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Press Release: Local Volunteers Release "Vote ATX" Voting Place Finder App
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local Volunteers Release "Vote ATX" Voting Place Finder App Austin, TX (October 22, 2014) – Local volunteers have released a free application that helps Austin area residents find the best place to vote. The application, Vote...
Continue Reading...Press Release: Austin Mayoral and City Council Candidates Respond on Civic Technology Issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin Mayoral and City Council Candidates Respond on Civic Technology Issues Austin, TX (October 15, 2014) – Candidates for mayor and city council in the November 4, 2014 election have been surveyed about their positions rel...
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Oct 20
Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 Time: 6:45 - 8:45 pm Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map) Calendar: link Invited Guest: Joe Iannello, VP & Chief Information Officer, Cap Metro Nov 10 update: Joe's slides ...
Continue Reading...The Campaign Finance Open Data Challenge
We're asking all the candidates in this City of Austin election a number of questions on open government and open data issues. We've done this in every city election since 2011. Their responses will be posted here. New this year, we included a Cam...
Continue Reading...Cute Pets Austin: It's Live ... and Adorable
Our latest deployment is a Twitterbot called Cute Pets Austin. Every fews hours, it locates a pet that's a recent Austin Animal Center intake, and posts a tweet with information on that animal. Our Twitterbot is part of a national network of Cute ...
Continue Reading...New Resource: How to Use the City Data Portal
You may know that the City of Austin runs an open data portal, with more than 200 unique open government datasets. The data portal, however, is much more than a mere file repository. It offers features that allow you to search, sort, roll-up, and ...
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Aug 25
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2014 Time: 6:45 - 8:45 pm Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map) Calendar: link Invited Guest: City of Austin Council Member Laura Morrison Topic: City of Austin Open Government Init...
Continue Reading...Civic Hackers & Advocates Meetup at SXSW 2015
Open Austin and Open Houston invite the SXSW Interactive 2015 community to join us for a meetup, to discuss how civic hackers and advocates are making their communities better. SXSW 2015 Proposal: Civic Hackers & Advocates Meetup. This...
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Jul 21
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 Time: 6:45 - 8:45 pm Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map) Calendar: link Topic: The "No Topic" Summer Meetup Invited Guests: none We don't have an invited speaker this month .....
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Jun 16
Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2014 Time: 6:45 - 8:45 pm Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map) Calendar: link Topic: After Hack: ATX Hack for Change Invited Guests: Claire Dunn, Keith Casey The second annual ATX H...
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