Website
www.openindybrigade.com
Primary Contact
Matthew Kirby
Co-founder
Contact via email
Mission statement
The Open Indy Brigade is a non-profit that exists to advocate for the use of public data and open source technology to better inform and engage citizens in Central Indiana.
Actions
Actions are activities derived from the Plan 2020 planning process that a partner has committed to implement.
Open Indy Brigade is working on the following actions:
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Research other cities’ data policies
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
December 31, 2020
Progress
50%
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Recommend a process for making government data available and receiving feedback from the public
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
December 31, 2016
Progress
100%
Data.indy.gov was created in 2016 to provide access to government data and has the ability for the public to connect to the data and provide feedback. The city also provides data and participates in an annual Civic Hack for Marion County.
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Develop an annual open data report
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
January 31, 2017
Progress
100%
2016 Annual Report is complete, and an updated report will be provided year over year.
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Create a catalog of current open data sources
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
January 31, 2017
Progress
100%
Data.indy.gov provides a listing of open data sources available by categories with a variety of filtering options. In addition, SAVI also has a catalog of other municipal data available.
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Perform a comprehensive user experience (UX) audit to properly judge and index public facing websites based on usability and civic impact
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
January 31, 2017
Progress
100%
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Provide recommendations for a county-wide open data policy that is recognized and implemented both by the Mayor’s office and City Council
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
January 31, 2017
Progress
100%
The Disclose Indy ordinance that was passed by the City County Council in 2016 was led by the Mayor’s office and the Office of Corporation Counsel. This resulted in the creation of the Open Indy Data Portal, data.indy.gov.
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Elevate data sharing up to the Central Indiana Regional Council of Elected Officials (to go from local to regional)
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
December 31, 2020
Progress
0%
Strategy
Adopt an open data policy at the city level and collaborate with neighboring cities to create a national model for regional data sharing.
Action
Advocate for a Chief Innovation Officer at the cabinet level to facilitate the advancing of open data policy throughout city government and other municipal agencies and the Telecomm industry to establish best practices on resource sharing and broadband implementation
Start Date:
February 1, 2016
Completion Date:
January 31, 2018
Progress
100%
The Criminal Justice Reform report released in 2016 identified a need for a Chief Data Officer. In 2017, the Information Services Agency (ISA) added monies to its 2018 budget to hire a CDO. The position has been written and awaiting finalization from HR to be able to post for this position in 2018