by Jim March | Jan 2, 2020 | Civic Tech, community nights, criminal justice, events, featured project, National Day of Civic Hacking, open data, police data, policy, reentry
Here are some of the projects in the plans for 2020: Open Buncombe – Continue to work with Buncombe County towards adoption of an open data policyGrowing Our Information Commons – Continue to support Buncombe County Libraries with tech-savvy...
by Patrick | Jan 2, 2020 | Civic Tech
The article I read, “Governing by Video Game”, is about ways that gamification concepts have been utilized by government – and whether it actually increases (or in itself represents) an increase in “engagement”. Some of gamification concepts are...
by Alyx Perry | Nov 22, 2019 | Civic Tech, criminal justice, police data
How does the community give useful feedback to the police department when there are segments of the community who feel their voice is not heard, or worse, they fear retribution? This is a question many communities must face, especially those with a history of police...
by Jim March | Sep 19, 2019 | Civic Tech, criminal justice, events, National Day of Civic Hacking
According to the North Carolina Judicial Branch web site: “An expunction is a legal process to remove a criminal conviction or a criminal charge from a person’s record and to seal or destroy the state’s records of the arrest, charge, and/or conviction.”...
by Jim March | Aug 15, 2019 | Buncombe County, Civic Tech, events, information commons, library
Thanks to Eric Jackson, I’ve started a conversation with Jim Blanton, the new Buncombe County Library Director. We talked about ways in which the tech community, including Code for Asheville, might be able to support the general public with the internet. The...
by Jim March | Jul 18, 2019 | Civic Tech, community nights, open data, policy
At the July Community Night, we continued our work to advocate for an open data policy for Buncombe County. We’ve created a draft policy, a logo, and a web page for the campaign, and we’re ready to start spreading the word about this important effort! ...
