These are presentation slides from a recent webinar on regional open data programs with our partners in Pittsburgh

1. Regional Data Center
“Data with the Lid Off”
3/17/2015
Bob Gradeck
@BobGradeck
rmg44@pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh
Laura Meixell
@lauratypes laura.
meixell@pittsburghpa.gov
City of Pittsburgh

2. Background

3. Our Goals and Objectives are Regional

4. Values and Philosophy

5. Key Government Partners

6. Regional Data Center Model

7. Data Providers: Cheerleading for Data and
Standards, Training & Technical Assistance

8. Automating Data Export

9. Data Portal: Federated Model

10. Building Community of Data Users:
Training, Events, User Groups, User
Guides, and Technical Assistance

11. Regional Data Center Model Summary
ETLCheerleading
Training
Technical
Assistance
Manage
Data Portal
Training
Events
User Groups
User Guides
Technical Assistance

12. Performance Criteria
Activity Measures
● Publishers/datasets (#)
● Data w/ automated publishing (%)
● Data with licenses (%)
● Data w/ complete metadata (%)
● Publishers of data catalogs (#)
Outcome Measures
● Data is shared across
departments/jurisdictions
● Sharing data saves $
● Sharing data improves services
● Data used in disadvantaged
communities
● Data used to improve
communities
● Data used in research
● Data used in journalism

13. Our team
Pitt Digital Scholarship Team
Regional Data Center
Staff
City of Pittsburgh
Government Solutions
Engineering Team
Allegheny County Government
Solutions Engineering Team
Carnegie Mellon
Friends
UCSUR Staff

14. We’re hiring!
● City of Pittsburgh
○ Police Crime Analyst
○ Crime Analyst Coordinator
● Allegheny County
○ CountyStats Manager
● University of Pittsburgh
○ Research Development Manager