OGP traveled to Austin to interview the residents central to the city's homelessness commitment OGP videographers traveled to Austin to interview Steve Potter, a member of the Austin Homeless Advisory Council (AHAC). AHAC is a committee of people…

Public Safety Data Analysis Work Highlighted in City's Certification

Seizing the Moment for OGP US As part of Open Gov Week 2021, OGP hosted "Seize the Moment: How to Revive the US OGP Process with the New Biden Administration." OGP's Joe Powell opened the discussion, pointing out this is the 15th year of decline in…

OGP Announces A New Motivational Campaign "Last year, OGP launched Open Response + Open Recovery, a campaign to ensure the fundamental values of open government were embedded in actions to end the spread of COVID-19. In 2021, OGP is adding another R…

Transit Planning 4 All releases the Inclusive Planning Guide Transit Planning 4 All (TP4A) has released an updated “Inclusive Planning Guide,” detailing a five phase process on how to better include older adults and people with disabilities in the…

Nathaniel Heller, former OGP Co-Chair, visited Austin in 2015 and made predictions for 2020. Here is his follow-up. In 2015, as the City of Austin prepared to join the Open Government Partnership, OGP's Nathaniel Heller spoke at the City of Austin's…

Council calls on OGP Commitment collaborators to provide guidance In these unprecedented times, Austin City Council is carefully balancing both the immediate, urgent efforts of Covid-19 response and future efforts that will employ our community and…

Blog posts related to Action Plan 2's Commitment 8, Anti-Displacement

Progress, challenges, and opportunities ahead! On March 13th, GAVA and the City of Austin Office of Sustainability convened an online update on GAVA's commitment progress, the Kresge grant GAVA received to support their work, and the city's OGP…