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The City of Chicago launched its public Open 311 application interface in October allowing residents to quickly make a report, online or with a smartphone, bypassing the lengthy process of calling. App developers are now able to build [...]
Jesse Bounds talks about the “311 volley” at the last OpenGov Meetup.
Update September 14: One month later and the Service Tracker is now live. Input your SR number and watch its status (hopefully) change.
At the August OpenGov Meetup, Jesse Bounds, developer with Code for America, demonstrated some [...]
A screenshot of the Spothole homepage.
In part 1 of Street issues, 311, and apps: tying them all together I talked to Chicago’s Chief Technology Officer, John Tolva, who painted the picture of how we can interact with 311 and city services in [...]
Imagine photographing with your smartphone this metal plate that’s supposed to cover the sewer at Bloomingdale Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue and immediately uploading it to the City’s 311 system for fixing. That’s the power of Open311. (It’s finally being repaired.)
311 is a phone number and a service request management system that the [...]
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