The document discusses how redesigning data.lacity.org reduced the bounce rate from 50% to 5% and improved usability. It promotes finding allies, keeping designs simple and beautiful, and empowering leaders with data through performance dashboards to enact positive change. The message is that open government and good policy are now linked to digital tools, and coding can help write the next chapter of American history through improved civic experiences.

1. The CDO as a Poor Man’s Hacker
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2. MyAmmunition

4. Most common question asked:
“Whatisdata?”
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5. things are different on the other side
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6. ATSAC

7. MyAmmunition

8. “data”formostpeople

10. “The world is unbelievably complicated. Pick a small problem.
It’ll turn out to be a big problem in disguise.”
- @joshuatauberer
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11. Original data.lacity.org

12. data.lacity.org

13. 50%->5%bouncerate
STICKING AROUND.Measuring the change in the bounce rate on data.lacity.org before
and after the redesign of the homepage.

14. mayors are managers.
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15. Original Mayor’s Dashboard

16. Mayor’s Dashboard

17. 1_ find allies
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18. COMPstat

19. performance stat

20. performance stat + dashboard

21. 2_ simple is beautiful
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22. Powered by Google Docs

23. github.com/datala

24. github is your loving friend
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25. 3_ be the powerbroker
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27. Issue Area Dashboards

28. You can do big things will little code.
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29. alpha.phila.gov

30. vets.gov

31. 'Good governance and good policy are now inextricably linked
to digital” - @steiny
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32. vets.gov

33. we are masons of our modern monuments
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34. “you see, greatness for a state doesn’trequiresomehuge
monumentforalltosee. it’s not a journey to a particular
destination - but a commitment to follow a course of
constantandneverendingimprovement” - sonny perdue
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35. code the next chapter of american history
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