The toolkit, developed by Johns Hopkins University and San Francisco's data agency, nudges local leaders to ask questions about whether civic data is being used fairly in providing services to their residents.

Carrie Parikh is the state's first chief data and privacy officer and the new chief operating officer for the statewide IT agency.

The island's independent statistics institute is on track to be merged into another department, upending a decade of work.

The panel will look at whether the city's automated decision systems are racially biased.

A new data transparency tool is forcing more thoughtful planning by agencies and bringing objectivity to discussions with the legislature.

Keisha Lance Bottoms is responding to a complaint from local news organizations that the city is violating transparency laws.

The city announces a new budget transparency tool as it deals with political scandal and a recent ransomware attack that crippled computer systems.

Recent events show why the need for open access to information and government accountability are as relevant as ever.

Organizers say the event was a success at alerting the public to open data as a "cultural object" of growing importance.