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5 Ways to Scale the Mountain of Data in Your Organization
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5 Ways to Scale the Mountain of Data in Your Organization. From the base of the mountain, it can look daunting, but once on top: Oh, the views! Source: " Lake Tahoe from Mt. Tallac. Is licensed under CC BY 2.0. I was completely terrified. We were hiking downhill towards the Pacific Ocean, and I was fighting visions of slipping, tumbling down the hillside. Many years later, I managed to hike the Inca Trail, where I. Conquered my lingering fears of hiking. Try some foothills before you scale a mountain.
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DataSF | Data Academy
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A training program for City and County of San Francisco staff. Welcome to the City and County of San Francisco’s Data Academy! Our goal is to help analysts citywide explore, refine, and enhance their skills in data analysis and visualization. We also offer classes for those hoping to increase their comfort working with data. We offer a series of classroom based courses detailed below and have also curated a list of courses offered by other institutions for free or at cost. Sign up to learn more. Basic da...
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DataSF | Coordinators Portal
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Resources for San Francisco's Data Coordinators. This portal is designed to help you, as a City Data Coordinator, orient to your role and make sure you have the resources you need to execute on your responsibilities. The data coordinator is responsible for:. Developing a catalog of datasets that can be made public ( see tips for creating your inventory. Monitoring and responding to comments on public datasets. Monitoring and tracking the rollout of public datasets on the open data portal. Your data may b...
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DataSF | About
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Learn more about what makes DataSF tick. Our mission is to empower use of data. At DataSF, we seek to transform the way the City works through the use of data. We believe use of data and evidence can improve our operations and the services we provide. This ultimately leads to increased quality of life and work for San Francisco residents, employers, employees and visitors. Say no to perfection and fail early and often. Plan for the future and seek institutional homes. No ugly, old IT. Sometimes our work ...
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How to Unstick Your Open Data Publishing
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How to Unstick Your Open Data Publishing. There's no big red publish button, unfortunately, but there are strategies to get data published. Source: " The Big Red Button. Is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. In San Francisco, we have some data (sorry, I mean a lot of data). But sadly, there is no magical red publish button. So how to go about it? We follow 4 key strategies. Strategy 1: Department Drip. We asked them two key questions to help them prioritize:. Strategy 2: Endorse a Dataset. We are building a li...
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DataSF | Resources
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Open Data Licensing Standard. Data Inventory Guidance 8 resources. One Page Summary of DataSF Program. 1 page flyer describing the Open Data Program. Use it to explain DataSF to your City colleagues. June 19, 2014. One Page Summary of Data Inventory Process. 1 page flyer explaining the 3 step data inventory process. June 19, 2014. Guidebook for City and County of San Francisco data coordinators. June 19, 2014. Data Coordinator Detailed Inventory Guide: Steps 2 and 3. June 19, 2014. June 19, 2014. Septemb...
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DataSF | Blog
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Our blog and stories. August 16, 2016. Year 3 is in Session. We quietly posted our annual plan update last month. A few updates on Year 2 and some teasers on what’s coming. July 26, 2016. We Want You- Serve as the Digital Services Chief for San Francisco. Play a key role in transforming the City's digital services! July 01, 2016. Say hello to our brand new systems inventory. We are happy to announce that our citywide systems inventory is now live! June 06, 2016. A new search experience for SF Open Data.
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DataSF | In Progress
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Our open data legislation requires 1) an inventory of City datasets and 2) publishing plans from each department. March 31, 2015 was the target date for all departments to complete the dataset inventory. We accept department submissions on a rolling monthly basis. Publishing plans were due contingent on inventory completion and will be updated every six months. Read the Publishing Plans. View Progress by Department. Datasets published from inventory. Datasets published by category. Published Datasets sin...
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DataSF | Publishing
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Get City data published on the data portal. Read Department Publishing Plans. So you want to publish data on SF OpenData? We have just a handful of steps to get you started. Make sure your data isn't already published on the portal. Sign up for SF OpenData Account (if you haven't already). Review the publishing guidelines (these change based on feedback). Download and complete the Publisher's Packet (Excel Workbook). Click "Submit this Packet! In your completed workbook. Someone from the open data team w...
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