Yes. Also, a great example of democracy at work. A citizen saw a problem, collected data, got a proposal to government, and government actually fixed the problem. We need more like him.
What all does a $190M CANVAS system buys you? I mean of course there’s the database in a datacenter, redundancy, backups, support, yadda yadda, but what else? Does this extend to the terminals the cops use to punch in tickets? Is it much broader in scope than just parking tickets?
Where do you live if you don’t mind me asking? In the US, I’ve FOIA’d the FBI and my local goverment, which can be done for free in both cases.
I’m currently using a third party proxy to submit requests which does cost money, but any of these requests could be done for free and there are tons of easy-to-use templates where you just paste in what you want and mail/email it over.
There’s a linked called “cached” under each submission that takes you to an Archive.is copy. Both the original and cached links are working for me. Try cached if original keeps 404ing.
You’re a hero
Yes. Also, a great example of democracy at work. A citizen saw a problem, collected data, got a proposal to government, and government actually fixed the problem. We need more like him.
What all does a $190M CANVAS system buys you? I mean of course there’s the database in a datacenter, redundancy, backups, support, yadda yadda, but what else? Does this extend to the terminals the cops use to punch in tickets? Is it much broader in scope than just parking tickets?
The linked spec, contract, and RFP answer these questions in detail.
I did make an attempt to read that but it seems to have been written in a style to discourage such things. :)
I’m considering trying this for my area but the process seems complex and there is a fee for freedom of information requests :L
Where do you live if you don’t mind me asking? In the US, I’ve FOIA’d the FBI and my local goverment, which can be done for free in both cases.
I’m currently using a third party proxy to submit requests which does cost money, but any of these requests could be done for free and there are tons of easy-to-use templates where you just paste in what you want and mail/email it over.
I’m at Australia.
This 404’s for me?
There’s a linked called “cached” under each submission that takes you to an Archive.is copy. Both the original and cached links are working for me. Try cached if original keeps 404ing.
Could you paste a
curl -iof the behavior you’re seeing? Link seems fine here, that’s puzzling.it works fine on my desktop, was only on mobile that it 404’d, very odd indeed.
That is a super cool and wholesome story. Hopefully we’ll see this type of stories happen more often