Technology
Cook County Partners With League of Women Voters to Launch New Transparency Measures
By Sebastian James at April 16, 2012 | 2:58 pm | 5 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Clerk David Orr, and the League of Women Voters of Cook County held a press conference Monday, April 16th to announce new transparency measures for the Cook County Board. The measures are aimed at making it easier for residents to access and understand Cook County Board proceedings. Efforts were focused on more...
Cook County and CTA Collaborate on Broadband Agreement
By Sebastian James at April 12, 2012 | 3:04 pm | 2 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool today announced a collaboration that will advance the technological capability of Stroger Hospital, through new broadband infrastructure, at virtually no cost to taxpayers. The new intergovernmental agreement (IGA) will allow the county to utilize eight available more...
President Preckwinkle, Governor Quinn, and Mayor Emanuel Announce First-Ever Converged Data Site
By Sebastian James at March 21, 2012 | 11:42 am | 15 Comments
Governor Pat Quinn, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today unveiled http://www.MetroChicagoData.org, the nation’s first “convergence cloud” site that brings public data from the City of Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois into a single open portal to help increase service efficiencies, access to vital information and new more...
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