Jason Hare

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Raleigh-Durham, NC

Two decades experience analyzing user behavior interacting with web applications. Experience includes developing user interfaces using rapid prototyping and an iterative project management style to create award winning, user-centered information portals. Primary interests include Big Data and Open Data applications and community engagement in a public sector environment. Other interests include analytic-driven portal interface design, e-government acculturation, citizen engagement, open source platforms and government transparency.Reach Jason Hare on Twitter, Google+ and About.me.

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Authored Content

Government and library open data using Creative Commons tools

The current state of open data in the US government

The S.2852 OPEN Government Data Act aims to require true open data access at the federal level. In this article I will discuss the importance of open data in government, the…

OpenStreetMap: Help us #MapLesotho

You are invited to participate in a mapping event with OpenStreetMap (OSM) that will kick off on January 16, 2015 called #MapLesotho Mapathon! Last year, we had 5 out of 50…

Open data partnership between city and county of Durham, NC

Co-authored by Greg Marrow, Chief Information Officer at Durham County Government Co-authored by Kerry Goode, Chief Information Officer for the City of Durham Open data has…

Open data portals should be API [First]

What is API [First]? Not long ago, I was speaking at the National Association of Government Web Professionals. At the same conference, Mark Headd was speaking. We were…

The global "open" pulse from the 2014 Open Data Index

Open Knowledge's recent publication of the 2014 Open Data Index shows slow progress by governments in opening up key data. Overall the level of "open" is down to 11% from 15%…

Open data shifts towards regional collaboration

Open Government Week is always a time for reflection on what has changed in the previous 12 months, and this year is no exception. Open Raleigh is nearing it’s second year as…

Contributed Content

Finding the sweet spot for data between privacy and open

Every municipality should have an open data champion. The City of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina, is fortunate to have Jason Hare, an open data program manager…

Authored Comments

jasonhare

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 faster), humans and human readable visualizations on data are important. This is especially true for disclosures about public sector activity such as public safety and public finance.

Would you like to work together on another post regarding multi-nodal data publishing? I am all in if you are.

Best regards

Jason

jasonhare

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 email me at jhare@balefireglobal and I will introduce you to Ian Henshaw. We are working together to change the law. We have bi-partisan support.

Cheers

Jason Hare