MozFest 2017
Lessons learned from FBI’s first open source open data project
18F is a civic consultancy for the government, inside the government, working with agencies to rapidly deploy tools and services that are easy to use, cost efficient, and reusable. 🇺🇸
We ❤️ open data projects.
Open data is data that anyone can access, use, and share.
FBI crime data
In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving the nation’s crime data.
Title 28 U.S. Code § 534
We need more transparency and accountability in law enforcement. We also need better, more informed conversations about crime and policing in this country. To get there, we are improving the way this nation collects, analyzes, and uses crime statistics and data about law enforcement’s use of force.
Project plan
Who we talked to
Who is this for?
Spectrum of needs
Our approach
The MVP
Key takeaways
Early and often feedback
Prototypes, not presentations
Build multiple roads to the data
* Interactive charts, maps, and tables
* Download data to CSV, Excel, JSON
* Programatic access via API
Put everything in context
* A sentence for every chart
* Plain language definitions
* Context in plain view
* Glossary on demand
A sentence for every chart
Glossary on demand
No compromises on core values
i.e., open source, human-centered design, agile methods
Release to learn
Expose your cracks, and
love will fill them
Links
Thanks!
