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Alexandra Bjerg

San Francisco’s health analyzed neighborhood by neighborhood with new mobile app
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San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee announced the launch of a mobile application that uses open government data to rank the health of each of the city’s diverse neighborhoods, block-by-block.

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Is your absentee ballot being counted in California?
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One person, one vote, that’s the fundamental principle of our democracy

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California Legislature digressing on transparency and open data
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The legislature recently took one step forward and two steps back on the road towards greater transparency in California.

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Neighbor.ly fights infrastructure woes with crowdfunding
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Neighbor.ly creates an online campaign allowing individuals to donate directly to the project

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Decline in elected women in Los Angeles flies under the radar
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That’s right, just one of 18 elected officials in Los Angeles will be a woman, despite women accounting for slightly more than 50 percent (!) of the population.

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Transparency train keeps rolling with President’s open data executive order
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President Barack Obama issued a historic executive order and new open data policy making vast troves of previously inaccessible government data available for public scrutiny and use.

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