#opengov — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #opengov, aggregated by home.social.
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Als jemand, der sich seit bald 20 Jahren mit #OpenGov und #OpenData befasst, finde ich die Leidensfähigkeit derjenigen, die sich von berufswegen mit der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung befassen müssen/dürfen, einerseits beeindruckend.
Denke aber auch, dass das permanente Scheitern immer wieder deutlich macht: die Grundkonstruktion der Verwaltung stammt quasi aus dem Mittelalter (bzw noch früher) und ist prinzipiell inkompatibel mit dem digitalen Medium Internet.
https://www.heise.de/news/Deutschland-Stack-Mit-vier-Studien-zur-digitalen-Verwaltung-11410335.html
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Als jemand, der sich seit bald 20 Jahren mit #OpenGov und #OpenData befasst, finde ich die Leidensfähigkeit derjenigen, die sich von berufswegen mit der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung befassen müssen/dürfen, einerseits beeindruckend.
Denke aber auch, dass das permanente Scheitern immer wieder deutlich macht: die Grundkonstruktion der Verwaltung stammt quasi aus dem Mittelalter (bzw noch früher) und ist prinzipiell inkompatibel mit dem digitalen Medium Internet.
https://www.heise.de/news/Deutschland-Stack-Mit-vier-Studien-zur-digitalen-Verwaltung-11410335.html
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Halfway through 2026, here's what BetaNYC argued for and won.
New York City launched its Public Interest Technology Crew this July: five in-house teams building digital public goods instead of buying them, backed by more than $5 million and hiring for 15 roles. We asked for this since 2013. This year, the city said yes.
Full recap: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week32
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Halfway through 2026, here's what BetaNYC argued for and won.
New York City launched its Public Interest Technology Crew this July: five in-house teams building digital public goods instead of buying them, backed by more than $5 million and hiring for 15 roles. We asked for this since 2013. This year, the city said yes.
Full recap: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week32
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The Commission on Government Efficiency's preliminary report is out, and public comment is still open. If you have feedback on the report or anything else to share with the Mayor's office, now's the time.
Read more: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week28
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The Commission on Government Efficiency's preliminary report is out, and public comment is still open. If you have feedback on the report or anything else to share with the Mayor's office, now's the time.
Read more: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week28
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BetaNYC Associate Board Manager Jordan Shapiro testified before the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) — their testimony helped anchor digital sovereignty in the Commission's preliminary report. Allies and friends of BetaNYC echoed the call for a unified digital service team.
Full story: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week28
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BetaNYC Associate Board Manager Jordan Shapiro testified before the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) — their testimony helped anchor digital sovereignty in the Commission's preliminary report. Allies and friends of BetaNYC echoed the call for a unified digital service team.
Full story: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week28
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NYC Council adopted a $125.8B FY27 budget this week (45-6): $175M more for housing vouchers, Fair Fares expanded to reach ~340,000 more New Yorkers, an NYPD hiring freeze, and $34.2M for a new 9/11 health records portal.
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NYC Council adopted a $125.8B FY27 budget this week (45-6): $175M more for housing vouchers, Fair Fares expanded to reach ~340,000 more New Yorkers, an NYPD hiring freeze, and $34.2M for a new 9/11 health records portal.
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Want to make a public Freedom of Information (FOI) request in Australia? https://www.righttoknow.org.au makes it straightforward - every request and response is published for anyone to read.
But heaps of FOI documents are quietly released onto disclosure logs that no-one reads. So how do you find the interesting ones?
Record Radar reviews every Australian federal department's FOI releases and surfaces the ones worth reading, once a week: https://anilabs.news/recordradar/
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Want to make a public Freedom of Information (FOI) request in Australia? https://www.righttoknow.org.au makes it straightforward - every request and response is published for anyone to read.
But heaps of FOI documents are quietly released onto disclosure logs that no-one reads. So how do you find the interesting ones?
Record Radar reviews every Australian federal department's FOI releases and surfaces the ones worth reading, once a week: https://anilabs.news/recordradar/
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BetaNYC joined nine organizations, including Reinvent Albany, in backing $255K for DORIS — NYC's Dept. of Records & Information Services — in the FY27 budget. Public records infrastructure that works for New Yorkers.
Also this week: BetaBuilders launched!
Learn more: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week26
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BetaNYC joined nine organizations, including Reinvent Albany, in backing $255K for DORIS — NYC's Dept. of Records & Information Services — in the FY27 budget. Public records infrastructure that works for New Yorkers.
Also this week: BetaBuilders launched!
