[okfn-discuss] Post on the unitedstates project and open collaboration

[Neal Bastek]

Looks like an interesting project Eric.

Rufus Pollock, our director/founder, recently put together a piece on using
GitHub for open data that seems relevant here:

http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/02/git-and-github-for-data/

Cheers,
Neal


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> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:34:54 -0400
> From: Eric Mill <eric at sunlightfoundation.com>
> Subject: [okfn-discuss] Post on the unitedstates project and open
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> Hi all,
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> I wrote a brief piece on Sunlight's blog about the work that's happening
> over at github.com/unitedstates -- a project that Josh Tauberer, Derek
> Willis, and I started last year -- and why I think it's a useful model.
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> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/08/20/a-modern-approach-to-open-data/
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> I'd love any feedback or thoughts, and to know of any other collaborations
> around the world that are using a similar model (Github or not).
>
> For example, one other I know of is the
> openlawdc<https://github.com/openlawdc> project,
> which was the hub for people working on the DC
> Code<http://dccode.org/browser/> (some
> background <http://macwright.org/2013/04/04/the-open-code.html> on how
> that
> came about).
>
> -- Eric
>
> --
> Developer | sunlightfoundation.com
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