Organization:Code for America Commons

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Code for America Commons
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EstablishedSeptember 2010
Location
United States
Websitehttp://commons.codeforamerica.org/

Code for America Commons is a project by Code for America and OpenPlans focused on reducing government IT costs by helping government entities share code and best practices.[1] It was initially launched as Civic Commons as an independent nonprofit organization, but later became a program of Code for America.[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 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Code for America Commons - About". Civic Commons. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120805070114/http://commons.codeforamerica.org/about. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  2. ↑ "Civic Commons Launched to Help Government Share Technology and Cut Costs". DC.gov. http://www.film.dc.gov/DC/OCTO/About+OCTO/News+Room/Civic+Commons+Launched+to+Help+Government+Share+Technology+and+Cut+Costs. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Montalbano. "Federal IT Dashboard goes Mobile". Information Week. http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225800258. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Cost-Saving IT Dashboard Software Now Available to All Levels of Government". Code for America. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120205191217/http://codeforamerica.org/press/itdb/. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  5. ↑ "Introducing San Francisco's Enterprise Addressing System". Civic Commons. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20120312230525/http://blog.civiccommons.org/2010/09/introducing-eas/. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 
  6. ↑ "San Francisco's Enterprise Addressing System Is Now Open Source!". Civic Commons. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315124241/http://blog.civiccommons.org/2011/01/sf-eas-open-sourced/. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 
  7. ↑ "Case Study: Farallon". OpenGeo. http://opengeo.org/publications/farallon/. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 

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