Open data day 2022 celebration in the City of Portland

Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world. Groups from around the world create local events on the day where they will use open data in their communities. 

This is the second year that the City of Portland Open Data Program has celebrated Open Data Day. Learn more about last year’s activities here: https://www.smartcitypdx.com/news/2021/4/14/city-of-portland-open-data-day-2021-presentations

The City of Portland celebrated open data day on March 2nd with short presentations on how the City of Portland is working with data to provide services and guest speakers sharing data strategies in government.

This is the full list of presentations, video links, and additional materials:

What is open data? 

Hector Dominguez

This presentation introduces the concept of open data and what the City of Portland is doing around open data.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUuHnrPZggg 

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State data strategy and data literacy initiative

Kathryn Helms

This presentation will share the current status of the State of Oregon’s Data Strategy, Data Justice, and the States internal data literacy initiative.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq8v8wMnlUA 

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Applying data for recovery in cities and states

Katya Abazajian

This presentation focuses on how state and local governments are using open data and data-sharing best practices to address key issues emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGilGTEupI 

Links: 

Beeck Center State Chief Data Officers Network

Beeck Center Guide for community driven innovation in cities

Open Data Policy Lab

State of Open Data for development

Open data examples:

City of Saint Paul’s Shelter App

Who owns what in NYC?

Katya Abazajian’s Civic Source blog: https://www.civicsource.info/ 

Making government contracting better, and more fair and inclusive

Reilly Martin

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) enables disclosure of data and documents at all stages of the contracting process by defining a common data model. It was created to support organizations to increase contracting transparency, and allow deeper analysis of contracting data by a wide range of users.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhP3YxUUBJY 

Resources: Presentation.

https://www.open-contracting.org/resources/procurement-equity/

https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/long-beach-leads-way-inclusive-procurement

https://www.open-contracting.org/2022/01/27/peddling-openness-mexico-citys-journey-to-procure-a-better-bike-share-system/

Data in the 311 program

Emily Miley

In this discussion Hector Dominguez asks Emily Miley about the 311 program and how data is used in the customer service platform.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbnmGhqbdjQ 

City of Portland 311 program

Procurement data in the city of Portland

Gennie Nguyen

This presentation will share what data gets collected from city procurement processes and how it is used for decision making in developing procurement strategies.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVxh4__Y17s 

Links:

Solicitations

Procurement’s website

City’s Vendor Portal

Upcoming, current and completed projects

City construction list

Procurement project forecast reports

Contract Award, Payment and Construction Workforce Summary dashboard

American Rescue Plan Act data initiative

Christine Kendrick and Vishal Bakshi

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the country's recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing recession.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZJ9-KdIUKY 

To access all the presentations click on the following video list link:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfrETCbg3gsgMOzZ_w6hfYTC3gDFN7O6X 

For more information about the program visit https://www.smartcitypdx.com/open-data-program or send an email to smartcitypdx@portlandoregon.gov