State Senate Records Get More Transparent
The New York State Senate's chief information officer team just launched an early version of their Open Legislation Portal today. The site allows users to search for bills by Read More
Andrew Hoppin
State Senate Records Get More Transparent
The New York State Senate's chief information officer team just launched an early version of their Open Legislation Portal today. The site allows users to search for bills by sponsor, committee, recent actions, and recent votes. You can also search by keyword, like, say, "bicycle" and find relevant bills and data available in four different Read More
Hoppin’s Crew Holds On
Early this month, New York State Senate chief information officer Andrew Hoppin stood behind a podium in the airy, ornate State House, dressed in a casual gray suit, with a red name tag stuck to his jacket, and delivered a speech about how technology could help fix the state government’s reputation as a notoriously outdated Read More
Top Tech ‘Pimp’ Jason Calacanis Presents Mahalo 2.0
Last night, on June 2, Jason Calacanis was introduced as Silicon Alley's "original pimp" by Meetup's Scott Heiferman and debuted a new version of his "human powered search engine," Mahalo.com. "My wife is here," Mr. Calacanis said to the crowd of about 775 entreprenuers, venture capitalists, tech geeks and Silicon Valley randoms who had Read More
Senate 3.0 Continues With Launch of New Website, NYSenate.gov
Earlier this morning, the New York State Senate launched their new website at NYSenate.gov. On the 14th floor at 250 Broadway, Majority Leader Malcolm Smith introduced the new web portal in front of a giant screen projecting the homepage of the new site."We made a commitment when we took over the majority Read More
State Senate 3.0, Continued
ALBANY—After several days of texts and tweets, staffers from the State Senate Democrats unveiled a new web portal at a press conference in New York City. "We made a commitment when we took over the majority that we were going to put the Senate into the 21st Century," Majority Leader Malcolm Smith said at the Read More
State Senate 3.0, Continued
ALBANY—After several days of texts and tweets, staffers from the State Senate Democrats unveiled a new web portal at a press conference in New York City.
"We made a commitment when we took over the majority that we were going to put the Senate into the 21st Century," Majority Leader Malcolm Smith said Read More
What Does Apture Mean for Open Government?
On Thursday, May 7, the New York State Senate is set to launch their new Web site. Albany's King Geek, Andrew Hoppin, and his team have been working on upgrading the online portal for the past few months, creating new Read More
New York State Senate 2.0, Continued
ALBANY—Philip Anderson, formerly a writer for the Albany Project, walked through the LCA press room this morning to meet reporters he'll be dealing with as director of new media communications.
Anderson's hire, along with those of Brian Keeler as director of communications and Andrew Hoppin as chief information officer, is part of the Read More
Albany’s King Geek
A few months ago, Andrew Hoppin was advising President Obama’s NASA transition team and contemplating his next move. He was settling back into New York after leaving the NASA Ames Research Center near Sunnyvale, Calif., where he co-founded and managed the NASA CoLab—a program that aimed to bring efficiency and transparency to the creaky Read More
