Celebrate Open Data Day 2023
March 03, 2023 by Beth Amann
One of the best ways to build trust among residents is to give them a transparent view of government data. Governments collect and manage data ranging in topic from government spending to business licenses issued and beyond. Publishing data on a cloud-based platform organizes data in easy-to-understand charts and graphs with context provided through narrative and visualizations, building strong partnerships for a better community.
Open Data Day celebrates democratizing information and keeping it accessible to residents interested in what is happening in government. For Open Data Day 2023, we reached out to Tyler clients to highlight how they're utilizing the Open Data Platform — a cloud-native platform that empowers governments to manage, access, and collaborate on their open data. Check out these 2023 events and use cases that demonstrate the power of open data.
Open Data Day Events and Projects
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
- The city held a virtual presentation that is available to view on their social media pages that covered several transparency initiatives. Financial transparency was a key topic, and an overview was provided of the city’s use of Open Budget BR and Open Checkbook BR portals as well as purchase order and contracts data sets.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Chattanooga is celebrating Open Data Week from March 4-10 by highlighting the importance of open data in city government. Through social media posts, the city will share open data resources, the importance of open data to Mayor Tim Kelly, and offer a chance to take part in the building of a new public art dataset that will be added to the Chattadata portal.
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New York, New York
- NYC's 7th annual Open Data Week festival will run from March 11-18. Convened by the Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data Through Design, the goal of Open Data Week is to advance open government, data literacy, and civic engagement through fun, thought-provoking, and mostly free events. Events will be held both in person and virtually, and can be found here.
Open Data in Government
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Norfolk, Virginia
- To provide up-to-date information regarding resident priorities and satisfaction, Norfolk contracted with ETC Institute to conduct a survey of residents. This data story shares input from residents about their priorities and satisfaction with the services the city provides in an interactive and transparent data story.
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Nova Scotia, Canada
- Nova Scotia’s Open Data Program has seen a steady increase in interest in recent years from clients seeking to highlight and add context to their published data through storytelling. Lori McCay-Peet, open data program lead, and subject matter experts work collaboratively to develop Perspectives stories that combine text with photos and embedded charts, maps, and data tables to help increase the public’s understanding and reuse of open data.
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Delaware
- The Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) publishes information on the state open data portal generated from crash reports. This data, updated by open data champions Aaron Zamojski and Mark Prettyman, allows the public to engage in interactive analysis and data exploration for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, or planning the safety enhancement of potential crash sites, hazardous roadway conditions, or railway-highway crossings.
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Dumfries, Virginia
- The Town of Dumfries has maximized resources and improved communication with stakeholders through transparency. Departments publicly track their performance against key focus areas and have published data around government spending and revenues year over year.