I missed the New York Tech Meetup on Tuesday and didn’t get to hear a presentation from the New York State Senate’s information officers.
Perhaps not a tragic loss.
But still this blog has a soft spot for that state’s open government initiatives, especially its RESTful, web services API.
It is good that developers and entrepreneurs at NY Tech Meetup at least are aware of New York State’s Open Senate APIs (for searching current legislation) and its public data sets.
My own humble hacking in this area (see below) resulted in a Twilio-based voice app to search for legislation passing through the Senate’s telecom committee. It was my hello-world software for the Gov 2.o space, and a way to explore the possibilities.
The bigger point is that with each new state unlocking its data, Gov 2.0 developers should be inspired to create interesting (and possibly profitable) public-spirited apps.
My one quibble: New York State has so far published very limited, cruncheable data. Unless you’re interested in payroll reports.
Not nearly as rich as what New York City has opened up.
Related articles
- New York State Senate Telecom Committee Is on the Phone (technoverseblog.com)
- New York Tech Meetup 2/8/11: Hackopolis (technoverseblog.com)
