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Which Pa. governor candidates plan to adopt an open data policy?

All four Democratic candidates for Pa. governor said they planned to implement some sort of open data policy, according to answers in a questionnaire developed by Code for Philly and Open Pittsburgh. Governor Tom Corbett is the only candidate who has not responded to the questionnaire yet.

All four Democratic candidates for Pa. governor said they planned to implement some sort of open data policy, according to answers in a questionnaire developed by Code for Philly and Open Pittsburgh. Governor Tom Corbett is the only candidate who has not responded to the questionnaire yet.

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Each Democratic candidates’ open data policies came in different forms.

  • Democratic frontrunner Tom Wolf, a York County businessman, said he would create an office to oversee an open data plan that would include a data web portal and a schedule of data releases, like the one Philadelphia has.
  • Former state environmental protection secretary Katie McGinty said something similar, but instead she’d appoint one director of open data, as well as organize a group of community stakeholders to provide feedback on the plan.
  • U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz said she’d form a group that would look into what a Pa. open data plan would look like. She also said she would make online campaign finance reporting mandatory.
  • State Treasurer and former Safeguard Scientifics venture capitalist Rob McCord highlighted his involvement with state websites like PennWatch, which allows users to follow government spending.

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