By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/gov-20-expo-empowering-citizens-with-data-about-their-neighborhoods Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Gov 2.0 Expo: Holovaty on Empowering Citizens With Neighborhood Data Science May 27, 2010 8:36 PM EST The Rundown took the show on the road this week, visiting the Gov 2.0 Expo in downtown Washington, D.C., to get some perspectives on efforts to make government more transparent and useful for its citizens. Everyblock.com founder Adrian Holovaty spoke with us about how collecting and distributing streams of data about specific city blocks can empower citizens to make their neighborhoods better places to live and work. We’ll post more interviews from the Expo in the coming day. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan joined the PBS NewsHour in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program. @hari
The Rundown took the show on the road this week, visiting the Gov 2.0 Expo in downtown Washington, D.C., to get some perspectives on efforts to make government more transparent and useful for its citizens. Everyblock.com founder Adrian Holovaty spoke with us about how collecting and distributing streams of data about specific city blocks can empower citizens to make their neighborhoods better places to live and work. We’ll post more interviews from the Expo in the coming day. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now