sat, Feb 23
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 Time: 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM (link) Location: Conjunctured Coworking, 1309 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702 (link) Advance registration is closed. We'll take walk-ups on a space-available basis. The ATX Civic Hackathon (what's a hackat...
Continue Reading...WOAI Radio: National Day of Civic Hacking is Coming
This morning, WOAI Radio in San Antonio ran a story on the recently announced Day of Civic Hacking, and our efforts to convene an Austin event. The U.S. Government has announced their sponsorship of National Civic Hacking Day. An entire weekend in...
Continue Reading...ATX OpenGov Meetup, Tues, Jan 29 (updated)
Date: Tues, 29 Jan 2013 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM (link) Location: Monkey Nest Coffee, 5353 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX (link) Once again, it's time for our periodic gathering of local civic software and data supporters. Our main presentation this month will...
Continue Reading...ATX OpenGov Hack Night, Mon, Feb 4
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 Time: 6:45 - 9:00 PM (link) Location: HubAustin Coworking, 706B W Ben White Blvd, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78704 (link) On Monday evening, February 4, Open Austin will be conducting an ATX OpenGov Hack Night. OpenGov Hack Night ...
Continue Reading...Open Austin publishes LIVES restaurant inspection scores feed
On Thursday morning, January 17, Code for America and Yelp announced a new data standard called "Local Inspector Value-entry Specification" (or LIVES) for reporting restaurant inspection scores. (See the announcement here.) This standard would all...
Continue Reading...311 purchase delayed for community input
On Thursday, January 17, the Austin City Council was poised to approve a $724K contract for 311 services. It was item 37 on the agenda and you can view it here. (The purchasing doc attachment has summary information on the project.) Open Austin me...
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