[open-government] [Sunlight International] CodeAcross 2014

Fri Feb 7 17:39:40 UTC 2014

We will be coding along at Odekro in Ghana :)


On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Julia Keserű <jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com
> wrote:

> FYI everyone
>
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/02/06/codeacross-is-here/
>
> CodeAcross is here!<http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/02/06/codeacross-is-here/>
> by guest author Catherine Bracy
>
>    - policy <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/policy/>
>    - technology <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/technology/>
>
> FEB. 6, 2014, 10 A.M.
>  This guest post was written by Catherine Bracy, Director of Community
> Organizing at Code for America. The post was originally published on the
> Code for America blog.<http://www.codeforamerica.org/2014/02/04/codeacross-is-here/>[image:
> An image of CodeAcross]CodeAcross 2014. Image credit: Code for America
>
> It’s that time of year again: time to CodeAcross<http://www.codeforamerica.org/codeacross-2014/>!
> On the weekend of February 21-23, Code for America and the Sunlight
> Foundation <http://sunlightfoundation.com/> will host 40+ events around
> the globe. The mission of these events is to have citizens participate in
> making real progress towards taking open government “Beyond Transparency.”
> We’re making government data more open and accessible — through taking an
> inventory of a city’s open data to drafting an open data policy to
> designing an app powered by that open data.
>
> In its third year, CodeAcross is scheduled to coincide with International
> Open Data Day. These events are designed to be not just an opportunity to
> move the ball forward on creating more open and transparent governments,
> but to build communities of citizens who want to participate in
> strengthening public institutions–on February 21-23 and beyond. This is NOT
> just another hackathon.
>
> This year, Code for America and the Sunlight Foundation have collaborated
> on three “challenges” that CodeAcross participants of any technical
> proficiency level can participate in:
>
>    - The Open Data Inventory<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LFEwoVYWrTFM4gb9iKjMlI9n_MF7lDBeD7clsYGYbvo/edit?usp=sharing>:
>    Take stock of where your city stands on publishing some fundamental
>    datasets.
>    - Open Data Policy<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZP_qNd6Zf_AmGff3yXT91vnUlOPkXLDb6zFFH75A5h8/edit?usp=sharing>:
>    Work with your local officials to create an open data policy, or draft an
>    implementation plan or accountability structure for a recently passed
>    policy.
>    - Open Civic Data Scraper<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mf_7M4uiWYM0npdRpk1FxzcWBMh3jUwAIloOZCmao1k/edit?usp=sharing>:
>    Create scrapers to pull down important civic information to feed the Open
>    Civic Data API.
>
> On February 21-23, join an event near you! We want citizens of all stripes
> and backgrounds to participate: coders, activists, designers, organizers,
> public transit enthusiasts, you name it. You can find a full listing of the
> events here <http://www.codeforamerica.org/codeacross-2014/>.
>
> We’re thankful to our sponsors, Esri and Microsoft, for making CodeAcross
> possible.
> Tags:
>
>
>
> --
> Júlia Keserű
> International Policy Manager
>
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> Washington, DC 20036
> (1) 202-742-1520 *280
>
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