KCK opens up data portal for transparency, ‘public good’

By Tommy Felts | December 1, 2016

In an effort to increase transparency and improve services, the City of Kansas City, Kan. is offering access to large swaths of public data via a portal that makes the information more digestible. Thanks to a new open data administrative order, KCK launched its new data portal Thursday for residents to see such information as…

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Political tech vet to lead KCK innovation efforts

By Tommy Felts | August 11, 2016

A political tech vet is leading new innovation efforts in Kansas City, Kan. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas on Monday welcomed Alan Howze on board as their first chief knowledge officer to oversee the government’s IT Department, the 311 service center and mapping group. A former Virginia gubernatorial director and…

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KCK: First for Google Fiber, close to last for connectivity

By Tommy Felts | September 23, 2015

Despite being the first city to land Google Fiber, Kansas City, Kan., still made the list of the worst-connected cities in 2014. Not only did the city make the list — it made top 10. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance aggregated the list from the 2014 American Community Survey data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last…

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