Austin's Acting Innovation Officer Daniel Culotta featured
In this month's OGP Voices of Open Government podcast, Stephanie Bluma interviews OGP Austin's Acting Innovation Officer Daniel Culotta and OGP Los Angeles' Civil Society Lead Nicole Anand. The discussion explores renewing democracies by making them more transparent, inclusive, participatory, and accountable.
The podcast interview takes listeners along on a deep dive into Austin's Equity Action Tool developed a…
Transportation construction can also be human centered with the City of Austin's focus on "complete communities"
The City of Austin's Corridor Program Office features a novel focus on preserving and supporting the communities along the roads it will be reconstructing over the next two years. This "complete communities" philosophy is a cornerstone of the city's 40 year development plan, "Imagine Austin." Keep reading below — or check out our blog at…
Council calls on OGP Commitment collaborators to provide guidance
In these unprecedented times, Austin City Council is carefully balancing both the immediate, urgent efforts of Covid-19 response and future efforts that will employ our community and strengthen our city's infrastructure.
On April 23, Council discussed the regional Project Connect transportation project and our ongoing responsibility for addressing any known potenti…
Equity Office collaboration furthers Austin's OGP commitment
The City of Austin's Equity Office, Innovation Office, and Office of Police Oversight collaborated on a joint report analyzing Austin Police Department data. The report examines APD motor vehicle stop data from 2015 to 2018, provides an analysis, and offers recommenda…
OGP traveled to Austin to interview the residents central to the city's homelessness commitment
OGP videographers traveled to Austin to interview Steve Potter, a member of the Austin Homeless Advisory Council (AHAC).
AHAC is a committee of people experiencing homelessness created as part of Austin's Action Plan 1 and now integral to the city's open contracting commitm…
Public Safety Data Analysis Work Highlighted in City's Certification
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced 16 new cities that achieved 2021 What Works Cities certification, the national standard of excellence in data-driven city governance.
Austin's work on its public safety data commitment contributed to the honor.
Bloomberg highlighted Austin’s Office of Police Oversight, Office of Innovation, and Equity Offi…
Seizing the Moment for OGP US
As part of Open Gov Week 2021, OGP hosted "Seize the Moment: How to Revive the US OGP Process with the New Biden Administration."
OGP's Joe Powell opened the discussion, pointing out this is the 15th year of decline in open government principles across the globe, exacerbated by covid, economic, racial justice, and climate crises felt on a global scale, and the United States in particular has suffered from backsliding in OGP principles and values.
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OGP Announces A New Motivational Campaign
"Last year, OGP launched Open Response + Open Recovery, a campaign to ensure the fundamental values of open government were embedded in actions to end the spread of COVID-19. In 2021, OGP is adding another R to our campaign:…
Transit Planning 4 All releases the Inclusive Planning Guide
Transit Planning 4 All (TP4A) has released an updated “Inclusive Planning Guide,” detailing a five phase process on how to better include older adults and people with disabilities in the transportation planning process, which can be found at the following link:
https://transitplanning4all.org/inclusive-planning-guide/
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