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Public & Open Data in Baltimore & Maryland

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Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference established

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) enacted

Better Business Bureau of Baltimore begins using "automatic information retrieval system"

"The two units are capable of handling 5,000 cards each and the B.B.B. has a filing system of more than 40,000 cards at present."

Governor Mandel ordered the establishment of a "central data-processing office for the state"

Maryland's Public Information Act enacted by state legislature

Baltimore Region Institutional Study Center opened at University of Baltimore

Maryland Automated Geographic Information System (MAGI) established

MAGI was "a computerized classification system of geographical and land-use data initially based on ground-level inventories and a NASA high-altitude project from 1973."

Maryland State Government Geographic Information Coordinating Committee founded

Zip Code maps developed for Maryland

"1993, the Maryland Department of Planning and the Maryland State Highway Administration entered into a Data Base Usage Agreement with Bell Atlantic and Data Chromatics, Inc. to develop an enhanced street address map for Maryland. Zip Code boundary area files were one of the products derived from this partnership." https://planning.maryland.gov/MSDC/Pages/S5_Map_GIS.aspx

PrattCat grants public access to electronic catalog at Enoch Pratt Free Library

311 started as a nonemergency police number

Computer Aided Dispatch system installed for 911 dispatching

Baltimore City Data Collaborative established

Mayor Martin O'Malley creates CitiStat

Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance established

"BNIA-JFI was born in 2000 after a two-year planning process where several citywide nonprofit organizations, city government agencies, neighborhoods, and foundations were gathered together by the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers and the Annie E. Casey Foundation."

Mayor's Office of Information Technology creates online 311 service

MdProperty Map officially launched

Baltimore iMap launched

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) enacted

"The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) was signed into law on September 26, 2006. The legislation required that federal contract, grant, loan, and other financial assistance awards of more than $25,000 be displayed on a publicly accessible and searchable website to give the American public access to information on how their tax dollars are being spent." <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/#/about">About USASpending.gov</a>

Governor Martin O'Malley creates StateStat

First Baltimore Data Day conference held at UB

"Baltimore Data Day is the first free one-day conference to help communities expand their capacity to use technology and data to advance their goals. At Baltimore Data Day, community leaders, nonprofit organizations, civic and faith-based institutions and governmental entities come together to see the latest in community-based data, technology and tools and learn how other groups are using data to support and advance constructive change. This conference is sponsored by the Baltimore City Department of Planning, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, Baltimore Health Department, and others." <a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2wssfut60b99940&llr=jknx77cab">Event description</a>

Rico Singleton appointed Baltimore City CIO

First data file uploaded to Open Baltimore (Building Footprint - Shape)

Open Baltimore announced by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Civic Hack Day organized

Baltimore launched a free iPhone and Android 311 app

Chad Kenney appointed director of CitiStat

"Baltimore's CitiStat director resigned Friday, after he refused a transfer to a different job in city government, administration officials said." <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-citistat-director-20140110-story.html">Baltimore Sun</a>

City Council considered resolution to share a 911 response log online

"A City Council resolution requesting that the Baltimore Police Department share active 911 responses online was met with resistance from police officials Tuesday during an initial reading before the public safety committee." <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-09-30/news/bs-md-ci-911-online-20120925_1_positive-response-police-post-police-officials">Baltimore Sun</a>

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announces civic apps contest sponsored by MOIT and gb.tc

Baltimore creates the position of Chief Data Officer

Maryland Open Data Policy enacted by state legislature

What Works Cities launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies

Governor Hogan replaces StateStat with the Governor's Office of Performance Improvement

"In 2015, Hogan issued an executive order replacing StateStat with the Governor’s Office of Performance Improvement, or GOPI. On paper, the new office sounded a lot like the old one. It would “provide accurate and timely data about the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of government services.” The order called for the tracking of agencies’ progress against established strategic goals, along with regular meetings between the governor’s office and agency heads. But in practice, it looked more like a gut job than a rebranding effort. Hogan cut the office’s budget in half, reduced the staff from nine positions to four, and moved the headquarters from Annapolis to a small town 20 minutes outside the state capital." <a href="http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-baltimore-citistat-statestat-maryland.html">Governing</a>