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Civic Hacking @ LA RubyConf 2010
Luigi Montanez gave a presentation on civic hacking at the LA RubyConf 2010 conference. He recruited software developers to use their skills to make government more transparent by creating applications and websites that analyze open data from different levels of government. Some examples he provided included APIs that provide information about members of Congress, campaign contributions, bills, and voting records in order to enhance civic participation and democracy.
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Civic Hacking @ LA RubyConf 2010
- 1. Civic Hacking Luigi Montanez luigi@sunlightfoundation.com LA RubyConf 2010
- 2. I am hereto recruit you. Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 5. “D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people.” Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 10. “Transparency” Question? @LuigiMontanez
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- 12. Questions for me? @LuigiMontanez Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 13. “Civic Hacking” Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 14. Participatory Democracy Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 15. Umm, we’re software developers... Question? @LuigiMontanez
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- 18. Some Guiding Principles... Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 19. Electoral Politics Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 20. Electoral Politics Governance Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 21. Closed Source Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 22. Closed Source Open Source Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 23. Civic Side Projects Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 24. Open Source +Open Data = Better Government Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 25. Government as a wholesaler,not retailer Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 28. .fec? .wtf? Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 31. High Quality RawData ✴ First: Raw data in XML, JSON, or CSV ✴ Second: RESTful APIs in JSON/XML ✴ Third: Nothing really... Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 32. Civic Hacking Defined Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 33. Federal Government Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 34. Credit: vgm8383 onFlickr
- 38. APIs about Congress ✴ Sunlight Labs API - Bio and contact info ✴ OpenSecrets.org - Contributions ✴ GovTrack.us - Bills and Vote Records ✴ MAPLight.org - Vote Influence Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 55. U.S. Courts System ✴ 1 Supreme Court ✴ 12 Courts of Appeals ✴ 94 District Courts ✴ Courts for Patents, International Trade, Bankruptcy Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 60. State Governments Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 64. Other State Efforts ✴ FollowTheMoney.org ✴ 50 State Project - transform legislative data for all 50 states into a common format Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 65. Cities ✴ Washington, D.C. ✴ New York City ✴ San Francisco Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 68. 311 API Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 77. What about mycity? Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 79. Getting Involved ✴ groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs ✴ #transparency on Freenode ✴ github.com/sunlightlabs ✴ @sunlightlabs on Twitter ✴ SunlightLabs.com Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 83. Consider Civic Hacking ✴ Enhance your skillset ✴ Low risk, high reward ✴ Another testing framework? Really? ✴ Local/state govts. an untapped market ✴ Solve a hard problem Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 85. Ask not whatyour country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 86. Thanks! Question? @LuigiMontanez
- 87. Questions? Question? @LuigiMontanez