Broadening the Value of Open Data

Friday, November 14, 2014 - 9:00 am

The movement known as “open data” started with a handful of governments releasing their data to the public. On one hand, open data has spurred innovative uses of government data, particularly with transit data and apps. But to expand the use and value of open data, we must go beyond mobile apps to leveraging open data as a means to inform public dialogue and decision-making in cities. Learn how San Francisco is migrating from simply pushing data out the door to enabling use of our (that is, your) data.

Broadening the Value of Open Data | Data Dialogs 2014

Joy Bonaguro

Chief Data Officer

City and County of San Francisco

Joy Bonaguro is the first Chief Data Officer for the City and County of San Francisco, where she manages the City’s open data program. Joy has spent more than a decade working at the nexus of public policy, data, and technology. She’s worked from the birth of the open data and open government field, spending seven years designing and managing the development of information systems to support planning and decision-making at the Greater New Orleans Community Data. Prior to joining the City, Joy worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to help develop technology, cyber and privacy policy working closely with both the National Lab CIO Council and the Department of Energy Information Management Advisory Group. Joy earned her Masters from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, where she focused on IT policy.