benberkowitz
Re:Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Procurement Consultants to Register ...
on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:25AM (#11713889)
At SeeClickFix we have a policy that board members and officers may not contribute to political campaigns for this reason. Wrote this post about why a while back: http://benjaminberkowitz.blogspot.com/2013/09/donations-by-g...
Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app
on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:45PM (#10364004)
you can do that through the app! Thoughts on how we could encourage residents to do that?
Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app
on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:43PM (#10364002)
The app that Detroit was built on, SeeClickFix, came years before the NYC app and has the added benefit of displaying all other existing open issues. Detroit and SeeClickFix also support the Federal Open Data Standard, Open311 which is groundbreaking in itself.
Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app
on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:41PM (#10363995)
smartphones have proven to be the number one technology bridging the digital divide in the US. If you call into the City of Detroit it will also be publicly documented in the same system: SeeClickFix.
Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app
on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:40PM (#10363991)
Government officials report issues as well!
Re:More than 10k problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' app
on Friday October 09, 2015 @08:39PM (#10363989)
WOOT WOOT!