Louisville has shown leadership in the open data movement by doubling the amount of data it shares with the public in the past year.
Jacob Ryan reports: "[Louisville] officials have increased the amount of open data by nearly 200 percent in just a year’s time." Ryan cites the inaugural Open Data Report by Metro Technology Services in sharing the news.
"This means that information about subjects as diverse as foreclosure sales, city expenditures, resident complaints and registered dog bites are available for public viewing via an online portal. And Metro Technology Services director Jason Ballard said more is to come."
Louisville's open data project follows a 2013 executive order by Mayor Greg Fischer, "which declared that public data from any Metro Government department should be 'open by default,' unless it is sensitive material protected by law."
Louisville ranks 13th out of 74 cities participating in the U.S. City Open Data Census.
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