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Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Vermont Department of Health 01/10/2017

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal, and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety, and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

The Vermont Department of Health's David Grass, Environmental Health Surveillance Chief, and Mallory Staskus, Public Health Analyst, will discuss and demo multiple VDH Open Data resources that cover a variety of public health topics, including Data Explorer and Scorecard as well as discussing the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program and Healthy Vermonters 2020.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Burlington Police Department & Opiate Addiction 01/10/2017

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

 

The Burlington Police Department's Eric Fowler, Crime Analyst and Jackie Corbally, Opioid Policy Manager will demonstrate how they are using open data sets to assess the scope of the opiate epidemic and guide local public safety efforts.

 

What is the problem you are trying to solve?

 

Describe the partnership that is making your work possible?
How are you using data to determine that you are on the right track?
Can you give us some examples?
How does this data feed into strategic decisions and next steps in your effort?
This is a work in progress, what communities are you using for models, what type of metrics do you hope to track as time goes on?

Common Good Vermont: Open Data and the State of Vermont 12/13/2016

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety, and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

Casey Cleary, Vermont's Information Enterprise Architect, discusses the growing use of open data, the challenges and opportunities faced in Vermont state government, and current efforts to create an open data portal.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Open Addresses and the National Open Data Picture 12/06/2016

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal, and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety, and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

Bill Morris, long time open data advocate, discusses the Open Data Movement along with national examples that he is working on, including Open Addresses.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Vermont Center for Geographic Information with Leslie Pelch 12/06/2016

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal, and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety, and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

Leslie Pelch, VCGI’s Outreach Director, discusses VCGI's longstanding open data leadership in this realm and examples and resources that can help collective impact efforts in VT.

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