Milwaukee Open Government Data Work Group

We hope to serve in an advisory and informational capacity to help make government data publicly accessible and maximally useful to local government agencies, urban neighborhoods, socially concerned and community development organizations, social science researchers, the media, and the public by:

Forming an advisory group to establish the guiding principles and technical standards for government data disclosure in the City of Milwaukee. This group would be composed of and take input from private and public sector stakeholders who are currently making use of municipal data or wish to do so. (E.g., journalists, social scientists, community development organizations, neighborhood organizations, etc.) The group would make use of emerging federal guidelines and the recommendations of such groups as the Independent Government Observers Task Force (IGOTF). After open data standards are established and implemented, this group would continue to act as a liaison between the City and public users of city data.
Building and releasing simple open source web applications that make municipal data usable to different interest groups. E.g., google map mashups of crime incidents, building code violations, changes in ownership and other address-based data would be of interest to homeowners, landlords, neighborhood groups, and aldermen.

Milwaukee County mapping site using copyrighted data (Please Comment)

Submitted by dpk on 27 May 2009 - 4:40pm to DIY Chicago.

If you have a moment to read and respond to this blog post at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, I would appreciate it. Part of the difficulty in getting open gov data is raising it to awareness as a priority.

Milwaukee County mapping site using copyrighted data
By Ben Poston of the Journal Sentinel
May. 26, 2009
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/45709292.html

Welcome new members

Submitted by dpk on 21 February 2009 - 3:20pm to DIY Milwaukee.

I see a few new people have joined the Milwaukee/Open Data group. If that's you, would you mind introducing yourself with a reply here, or email me at dan@newlocalmedia.com?

What would you like to see being done on the web in Milwaukee?

FYI, we are also at www.creamcitizen.org.

http://www.creamcitizen.org/pg/groups/86/open-government-open-data/

Thanks--

Dan

LISC RFP for Community-Police Partnership Grants including Applied Technology Projects

Submitted by dpk on 15 January 2009 - 6:09pm to DIY Milwaukee.

The MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation are partnering for the eighth year to recognize, sustain, and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police that promote neighborhood safety and revitalization.

Awardees will receive cash grants ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 each. Case studies about award-winning partnerships will be disseminated throughout the community development and law enforcement industries. Previous winners have used award money to pay for special patrols, trainings, and equipment for officers.

Grants will be awarded in two categories. Neighborhood Revitalization Awards (six grants of $15,000 to $25,000 each) celebrate exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that result in crime reduction as well as economic development activity, including real estate development, business attraction, and job growth. Special Strategy Awards (six awards of $15,000 each) will be given to community and police partners that have achieved significant accomplishments in applied technology, aesthetics and greenspace improvement, diversity, inclusion and integration, drug market disruption, gang prevention and youth safety, or seniors and safety.

Further information and a link to the full Request for Proposals is available at the LISC Web site.
http://www.lisc.org/section/goals/healthy/safety/awards/

Application:
http://www.lisc.org/docs/resources/2009_MetLife_Preliminary_Application....

[source: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=240900017
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Open Government Data Discussion

Submitted by dpk on 11 November 2008 - 5:10pm to DIYcity Main Group.

I started a group here with a Milwaukee focus because that's where I am, and I have a few friends involved in improving the local government data infrastructure, which determines what can be done (by anyone) with that data.

But of course this is an international, universally relevant issue today, though it is motivated locally by the particularity of local issues. (See the Open Government Data group: http://groups.google.com/group/open-government )

Some ideas for posting here and starting a discussion:

*What is your interest in open government data, in general and for where you live?

*What are some of the technical and political issues you want to learn about?

*What do you already know that you can share with others?

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