@hacklongbeach

Dedicated to improving Long Beach through positive hactivism. https://xitter.cf/t.co/OGOHGuuamM https://xitter.cf/t.co/dflWhOh7xP

 Long Beach, CA
Joined November 2016
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Hack for LA@HackForLA29 Mar 2017
Here's our Work for LA project group going through some user journeys. Want to help people seeking city employment? Join up!
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Hack for LA@HackForLA29 Mar 2017
Check out the Arts Datathon, April 22 at The Reef in downtown. artsdatathon.org/
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Incredible dataset from The Guardian and the Gun Violence Archive. xitter.cf/SunFoundation/status/8…
Sunlight Foundation@SunFoundation21 Mar 2017
The @Guardian published an #opendata set of 2015 gun murders in the US, down to the local census tract theguardian.com/world/2017/m… #OpenGov #ddj
Critical for Congress & @TheJusticeDept not to conflate political leaks with whistleblowing on corruption & crimes sunlightfoundation.com/2016/…
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Public information belongs to the public & this bill will increase accountability, transparency & foster innovation. schatz.senate.gov/press-rele…

Senate Passes Schatz-Sasse Data Transparency Legislation | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN)...

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Presidential Innovation Fellows @InnovFellows application open til Dec11: bit.ly/2gBSWuT #Innovation #OpenData #CivicTech #TeamUSA
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John Keisler@jpkeisler28 Nov 2016
LB "Molina Entrepreneurship Series | Innovating Through Information Technology". See you there? eventbrite.com/e/molina-entr… via @Eventbrite

Molina Entrepreneurship Series | Innovating Through Information Technology

        Innovating Through Information Technology What makes a technology Innovator? Ever wonder if you are hard-coded with innovator DNA? If so, this is a discussion you can't miss.  In this unique,...

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Jim Cooper@Spyfor24 Nov 2016
Entrepreneurs! Startups! This time it's the Investors that will tell us their story. Sign up and come see them Slam! lnkd.in/gZ3X8VK

LinkedIn

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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3x times this week I’ve been able to quickly find/share a pub doc that was effectively inaccessible. Available ≠ accesible. #opendata
Hack Long Beach retweeted
EFF
@EFF16 Nov 2016
Have you renewed your EFF membership this year? We're fighting hard for the users and we need your help. eff.org/renew
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Government contracting has become one of the least transparent processes in American politics. [@reveal] revealnews.org/article/publi…

Public contracts shrouded in secrecy - Reveal

Government contracting, which involves billions of dollars in public funds each year, has become one of the least transparent systems that state and local governments maintain. Under the guise of...

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Jason Farman@farman13 Nov 2016
Help fund this book, Civic Technology: The True Story of Hackers for Good by @aschrock! 9 days & $2k left to go! kickstarter.com/projects/662…

Civic Technology: The True Story of Hackers for Good

Civic Tech is a book about geeks improving government & community life for everyone. Come join us!

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[NEW by me] Analyzing the "State of #OpenData" in 2016 sunlightfoundation.com/2016/… #OpenGov #DDJ #CivicTech
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Added agenda item attachments to legistar repo: github.com/HackLB/legistar/ 1.4GB of pub docs now accessible for analysis #longbeach #opendata
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Open Nepal@Open__Nepal14 Nov 2016
#OpenBudget #data for what? #OpenNepal here's an interesting mapping of best practices & actors associated with OB ow.ly/gLjT3068qqx
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This is 1 of the best articles I've ever read about @CodeForAmerica & why its work matters: nytimes.com/interactive/2016… #CivicTech
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April Rinne@aprilrinne11 Nov 2016
France’s new “open by default” approach to gov’t data: new legislation could be standard-setting model. govinsider.asia/digital-gov/… #opendata
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David Eaves
@daeaves9 Nov 2016
I just published “The Future of USDS: Trump, civic tech and the lesson of GDS” medium.com/@daeaves/the-futu…

The Future of USDS: Trump, Civic Tech and the Lesson of GDS

Across Washington, the country, and the world, the assumptions people have about various programs, policies and roles have been radically…

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Alexander B. Howard@digiphile9 Nov 2016
Facebook has "become a single point of failure for civic information"- @jbenton niemanlab.org/2016/11/the-fo… #opengov

The forces that drove this election’s media failure are likely to get worse

Segregated social universes, an industry moving from red states to the coasts, and mass media's revenue decline: The disconnect between two realities shows no sign of abating.

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I used text replacement to change Trump in my dad's phone
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