As was to be expected, I greatly enjoyed the Participatory Budgeting Conference this past weekend. Always nice to meet folks in person, learn a few things, and make new connections with instigators...
Here are my slides from our technology panel earlier today (see program):
Session C: Tech Tools for PB (DH 231)
This session will focus on the key issues and questions that people should consider...
Here’s a working definition I used during today’s presentation at the 2013 Participatory Budgeting Conference:
Digital Engagement
The use of information and communications technologies to...
Alex Howard
I first met Alex Howard in Los Angeles at Gov20LA a few years ago. This was shortly before he joined O’Reilly Media as its Washington correspondent covering the open government/Gov...
How to pull Building Construction Permit data for Counties from the US Census Bureau
For a recent custom data request, I pulled building construction permit data for US counties and places (aka...
How to pull Building Construction Permit data for Counties from the US Census Bureau
For a recent custom data request, I pulled building construction permit data for US counties and places (aka...
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