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See the government announcement of this exectuive directive here.

Executive Directive No. 3 Issue Date: December 18, 2013

Subject: Open Data

To promote transparency and accountability, the City of Los Angeles (“City”) will make publicly available raw data in easy-to-find and accessible formats. Open Data is raw data generated or collected by government agencies made freely available for use by the public, subject only to valid privacy, confidentiality, security, and other legal restrictions.

Open Data empowers Angelenos to participate in governance with greater understanding and impact. Opening government data to entrepreneurs and businesses promotes innovation by putting that information to work in ways outside the expertise of government institutions and gives companies, individuals, and nonprofit organizations the opportunity to leverage one of government’s greatest assets: public information. Most

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See the government hosting of this ordinance (via GitHub pages) here.

####Local Law 11 of 2012

New York City Council voted on and passed this legislation on February 29, 2012. Mayor Bloomberg signed it into law on March 7, 2012. The text below has been formatted to enhance readability.

Local Law 11 of 2012 (previously Introduction 0029A-2010)

By Council Members Brewer, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Lander, Palma, Nelson, Lappin, Dromm, Garodnick, Reyna, Mealy, Vann, Jackson, Levin, Cabrera, Gennaro, Williams, Van Bramer, Rodriguez, Halloran and the Public Advocate (Mr. de Blasio) A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to publishing open data.

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#####The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

#####I. Subdivision (c) entitled “Public Records Opt Out Policy and Procedures” of Subsection (6) entitled “Time for Compliance and Procedures” of Section 3.70 entitled “Public Records” of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:

• “(c) Public Records Opt-Out Policy and Procedures. The City shall develop a procedure whereby individuals may inform the City that their safety may be endangered by the release of any otherwise available public records and whereby such individuals may request that such records be maintained as confidential records. The Office of the City Attorney and IT shall work cooperatively to develop the necessary procedures and policies to facilitate such communications and to respond appropriately to such

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####A RESOLUTION PROMOTING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT AND OPEN DATA AND DIRECTING THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO:

DEVELOP AGREEMENTS WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS TO PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC DATA SETS THAT ARE OPEN AND FREELY AVAILABLE; DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO ADOPT PREVAILING OPEN STANDARDS FOR DATA, DOCUMENTS, MAPS AND OTHER FORMATS OF MEDIA; AND ORGANIZE REGIONAL CONTEST(S) TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS TO COLLECT, ORGANIZE AND SHARE PUBLIC DATA.

WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is committed to engaging the community by working with citizens and soliciting their ideas, input and creative energy; and

WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is committed to using technology to foster open, transparent and accessible government; and

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###Open Data Executive Order (No. 2012-2)

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is committed to creating an unprecedented level of transparency, honesty and accountability to the public in City government; and

WHEREAS, Timely and consistent publication of public information and data is an essential component of an open and effective government; and

WHEREAS, When coupled with an interactive mechanism that will enable the public to provide feedback to the City on the quality of its published information and enable the City to respond to the feedback it receives, the timely online publication of public data will empower Chicago’s residents by providing them with information necessary to participate in government in a meaningful manner, to assist in identifying possible solutions to pressing governmental problems, and to promote innovative strategies for social progress and eco

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See the government hosted document here.

####STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to the use of open source software by state agencies; including the department of information technology in the uniform electronic transactions act; and repealing the information practices act.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

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See government hosted document [here] (http://sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/committees/materials/gao_032813_121017.pdf) and on GitHub here.

####San Francisco Administrative Code

####CHAPTER 22D:
####OPEN DATA POLICY

####SEC. 22D.1.  FINDINGS.

(a) An open data policy will provide benefits to the City, which include:

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####RESOLUTION NO. (2011)

####A RESOLUTION INDICATING THE INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE AN OPEN GOVERNMENT BY ENCOURAGING THE USE OF OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS AND ENSURING OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC DATA

WHEREAS, the City of Raleigh is committed to using technology to foster open, transparent, and accessible government; and

WHEREAS, by sharing data freely, the City of Raleigh seeks to develop opportunities for economic development, commerce, increased investment and civic engagement; and WHEREAS, the adoption of open standards improves transparency, access to public information, and improved coordination and efficiencies among organizations across the public, non-profit and private sectors; and

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choices = []
for r in range(100):
	choices.append("YOU WILL ENJOY THE SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION OPEN HOUSE OR DIE")
choices.append("HOPE YOU'RE HAVING FUN")
while 1:
	for c in choices: 
		print c