Subject
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Government
Bookmarks
House Stock Watcher
House Stock Watcher aggregates mandatory stock trade disclosures from US House of Representatives members, making congressional trading activity searchable and browsable. A civic transparency tool that emerged after insider trading concerns about congressional stock trades.
Defining Open Data
Open Knowledge Foundation's definition of open data — data that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone. Foundational framing for a movement that was gaining momentum in 2013 as governments began opening datasets.
Cracking Oakland's Code
East Bay Express feature on Oakland's early open data and civic technology efforts — how local developers and city staff were beginning to use public data to address urban problems. An early document of the civic tech movement in the Bay Area.