Gov 2.0

• Urban Milwaukee Shines Light on Political Donors

  Mar 30th, 2016 by Urban Milwaukee

  Releases city’s first Political Contributions Tracker, with data on 2,000 donors to politicians.

• Can Auto Redistricting End Gerrymandering?

  Dec 10th, 2015 by Laura Thompson

  A software programmer devises a way to eliminate political bias.

• New App Links Teens to After-School Programs

  Oct 12th, 2015 by Michael Holloway

  Beyond the Bell mobile app created by UWM App Brewery and non-profit Center for Youth Engagement.

• Your Right to Know

  How Open Are Government Digital Records?

  Apr 30th, 2015 by Ernst-Ulrich Franzen

  Few think government does a good job of sharing digital data.

• New Mobile App Pinpoints Housing Hazards

  Mar 5th, 2015 by Andrea Waxman

  Community groups using new app, which uses crowdsourcing to inventory and map all neighborhood housing issues.

• Join the Pothole Patrol

  Mar 1st, 2015 by Maria Corpus

  City's' free mobile app lets you report potholes and other problems.

• State Spending Now an Open Book

  Jan 14th, 2014 by Bill Lueders

  Web site tracking state spending is a font of information, not all of it useful.

• Meet Your Neighbors Online

  Dec 11th, 2013 by Scottie Lee Meyers

  Residents in 115 Milwaukee neighborhoods are connecting to each other through an online site called Next Door.

• Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and Transit

  May 19th, 2011 by Jeramey Jannene

  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?

• Milwaukee County Taking First Steps Towards Open Government

  Feb 7th, 2011 by Dave Reid

  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.

• MPD, MPS, and Open Data

  Dec 10th, 2010 by Dave Reid

  Bradley Tech, a fight, gangs, guns, and more squad cars than you can count. And no news. Why? What happened?

• MCTS Should Take the Next Step to Government 2.0

  Nov 23rd, 2010 by Dave Reid

  Government 2.0 is the idea of exposing government controlled data to the public, in an open standardized format.