Helps us building the City of Portland’s surveillance technologies inventory. Learn about this process and how you can submit your input via an online survey. Participation of all Portlanders and friends of Portland is important to assure responsible use of technology.
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This blog post describes logistics and agenda for the City of Portland 2023 Open Data Disco Tech. This event happened last March 22, 2023.
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This blog post describes the presentation at the City of Portland’s 2023 Open Data Day celebration. These presentations include data justice, data literacy, privacy and open data, data governance, transportation data in Portland, getting into data analytics, and a panel on mobility data.
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Invitation to participate in the Smart City PDX surveillance technologies steering group.
Read MoreThis blog post describes logistics and agenda for the City of Portland 2023 Open Data Disco Tech. In addition, it describes the datasets for all the different proposed projects and work tables.
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The City’s surveillance technologies policy passed on February 1 and directs BPS’s Smart City PDX program to create a citywide inventory of surveillance technologies and implement privacy impact assessments in procurement.
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The City of Portland Surveillance technologies Policy has been submitted to the City revision process. You can download the proposed policy and additional materials in this blog post.
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The Smart City PDX team coordinated a Portland City Council about surveillance technologies and impact assessments. This work session was help last September 27 and included the participation of Portland bureaus staff and guest community speakers.
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This Zine is an educational material to learn more about surveillance technologies and Digital Justice. e Smart City PDX
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This blog post includes access to the surveillance technologies policy September 15, 2022 draft and the public invitation to the City Council work session on surveillance technologies and risks and impacts assessments on September 27, 2022.
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This is a report that includes main public feedback and comments, as of May 10, 2022, shared through public events organized as part of the surveillance technologies policy development.
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The City of Portland supports Digital Rights as Human Rights, particularly in times of crisis like the war in Ukraine. The City supports actions by the Coalition of Cities for Digital Rights as results of the war in Ukraine.
Read MoreOpen data day 2022 was celebrated in the City of Portland with presentations and sharing information on how data can be a means for transparency and better government. Seven presentations are available for everyone to learn about data in the City.
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Smart City PDX and Familias en Acción teamed up to deliver an interactive workshop on actions to prepare for wildfire emergencies and smoke impacts. This included how to find reliable, accessible information and resources about air quality and emergency preparedness in Spanish.
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