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Yearly Archives: 2012
December 1st was the culmination of an exciting year of open government, open data and citizen collaboration at the City & County of Honolulu. We had CityCampHNL, Honolulu’s first Civic Hackathon, Geeks on DaBus, Code for America, Honolulu Answers Write-a-thon and others. Hon*Celerator took advantage of the new datasets on […]
Congratulations #HonCelerator Teams
Capping off a historic year of government transformation and grassroots innovation, the first HON*CELERATOR competition aims to inspire the best apps and online tools that use open data to improve the day-to-day lives of Honolulu residents. Local software developers, designers, and entrepreneurs are being encouraged to tap into growing library […]
#HonCelerator
Open data efforts also backed by the Hawaii Community Foundation HONOLULU, HI (AUGUST 10, 2012) — Honolulu’s next mayor has vowed to clear the way for more apps, greater access to government information, and stronger citizen engagement. All three candidates — Mayor Peter Carlisle, former mayor Kirk Caldwell, and former […]
Mayor Carlisle, Caldwell, Cayetano agree on need for greater transparency
From Code for America Honolulu: Have you ever gotten lost on a government website, or been confused about how it’s organized? We have. So we’re launching a new website for Honolulu citizens that’s simple, clean, and resident-focused. Honolulu Answers will be as easy to use and accessible as asking a […]
Honolulu Answers ‘Write-A-Thon’ on Saturday
The next “WetWare Wednesday” networking event, organized by the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), will feature City & County of Honolulu Deputy Director of Information Technology Forest Frizzell and State of Hawaii Chief Information Officer Sonny Bhagowalia. The theme is: “Hawaii Open Data – All Access,” and Hawaii Open Data will […]
Open Data Featured at Wetware Wednesday
City & County of Honolulu Open Data Initiative View more documents from Hawaii Open Data In support of the City and County of Honolulu’s Open Data Initiative, Mayor Peter Carlisle issued this letter to his department and agency heads. Ever since taking office, Mayor Carlisle’s administration has leveraged technology to […]
Mayor Peter Carlisle issues Open Data letter to Department heads
The previously posted information on an introductory open data briefing from the state and Socrata has been removed, as the state has clarified that this specific session is primarily an internal one aimed at state departments and employees. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and invite you […]
State Sets Open Data Briefing for June 27 [Updated]
Our friends at the Sunlight Foundation shared this list of the 10 Principles for Opening Up Government Information with me on a recent conversation. The list resulted from a discussion almost 5 years ago among 30 open government advocates who met in Sebastopol, California to discuss how government could open up […]
10 Principles for Open Data
Cam Caldwell (@CamLCaldwell), Global Account Manager for Socrata, presented “Open Data: Hawaii Style” today to officials with the state of Hawaii and the City & County of Honolulu. Both the state and city hope to leverage the company’s platform to make it easier for government to publish information, and for citizens […]
Open Data: Hawaii Style
Andy Yip and Jane Zeng, creators of the iPhone app DaBus were featured on Yasmin Dar‘s Social Wire segment on KITV’s morning show. The DaBus app takes the guess work out of catching the bus on the island of Oahu. It uses the near real-time arrival information, courtesy of the […]
DaBus app on KITV Social Wire
Mayor Peter Carlisle introduced the 2012 Code for America fellows assigned to the City & County of Honolulu. The three CfA fellows, Diana Tran, Sheba Najmi and Mick Thompson (l-r) are here for the month of February working with the City officials and meeting with community leaders. They are looking […]