A bill now in its early stages would put Connecticut’s open data practices — established in an executive order — on the law books for good.
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Connecticut moves openly toward more data transparency
Some state employees will soon have to move to another building — but there’s one thing they won’t be allowed to bring with them: paper.
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Connecticut chooses Socrata for open data portal
The state’s new open data portal, scheduled for launch in about a month, will be on the Socrata platform — a popular choice for several city and state portals. Customers include New York City, San Francisco and the federal government’s portal, Data.gov. The Office of Policy and Management issued the purchase order late last week, […]
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Q&A: Open data portal
Connecticut plans to launch its open data portal in about a month. Several residents, from data scientists to elected representatives, have different perspectives on what the portal means. So we reached out to a few of them.