Using Data to Shape Policy

From its inception in 1996, the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) has been opening up government data to promote more informed and inclusive decisionmaking. In recent years, NNIP partners have made great strides in working with new allies in the open data movement, which is centered on the idea that governments should publish nonconfidential data at no cost and without restrictions. NNIP partners from Oakland, CA; Providence, RI; Detroit, MI; and from NNIP headquarters in Washington, DC attended this year’s TransparencyCamp to share their experience with transforming local data to reveal new insights about neighborhoods.