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Plan would put Minneapolis city data on Internet

By Washington Examiner
Published March 31, 2014 4:00am ET
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Plan would put Minneapolis city data on Internet
In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, from left, Alan Palazzolo, Andrew Dahl, Bill Bushey and Jake Dalton collaborate on analyzing government data at the monthly meetup of Open Twin Cities in Minneapolis. About a dozen people attended to event at the University of Minnesota. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Curtis Gilbert) | Curtis Gilbert

MINNEAPOLIS — A city of Minneapolis plan to make available its databases to the public could lead to new cellphone apps, and help make city government more efficient.

The city has more than 450 different electronic databases that track everything from budgets to crime statistics to street maintenance. Some staffers, elected officials and self-described hackers are working on a plan to put that information on the Internet for anyone to use.

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