Jason Hare comments

Comments by Jason Hare

Commented on 9 Jan 2015
Open data portals should be API [First]
Hey Chris Thank you for the links and the comments. I think we are onto something here. API First but not API only. While I feel that machine to machine data re-use has a higher return on investment (it certainly scales...
Commented on 1 Jan 2015
Open data partnership between city and county of Durham, NC
Hi Christopher. The clause that you are referring to in NC Statute 132 does restrict commercial use of GIS related data. The Open Data Institute of North Carolina is working on legislation to change that. Please feel free to...
Commented on 6 Dec 2013
Should your government consider a "request for partnership" to prevent duplication and save tax-payer dollars in IT?
In the UK the Government Digital Service agency has upended the IT process across several national agencies. It took a willingness to engage and to rethink the role of government. The UK national government has been...
Commented on 6 Dec 2013
Hacking government procurement with a new RFP
In the UK the Government Digital Service agency has upended the IT process across several national agencies. It took a willingness to engage and to rethink the role of government. The UK national government has been...
Commented on 15 May 2013
Open data: Meaningful, visual information
Great summary of where we are Jason Hibbets. Thank you for the post and the continued friendship and support.
Commented on 22 Feb 2013
What does open government mean to you?
Hi Michael These are good comments and also fits the direction where many governments are heading. I have written quite a bit about the "culture of government". To be clear I am speaking about US models of governance. I...
Commented on 18 Feb 2013
Using open data for regional collaboration
Hi Robin. I appreciate the comments. Perhaps our intiatives resemble each other because Raleigh is using the OKFN Open Data Handbook as our guidline as well as the Open Government Data Definition. We are working to develop...
Commented on 12 Dec 2012
What does open government mean to you?
I would say Raleigh is taking a holistic approach. Open Government is a process. Open Data can lead to Open Services which then can lead to Open Government. I don't equivocate one with the other. They are all necessary but...
Commented on 12 Dec 2012
What does open government mean to you?
Maybe I will just start referring to you as Hibbets and I'll be Hare..:)
Commented on 11 Dec 2012
What does open government mean to you?
Hi Cesar- I would be honored- thank you. Can I add your blog to my blog list I keep? It is here: http://jasonmhare.blogspot.com/