[open-government] open gov data catalog question

[Jonathan Gray]

Tim: could you possibly liaise with Melissa to update information
about the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center?

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Melissa Schigoda <melissas at gnocdc.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about the open government data catalog (found at this web
> address - http://opengovernmentdata.org/data/catalogues/) that I'm hoping
> you coul answer or point me toward someone else who could answer it.
>
> The organization that I work at, the Greater New Orleans Community Data
> Center (www.gnocdc.org), is listed in this document in the "International
> Catalogs" work sheet. Can you tell me what criteria were used to compile the
> list and where the information came from?
>
> I ask because, our organization appears to be a bit misrepresented, because
> we provide data for the greater New Orleans region (not just the city) and
> we *do* provide a lot of data of data on our website available via download
> in excel spreadsheets. But maybe I'm not clear on the definitions of these
> column headers?
>
> I also just wanted to point out, in case it's helpful, that we are not a
> government entity, but a nonprofit, and we use very little data from the
> City of New Orleans.
>
> Thanks for all the great work you do and I hope we can get this squared
> away.
>
> Best,
> Melissa
>
> --
> Melissa Schigoda
> Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
> A product of Nonprofit Knowledge Works
> www.gnocdc.org
> 504-304-8260 ext. 229
>



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