It’s been an exciting year for the civic technology sector. We’ve seen a lot of growth within Open North and in our peer organizations. Below are our favourite blog posts from the past year, representing Open North announcements, sector analysis, and other updates. If you think we missed a story, reach out to us at info@opennorth.ca.
Project announcements
- Introducing Popolo, an open government data specification
- [Announcing JeVeuxSavoir.org, an online access to information portal for Quebec]((http://blog.opennorth.ca/2013/11/22/je-veux-savoir-launch/)
Civic sector
Project updates
- Lessons from Represent: Open postal code data
- Lessons from Represent: Postal code data quality
- Using Represent: Interview with the creators of the Tyee’s Election Map
- How nonprofits can leverage online budget consultation
- Ensuring authentic results in Citizen Budget consultations
And a few noteworthy posts from our weekly roundup series, where we collect the best stories from the #opengov community:
- Apr 5: AMO Urban Symposium and a new Citizen Budget pilot in Toronto
- May 17: BC Election results and Rackbin
- Aug 30: VeloPlan San Francisco!
- Sep 30: Citizen Budget launches in Markham and Yellowknife
- Nov 22: Critiques of open data and open government and insight from the Open Data Institute