Partners in Open Data for Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh, and all of Western Pennsylvania. @PittCSUR is home. Member of @nniphq.

Joined January 2015
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No longer posting here but we'll be sharing regular updates about our work in progress on our website. wprdc.org/en/dispatches

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Join us & the Sara Fine Institute @SciPitt for a talk by @datasew "Data Action: Using Data for a Public Good" Friday, February 5th sarafineinstitute.pitt.edu/e…
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We are so excited about the Data Action talk by @datasew on Friday that we might just tailgate. Still time to register. 🚗🔥🌭🍔 sarafineinstitute.pitt.edu/e…
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Regional Data Center retweeted
We are so excited about the Data Action talk by @datasew on Friday that we might just tailgate. Still time to register. 🚗🔥🌭🍔 sarafineinstitute.pitt.edu/e…
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@sarambsimon ⬆️
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Our friend Sunny is defending!
Curious about the uses of Open Government Data? Join us for SCI PhD student Fanghui Xiao's Proposal Defense “Toward A Conceptual Model for Users’ Online Open Government Data Interaction,” which will be presented virtually on February 8 at 11 am. More info: bit.ly/2K0u283
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Coming up at noon today, with the incomparable @4st8 & @LetsTurnPABlue! If what your lunchtime was missing was hearing me obsess over PA voter registration data gaps & what the tea leaves can tell us regardless, join us! mobilize.us/turnpablue/event…
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Like dropping a new album but better.
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Our Room2Ride predictive vehicle capacity tool has won the @NASEMTRB 2021 Innovations in Transit Performance Measurement Challenge! Check it out yourself at portauthority.org/room2ride
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This Friday, join us and the Sara Fine Institute for a talk by @datasew "Data Action: Using Data for a Public Good" Friday, February 5th - Registration details: sarafineinstitute.pitt.edu/e… Also buy her new book! We give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Regional Data Center retweeted
Biden's Equitable Data Working Group is a great initiative. @KregSteven, @ClaireMKBowen and I recommend they consider 5 key issues: 1. Quality, fairness accuracy in Census 2. Better data sharing 3. Community engagement 4. Innovative methods 5. Privacy urban.org/urban-wire/how-fed…
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Regional Data Center retweeted
A great post from our friend @thebmbennett, Data Director for @sunrisemvmt, on how "progressive data" is different from Data Science™ in the for-profit tech world. It feels very analogous to our journey from climate advocacy into energy data wrangling: brittanybennett.com/post/doi…

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Like a lot of my work, it wouldn't be possible without the good folks @wprdc. They host the assessment data from the county, have helpful data dictionaries, and have good answers to weird questions.
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Such an interesting use of @Allegheny_Co assessment and GIS data!
I'm happy to finally publish my #rstats Shiny dashboard for modeling house sale prices in Allegheny County. You can estimate the price of a house with variables like location, structure type, # of bedrooms/bathrooms, age, and more. ctompkins.netlify.app/post/h…