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Socrata Open Data APIs Provide Foundation for City-as-a-Platform SEATTLE – October 12, 2011 — Mayor Bloomberg today introduced NYC Open Data, a critical milestone in New York’s Digital City roadmap and the foundation of the Mayor’s city-as-a-platform vision. NYC Open Data is powered by the Socrata Open Data Platform™. The new site is accessible at [...]
Continue Reading →Innovative Open Data Program Featured in Upcoming National Webinar SEATTLE – October 4, 2011 — The State of Oregon Socrata-powered Open Data site, data.oregon.gov, was recognized with an outstanding achievement award in the Open Government Initiatives category, at the annual conference for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) last night. The 2011 [...]
Continue Reading →County Board President Preckwinkle Inaugurates Innovative Online Initiative SEATTLE – September 21, 2011 — Cook County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle, today unveiled one of the most comprehensive County Open Data sites in the country. The site, powered by the cloud-based Socrata Open Data Platform™, transforms the government’s public data into a universally accessible online resource [...]
Continue Reading →Data.Oregon.Gov and Data.Seattle.Gov Win National Recognition for Innovation in Government-to-Citizen Services SEATTLE – September 20, 2011 — The State of Oregon and the City of Seattle, two of Socrata’s early adopter customers, were recognized on September 16, 2011 for their leading Open Data programs. They were each presented with a 2011 Digital Government Achievement Award [...]
Continue Reading →Source: Seattle Business Magazine | Author: Sally James | Date: September 2011 Issue Startup wrestles complicated spreadsheets into consumer-friendly dashboards. “Tucked away in a Pioneer Square building, some of the human machinery of the U.S. government’s transparency program hums along, sharing a treasure trove of data with consumers. Providing this service is Socrata Inc., a [...]
Continue Reading →Source: The East African | Author: Christine Mungai | Date: July 10th, 2011 “Kenya has launched an Open Data portal, the first African country to make government data accessible to the ordinary citizen on an Internet-based platform. The portal will allow users to compare information at national, province and county levels. [...]
Continue Reading →Source: The Contracting Post | Author: Jon Levin | Date: Feb 28th, 2011 “Socrata offers a variety of potentially impactful technology solutions for governments and organizations that want to share their data in a more accessible way. For one – they bring data storage and sharing to the cloud – something that could [...]
Continue Reading →Source: Sunlight Foundation | Author: Scott Stadium | Date: Feb 24th, 2011 “Socrata offers a similar service with the same goals of making data easy to find, easy to use and easy to explore. The most obvious difference between the two services is the level of thought and detail that has gone into making Socrata [...]
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