Palo Alto has launched a new mobile app – PaloAlto311 – that allows residents to directly report issues such as a pothole or graffiti and…
Speaking yesterday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo detailed a comprehensive series of reforms that will help prevent public corruption, modernize New York’s outdated voting laws, and…
Watchdog group the Sunlight Foundation will be offering civic minded startups and developers a chance at “OpenGov Grants.” The grant program will offer awards to…
New York City Comptroller John C. Liu today published the source code for the Checkbook NYC financial transparency website, and announced several partnerships that will…
For city and state government, fostering civic engagement has always been hard to do. Many city and state government meetings happen during the work day,…
This weekend more than 6,000 individuals from businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies, as well as local citizens will come together to participate in 95 events…
In the era of austerity, and seemingly endless conversations about budget deficits, finding solutions that both cut costs and make sure payments make it to…
Last week CivSource reported on a new Executive Order from the President establishing federal open data policy for the government agencies. Officials are now adding…
The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is asking developers for help in solving some of its transit challenges. The MTA announced a $40,000 app…
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has been pushing ever more public data into the spotlight in his state and now even more of it will be…
