Open Data Day

What is open data?
What can it be used for?
Why is it important?
Where can I find it?

For Code for America’s Open Data Day on March 3, 2018, Civic Data Alliance, presents a workshop on Open Data and Louisville Metro’s Open Data Portal. We want to be a force for educating the general public on what open data is and how it can be used for our community. CDA advocates for openness and transparency in data from our government and for these same principles in our government itself, including it's officials, actions, policies, procedures and departments. Part of advocating for and being an open and transparent civic organization is advocating for openness and transparency in all civic areas, not just the data. As members of the data community, we believe it is imperative to create avenues for our greater Louisville community to understand, implement, and manipulate open data and the Open Data Portal in the spirit of transparency and civic engagement. Besides the Open Data Workshop, we will also have the opportunity to work on The Code of Ethics in Data Science project with Data for Democracy featured in this article (https://medium.com/@dpatil/a-code-of-ethics-for-data-science-cda27d1fac1), as well as other projects. We welcome people of all skills and experiences to join us on March 3. Open Data. Open Government. For the People, by the People.

Hosts:
Civic Data Alliance
Data for Democracy
Black Lives Matter Louisville/Stand Up Sunday
Code for America

No food will be provided at this event. Please plan on providing your own lunch