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Over the last year or so, there's been a growing consensus and practice in the Chicago OpenGov community that inclusion of residents is an important (and often missing) element of successful civic innovation.
Join us for a night of discussion of three methods for engaging with residents in the design / build process.
George Aye of Greater Good Studio will discuss their unique asset-based approach to design for solving social issues and talk about some current projects, with a focus on inclusive methods for public engagement.
Patrick C. Cunningham will discuss work with Design Cloud Chicago focused on collaborative approaches to development and use adoption. As a hybrid design firm + art gallery + business incubator + community hub, he will also cover the overall D:CL business and creative structure. Additional inclusive design projects such as AirLab and an Archeworks Research Fellowship will be presented as well.
Daniel X. O'Neil will review work to date on the Civic User Testing Group, a set of regular Chicago residents who get paid to test out civic apps. He'll review the process of setting up the CUTGroup platform, the methods used to engage with residents, and talk about how Smart Chicago has signed up nearly 400 people from all over the city to test out the work we all make.
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City of Chicago and public-spirited hackers unveil the Chicago City Code
Cory Doctorow at 5:41 pm Sun, Nov 17, 2013
Rogue archivist Carl Malamud writes, "Something pretty rare happened last week. City officials of Chicago got together with hackers from around the country to unveil a vastly better new online version of the Chicago City Code. Public.Resource.Org worked with the City to make bulk data available, the folks at the OpenGov Foundation turned that into the popular States Decoded format that folks are using in DC, Virginia, San Francisco, and other locations around the country. The code, the data, and the formats are all open source and we were there to celebrate the unveiling and encourage volunteers in Chicago to take it even further."
The idea that citizens work with their government to make the laws more accessible shouldn't be a big shocker, but it is really rare. My speech at the event, The Virtuous Pipeline of Code, explained why it's so rare and how if you're in the business of promulgating the law to promite an informed citizenry, you can find yourself on the business end of a subpoena. (Recent examples on Boing Boing: threats Public.Resource.Org received from Mississippi and for reading the National Electrical Code without a license.)
The Virtuous Pipeline of Code
(Image: Carl Malamud presents the Honorable Susana Mendoza, City Clerk of Chicago, with a Professional-grade rubber stamp inscribed "If a law isn't public, it isn't a law.") (Thanks, Carl!)
A new map tileset is now available on MapBox.com of Washington, DC's neighborhoods. The maps shows neighborhood boundaries and lets you drill down to a street level view.
You can integrate this map into your website or download it to use on your ipad. Hosting for all MapBox maps is free. Instructions on how to do this are at support.mapbox.com.
Dave, Justin, James, and Leah at the "May 2014 Civic Hacknight II" meetup. OpenGov Hub, 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC.
CPSC's Ming Zhu walks consumer groups through the reporting experience on SaferProducts.gov during a consumer advocates Web conference about the Publically Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database.