The document discusses how cities have moved from scarcity of data to abundance through open data initiatives like Data.gov and sharing of local data. It notes key milestones from 2009 to today in opening up civic data for public use through the power of standards, collaboration, and community involvement. The success of open source approaches and architectures of participation are contrasted with closed systems. The author advocates for leveraging citizen expertise to solve local problems through skills-based matching and online/offline volunteer opportunities.

1. Abundance
In a time of Scarcity
Jay Nath
2011 Technology Horizons, IFTF

2. Scarcity

4. Scarcity of
Deficit

5. Deficit

8. Data.Gov

9. Sharing Local Data

10. Voting Patterns

11. 311311 Data
Visualized

12. Next Bus

13. Real-time Parking
Availability

14. Community Data

16. June 2009

17. March 2010

18. Today

19. How did we get here?

20. Power of Standards

21. Power of Collaboration

22. Power of the Community
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Tech Community
104
City Staff
102
City Innovators

24. The Success of
Open Source

26. Closed Systems

27. Architecture of
Participation

28. @Jay_Nath
jay.nath@sfgov.org

29. Ideation + Realization

30. Leveraging citizen expertise to
solve problems for local
business, nonprofits and the City

31. Skills-based Matching

32. Online/Offline Opportunities