codeforboston/civic_tech_resources

Name: civic_tech_resources

Owner: Code for Boston

Description: Our collection of civic tech resources: APIs, Libraries, etc.

Created: 2015-04-27 16:30:38.0

Updated: 2018-04-23 13:46:20.0

Pushed: 2016-08-25 23:34:50.0

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Boston Civic Technology Resources

A collection of civic tech resources: APIs, Libraries, etc.

Organizations on GitHub

• City Of Boston on Github
• Harvard Center for Civic Media on Github
• Knight Lab on Github
• Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI)
• Cambridge GIS

Organizations

• Boston Open Gov
• Metro Boston Data Common
• Boston Indicators Project
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• Civic Data Design Lab (MIT)
• Center for Civic Media (MIT)
• enGAgeMEnt LAB (Emerson)

APIs/Data:

National/Non-Local

• Code For America API
• Museums and Related Services
• Public Libraries in the US
• National Center for Education Statistics - Surveys and Studies
• Berkeley Earch Data
• EPA Smart Location Mapping
• EPA Enforcement & Compliance
• EPA Toxic Release Inventory Program
• Government Sponsored Enterprise Data
• Low Income Housing Tax Credit
• National Housing Preservation Database
• Assisted Housing National & Local
• USPS Address Vacancies
• IRS Tax stats
• Small-Area income & poverty estimates
• Old-age, survivor, disability Insurance OASDI
• National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership Catalog

Greater-Boston-Area Specific

• Open311
• Real Time MBTA portal
• Hubway DATA
• The Massachusetts Office of Campaign & Political Finance
• City of Boston
  • Boston Data
    
  • Budget
  • Business Listings
  • Code Enforcement Violations
  • Construction Permits
  • Crime Incident Reports
  • Lobbyist Activity
  • Boston Maps: Parcels
  • Municipal Contracts with Vendors
  • Property Assessments
  • City of Boston Owned Property
  • Restaurant Inspections
  • Service Requests (311)
  • City Spending
  • Transit Schedules

Libraries/tools

• libMBTA (php)

Good Reads

• Design Action Research With Government - guidebook

Other things

• Code For America Apps
• 18F Method Cards

Thanks to

• CFB community
• DSNI