GovStats
        Date:
        2014-10-22
      
    
      Tags:
      
        opendata
      
      
         public
      
      
         transparency
      
      
         platform
      
    
  What might framework to track popular data related to government and the public sector look like?
What constitutes the Public Sector?
- Public Agencies
 - Governing Bodies & Elected Officials
 - Members of those bodies (Positions)
 - People
 
Public data
- Budgets
 - Contracts and Purchasing
 - Public Projects
 - Tax Revenues
 - Parcel/Assessor records
 - Employment Figures
 - Websites
 - - any data that goes into or out of any system
 
Services
- Public Services
 - Water
 - Waste/Garbage Services
 - Electricity Power Services
 - School/Education
 - Environmental Services
 - Jails
 - Roads
 - Health, Mental Health
 - Welfare
 - and more...
 
Considerations
- Consider writing a Govstats grant proposal
 - Who would fund this?
 - Is a viable business model