If you’ve been following Hurricane Sandy closely, you’ve probably gotten information the same way most of us do: through a combination of eyewitness information on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and official reports from news outlets. But it’s also likely you’ve seen a livestreamed press conference from Mayor Bloomberg, followed the Mayor’s Twitter account, or taken a look at the WNYC and Google Crisis Maps, both of which were powered by information from New York’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM). It’s part of a renewed effort by NYC’s government to turn the data that’s accumulated every day into a comprehensive source of public information.
"The more information people have and the more they feel they’re being...
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