Learn more: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week26
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This week's #CivicTech roundup from BetaNYC: 📜 COGE testimony on digital sovereignty ⚖️ NY's first AI disclosure law 🛠️ Build-a-Budget from the Public Advocate 💼 13 jobs with salary ranges 🎊 Pride Tech Night June 23
Subscribe or read: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week24
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This week's #CivicTech roundup from BetaNYC: 📜 COGE testimony on digital sovereignty ⚖️ NY's first AI disclosure law 🛠️ Build-a-Budget from the Public Advocate 💼 13 jobs with salary ranges 🎊 Pride Tech Night June 23
Subscribe or read: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week24
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Yesterday, BetaNYC testified at COGE: the canonical text of NYC's Charter is hosted by a private company, not the city. We built five open-source tools to show what publicly owned civic data looks like — now we're asking for charter changes to make it official.
This week's newsletter: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week24
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Yesterday, BetaNYC testified at COGE: the canonical text of NYC's Charter is hosted by a private company, not the city. We built five open-source tools to show what publicly owned civic data looks like — now we're asking for charter changes to make it official.
This week's newsletter: https://beta.nyc/newsletter-2026-week24
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Each digitized page captures a chain of civic decisions from creation to preservation to public access.Together they form a long record of how California communities have grown and changed over time.
#digitization #opengov #california #archives #localgovernment #UCBerkeley
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Each digitized page captures a chain of civic decisions from creation to preservation to public access.Together they form a long record of how California communities have grown and changed over time.
#digitization #opengov #california #archives #localgovernment #UCBerkeley
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In 1649, a Dutch colonial lawyer went door to door collecting grievances, got thrown in jail for it, and made the case for #opengov. This week, we shipped 4 open-source AI tools.
Same fight. New tools.
Check out our newsletter for 25 opportunities + 17 events + more!
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In 1649, a Dutch colonial lawyer went door to door collecting grievances, got thrown in jail for it, and made the case for #opengov. This week, we shipped 4 open-source AI tools.
Same fight. New tools.
Check out our newsletter for 25 opportunities + 17 events + more!
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Since NYC.gov was moved off TeamSite, we've lost a number of URLs that document NYC's #civictech / #govtech / #opengov history. I have an old repo of the URL, but I did not capture the text or the screenshot of the page. Important context has been erased from the broader public record.
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I'm also curious about how to capture the indigenous history and the traditionally under-represented communities that shaped our #opengov history. If only I had graduated from college, I could turn this into a Phd application.
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Since NYC.gov was moved off TeamSite, we've lost a number of URLs that document NYC's #civictech / #govtech / #opengov history. I have an old repo of the URL, but I did not capture the text or the screenshot of the page. Important context has been erased from the broader public record.
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I'm also curious about how to capture the indigenous history and the traditionally under-represented communities that shaped our #opengov history. If only I had graduated from college, I could turn this into a Phd application.
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Wij vieren aankomende vrijdag de 15e verjaardag van de Open Government Partnership! 🥳
Kom vrijdag 22 mei dus vooral gezellig langs bij de @internetarchiveeurope in Amsterdam! Iedereen is welkom! https://luma.com/rgq1otzo?lm_source=embed&tk=TAy5cx
📍 Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam
🗓️ Vrijdag 22 mei, 16:00–18:00‼️Dit verjaardagsfeest is een vervangend evenement voor de Beschikkingen in Beeld Verdiepingssessie. Deze sessie wordt verplaatst naar een later te bevestigen moment!
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Wij vieren aankomende vrijdag de 15e verjaardag van de Open Government Partnership! 🥳
Kom vrijdag 22 mei dus vooral gezellig langs bij de @internetarchiveeurope in Amsterdam! Iedereen is welkom! https://luma.com/rgq1otzo?lm_source=embed&tk=TAy5cx
📍 Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam
🗓️ Vrijdag 22 mei, 16:00–18:00‼️Dit verjaardagsfeest is een vervangend evenement voor de Beschikkingen in Beeld Verdiepingssessie. Deze sessie wordt verplaatst naar een later te bevestigen moment!
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Two papers I co-authored have been accepted at the AI & Open Government Workshop (@[email protected]), co-located with ICAIL 2026 in Singapore on June 8. Both come out of student work at the @[email protected] lab. All details here: graus.nu/research/two... #AI #OpenGov
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Two papers I co-authored have been accepted at the AI & Open Government Workshop (@[email protected]), co-located with ICAIL 2026 in Singapore on June 8. Both come out of student work at the @[email protected] lab. All details here: graus.nu/research/two... #AI #OpenGov
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The dutch alternative to sharing public code | Interoperable Europe Portal https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/dutch-alternative-sharing-public-code
#OpenSource #Forgejo #DigitalSovereignty #PublicSector #Innovation #GovTech #Digitalisierung #digitalization #Collaboration #CommunityDriven #SoftwareDevelopment #FederatedCode #OpenGov #TechCommunity #CoCreation #Independence #SoftLaunch #UserCentric #DigitalTransformation #PublicService #FutureOfTech
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The dutch alternative to sharing public code | Interoperable Europe Portal https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/dutch-alternative-sharing-public-code
#OpenSource #Forgejo #DigitalSovereignty #PublicSector #Innovation #GovTech #Digitalisierung #digitalization #Collaboration #CommunityDriven #SoftwareDevelopment #FederatedCode #OpenGov #TechCommunity #CoCreation #Independence #SoftLaunch #UserCentric #DigitalTransformation #PublicService #FutureOfTech
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🥁🥁🥁 ANNOUNCEMENT – we've started organising the 11th Open Data Camp! @odcamp.uk
SAVE THE DATE: Birmingham, Sat 21 and Sun 22 November.
