Gov 2.0
Urban Milwaukee Shines Light on Political Donors
Releases city’s first Political Contributions Tracker, with data on 2,000 donors to politicians.
Mar 30th, 2016 by Urban Milwaukee
Can Auto Redistricting End Gerrymandering?
A software programmer devises a way to eliminate political bias.
Dec 10th, 2015 by Laura Thompson
New App Links Teens to After-School Programs
Beyond the Bell mobile app created by UWM App Brewery and non-profit Center for Youth Engagement.
Oct 12th, 2015 by Michael Holloway
How Open Are Government Digital Records?
Few think government does a good job of sharing digital data.
Apr 30th, 2015 by Ernst-Ulrich Franzen
New Mobile App Pinpoints Housing Hazards
Community groups using new app, which uses crowdsourcing to inventory and map all neighborhood housing issues.
Mar 5th, 2015 by Andrea Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Join the Pothole Patrol
City's' free mobile app lets you report potholes and other problems.
Mar 1st, 2015 by Maria Corpus, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
State Spending Now an Open Book
Web site tracking state spending is a font of information, not all of it useful.
Jan 14th, 2014 by Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Meet Your Neighbors Online
Residents in 115 Milwaukee neighborhoods are connecting to each other through an online site called Next Door.
Dec 11th, 2013 by Scottie Lee Meyers, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and Transit
Chris Abele was recently elected to fill the remainder of Governor Scott Walker's term as Milwaukee County Executive. That gives Abele less than one year to accomplish anything as Milwaukee County Executive before he must seek re-election. Given the relatively short time for which Abele is assured to be in office, what can the newly-elected County Executive hope to achieve when it comes to transit?
May 19th, 2011 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee County Taking First Steps Towards Open Government
To say that access to Milwaukee County records has been less than transparent is an understatement. Milwaukee County's committee agendas are poorly formatted, currently contain little information, lack the associated public input documentation, and almost no committee meetings are carried on TV, so the context and history of legislation is often difficult to ascertain.
Feb 7th, 2011 by Dave Reid
MPD, MPS, and Open Data
Bradley Tech, a fight, gangs, guns, and more squad cars than you can count. And no news. Why? What happened?
Dec 10th, 2010 by Dave Reid
MCTS Should Take the Next Step to Government 2.0
Government 2.0 is the idea of exposing government controlled data to the public, in an open standardized format.
Nov 23rd, 2010 by Dave Reid
