Code for America Commons
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| Established | September 2010 |
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| Location | United States |
| Website | http://civiccommons.org/ |
Civic Commons is an independent non-profit organization focused on reducing government IT costs by helping government entities share code and best practices.[1] The project is a coordinated effort between Code for America, OpenPlans, and the District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).[2]
Projects
Federal IT Dashboard
The Federal IT Dashboard was launched in June of 2009 as a government transparency initiative.[3] According to US CIO Vivek Kundra, it was "a website where you could track $80 billion of IT spending annually."[4] Initially it was only available to the federal government, which used the dashboard to monitor project effectiveness and decide the allocation of resources.[4] With help from the Civic Commons initiative, the IT dashboard was made freely available to all government entities in March 2011.[4]
Enterprise Addressing System
The Enterprise Addressing System (EAS) is a web-based application introduced by the San Francisco Department of Technology to manage the city's master database of addresses.[5] In response to other jurisdictions' expressed interest in EAS, the city of San Francisco decided to open source the system with help from Civic Commons.[6] In early 2011, Farallon Geographics developed a secure solution for EAS using open source geospatial technology.[7]
Board of Advisors
Andrew Hoppin, CIO, New York State Senate
Brian Behlendorf, Director, CollabNet
Bryan Sivak, CTO, District of Columbia
Carolyn Lawson, Director, E-Services for the State of California
Chris Vein, CIO, City of San Francisco
David Eaves, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Digital Media
Deborah Bryant, Public Sector Communities Manager, Oregon State University Open Source Lab
Gunnar Hellekson, Co-Chair, Open Source for America
Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director, Code for America
Nick Grossman, Director of Civic Works, OpenPlans
Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media
External links
References
- ^ "Civic Commons - About". Civic Commons. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Civic Commons Launched to Help Government Share Technology and Cut Costs". DC.gov. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ Elizabeth Montalbano. "Federal IT Dashboard goes Mobile". Information Week. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ a b c "Cost-Saving IT Dashboard Software Now Available to All Levels of Government". Code for America. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Introducing San Francisco's Enterprise Addressing System". Civic Commons. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "San Francisco's Enterprise Addressing System Is Now Open Source!". Civic Commons. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "Case Study: Farallon". OpenGeo. Retrieved 2011-04-26.