Pittsburgh to Take Holistic, Regional, Granular Approach to Open Data

Digital Communities: With an 18-month, $1.8 million grant in hand, Pittsburgh is taking a different approach to data.

Awarded mid-December by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County will use the grant to build a data center, launch a community-driven open data portal, hire new staff members, and support a 2015 Code for America engagement. Project Leader and Pittsburgh Analytics and Strategy Manager Laura Meixell says the city's role is not data arbiter, but that of a data matchmaker, as the region takes a progressive posture on open data.

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