Details will follow!
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🥁🥁🥁 ANNOUNCEMENT – we've started organising the 11th Open Data Camp! @odcamp.uk
SAVE THE DATE: Birmingham, Sat 21 and Sun 22 November.
Details will follow!
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Deadline for our #AI & #OpenGov workshop (@[email protected]) is extended by 1 week. Details below 👇🏻
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:urcc74g27zzlvp5xuz3ht5yh/post/3mivyhmjvqs2c -
Deadline for our #AI & #OpenGov workshop (@[email protected]) is extended by 1 week. Details below 👇🏻
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:urcc74g27zzlvp5xuz3ht5yh/post/3mivyhmjvqs2c -
"As a C.D.C. employee, you get annual trainings on FOIA & record keeping. All of a sudden it was like a complete withdrawal of that. It was really frightening & eerie." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... That's "authoritarian blindness," but @[email protected] won't call it that, yet. #OpenGov #SunshineWeek
Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’... -
"As a C.D.C. employee, you get annual trainings on FOIA & record keeping. All of a sudden it was like a complete withdrawal of that. It was really frightening & eerie." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... That's "authoritarian blindness," but @[email protected] won't call it that, yet. #OpenGov #SunshineWeek
Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’... -
USAID Knowledge Rescue does exactly what it sounds like: preserve public knowledge for public access that might otherwise be lost. aidlinks.org #opengov #opendata
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USAID Knowledge Rescue does exactly what it sounds like: preserve public knowledge for public access that might otherwise be lost. aidlinks.org #opengov #opendata
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Why it matters:
Closed-door bargaining lets officials dodge accountability and undercut teachers — while Republican super‑majorities keep many decisions hidden in secret caucuses. Transparency affects pay, staffing and students’ day-to-day lives. -
The OpenAustralia Foundation needs someone with fundraising experience to help us run a campaign. 🗳️
We build free, open-source civic tech that enables people to participate more fully in their democracy: #PlanningAlerts, #RightToKnow, #TheyVoteForYou, and #OpenAustralia.
More Info and how to express your interest: https://oaf.org.au/2026/02/17/become-a-fundraising-champion-for-civic-tech/
#OpenAustraliaFoundation #CivicTech #OpenGov #Fundraising #AusPol #FOSS
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The OpenAustralia Foundation needs someone with fundraising experience to help us run a campaign. 🗳️
We build free, open-source civic tech that enables people to participate more fully in their democracy: #PlanningAlerts, #RightToKnow, #TheyVoteForYou, and #OpenAustralia.
More Info and how to express your interest: https://oaf.org.au/2026/02/17/become-a-fundraising-champion-for-civic-tech/
#OpenAustraliaFoundation #CivicTech #OpenGov #Fundraising #AusPol #FOSS
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We have published the #CFP for our AI and Open Government Workshop, to be held colocated with the International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL) in Singapore. Read more: graus.nu/research/cal... #AI #OpenGov
Call for Papers: AI & Open Gov... -
We have published the #CFP for our AI and Open Government Workshop, to be held colocated with the International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL) in Singapore. Read more: graus.nu/research/cal... #AI #OpenGov
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Getting a last blog post in under the wire for 2025: https://phildini.dev/the-body-politic
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Getting a last blog post in under the wire for 2025: https://phildini.dev/the-body-politic
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Making 10M government PDF documents searchable https://flowingdata.com/2025/11/26/making-10m-government-pdf-documents-searchable/
"The code for GovScape is open source and available on GitHub."
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Making 10M government PDF documents searchable https://flowingdata.com/2025/11/26/making-10m-government-pdf-documents-searchable/
"The code for GovScape is open source and available on GitHub."
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Top #EastBay #BayArea parks official weighing legal action after abrupt resignation. She threatens #lawsuit via her PR firm that issued vague #pressrelease describing a hostile board of directors that “constructively terminated” her after she refused to take actions “that would have violated open government and personnel laws, and harmed her professional and personal reputation.”
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/east-bay-regional-parks-district-official-resigns-21197185.php #OpenGovernment #ParkAndRec #OpenGov #TaxpayerTeat
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Non-profit takes over a canceled NOAA database https://flowingdata.com/2025/11/05/non-profit-takes-over-a-canceled-noaa-database/
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Critics warn encryption erases a vital tool for real-time oversight. Journalists, community groups, and the city’s own Police Accountability Board say it would make monitoring police actions far harder.
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Wyden: “Abuses of your product are not only likely but inevitable.”
He urged cities to remove Flock cameras entirely to protect residents from dragnet surveillance and misuse by federal agencies.