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The Montgomery County Council’s Public Committee will hold a worksession at 9:30 a.m. on July 17, to discuss Expedited Bill 35-14 that decreases the “safety zone” for archery hunters in the County from 150 yards to 100 yards from a dwelling, residence, church or other building occupied by human beings. The Public Safety Committee, which […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Chief Innovation Officer Dan Hoffman defines the term “open data.”

In this MyMCMedia extra, Chief Innovation Officer Dan Hoffman reports that employee salaries is the most popular dataset on the Data Montgomery website.

In this MyMCMedia extra, Dan Hoffman, Montgomery County’s Chief Innovation Officer, explains the economic power and value of open data. Related posts:      

In this MyMCMedia extra, Chief Innovation Officer Dan Hoffman tells us about an open data idea that involves tracking the county’s school buses. Take a look: Related posts:

Will 2014 be the year of open data in Montgomery County? Sure looks that way. County officials held their second Open Data Town Hall meeting in Germantown on Jan. 28 where the emphasis was on finding out what kind of data residents want to see published online. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find out […]

The County is looking to local residents for advice on what data they’d like to see available at their fingertips.  After the first Open Data Town Hall in December, officials decided to expand the program, hosting the second event at the Upcounty Regional Services Center in Germantown on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. “The Open […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County’s Chief Innovation Officer, Dan Hoffman, tells us what it was like to serve on the Nighttime Economy Task Force and what lies ahead:    

In order to prioritize new projects, Montgomery County asked its residents what information they’d like to see online at the first “Open Data Town Hall” on Nov. 21. The event brought dozens of people together to brainstorm and offer ideas on what’s next for the County’s data innovation program. “For being a bit of an […]

Tables with large pads of paper served as empty canvases for local residents to write their ideas for the county data they’d like access to online. The event was the county’s first “Open Data Town Hall” and it brought a crowd of people to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center on the anniversary of the […]