DataOhio Landing Page

Overview

From our first meeting, we have identified these five tasks from our last meeting as next steps for us to meet and work on:

  1. Start cataloging where data lives in Ohio
  2. Reduce the cost of municipal bonds with better reporting standards
  3. Getting newspapers onboard by reducing their data gathering overhead (current Ohio news topics for Data)
  4. Creating the DataOhio board through legislation (finding the next champion) and start defining what DataOhio operations should be (what are the current reporting requirements, how can it be streamlined, creating or adopting accounting standards)
  5. Break the policy and advocates into two separate groups, so groups like the state librarian can be involved.

Meetings

Discussion

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Summary Ohio Open Data Sources

OrganizationSource-UrlDescription
Lucas County Auditor's Office http://icare.co.lucas.oh.us/LucasCare/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=address Auditor's Real Estate Information System.
Toledo BizView http://www.utoledo.edu/centers/urban-affairs/ Toledo BizView is a convenient desktop application where users can perform secure, interactive queries online to gather and analyze a wealth of targeted geographical data and visualize their findings in downloadable maps, spreadsheets, charts, graphs, or reports. To browse examples of maps made with BizView, visit the Toledo View Map Library.
CIty of Toledo - Division of Budget https://toledo.oh.gov/services/finance/budget/ Proposed and approved budgets 2014 - 2018
CIty of Toledo - Priority Based Budgeting https://toledo.oh.gov/services/finance/priority-based-budgeting/ Overview city's collaboration with Center for Priority Based Budgeting.
Priority Based Budgeting Tool http://openpbbdata.net/?user=Toledo&token=%7dF%5CnWEwf$m90295V$%3C%5Cn5 Priority Based Budgeting Tool.
CIty of Toledo - Division of Accounts https://toledo.oh.gov/services/finance/accounts/ City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) 2007- 2016.
US Census Bureau https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/cf/1.0/en/place/Toledo city, Ohio/ALL American FactFinder demographic data for Toledo.
Ohio Secretary of State https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/ Historical election results and turnout statistics.
Lucas County http://lcapps.co.lucas.oh.us/arcgis/rest/services Web APIs used by county staff, in many departments (elections, health, etc.). Powered by Esri's ArcGIS Server software.
Lucas County Information Services http://co.lucas.oh.us/2730/File-Downloads Contains the AREIS data in machine-readable format, along with property sales, digitized building footprints, and Public Safety Assessment (PSA) reports.
Lucas County Engineer http://co.lucas.oh.us/2568/GIS-Map-Gallery Web-based maps of floodplains, bridges/culverts, public utilities, etc.
Lucas County Engineer http://co.lucas.oh.us/1316/GIS-Maps Bulk data (FTP) for the LCE web maps.
City of Toledo GIS http://gis.toledo.oh.gov/maps.html Collection of interactive maps for block watch, construction projects, council districts, etc.
City of Toledo GIS https://gis.toledo.oh.gov/arcgis/rest/services The Esri REST web services that power the interactive maps and other public and internal processes. A LOT of services, though metadata is limited.
Toledo Police Department http://72.240.45.198/ Online Accident Report Database
City of Toledo Dept. of Neighborhoods https://toledo.oh.gov/services/neighborhoods/fiscal-monitoring/reports-information/ Annual Plans, CAPERs with information about CDBG budgets and expenditures
Lucas County Management and Budget http://www.co.lucas.oh.us/732/Management-and-Budget Line Item Budget
Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) http://www.tmacog.org/Administration/info_admin.htm Links to Budgets, Annual Work Programs, committe rosters and meeting schedules
TMACOG http://tmacog.org/Transportation/Safety_Data.htm Traffic Crash reports and maps
Ohio Department of Transportation https://gis.dot.state.oh.us/tims/CrashAnalytics/Login ODOT has a public portal for viewing crash information, and it appears to have 2015, 2016, and 2017 data. I'm not sure how often it is updated, but the lack of 2018 data tells us something.
City of Toledo Building Inspection https://toledo.oh.gov/services/building-inspection/ -
City of Toledo Building Inspection https://citizenaccess.toledo.oh.gov/citizenaccess/ The Division of Building Inspection is responsible for issuing and tracking 45 types of permits (approvals) identified in Toledo Municipal Code Part 13, as well as permits and fees for other City Departments, such as Plan Commission, Fire & Rescue, Transportation, Engineering Services and the Department of Public Utilities (water and sewers tap fees).
Ohio government http://business.ohio.gov/licensing/ Ohio Business Licensing and permit information.
Ohio Secretary of State https://www5.sos.state.oh.us/ords/f?p=100:1:::NO:1:P1_TYPE:DETAIL Lookup for business
Ohio EPA http://www.epa.ohio.gov/dapc/newpermits/issued Contains links to Ohio EPA Active List of Permit by Rule and Electronic Copies of Issued Permit API.
Ohio EPA http://epawwwextp01.epa.ohio.gov:8080/ords/epaxp/f?p=999:11 Active List of Permit by Rule. Exportable as PDF or Excel file.
Ohio EPA http://epawwwextp01.epa.ohio.gov:8080/ords/epaxp/f?p=999:10 Electronic Copies of Issued Permits. Exportable as PDF or Excel file.
SpotCrime/TPD https://spotcrime.com/oh/toledo Toledo crime data
Toledo Blade http://toledobladedata.com/caspio/FirePolice.asp Toledo salaries for police and fire staff
Ohio Lobbying Activity Center https://www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/olac/ he OLAC is an online system you can use to search and cross-reference information that is reported by registered lobbyists and employers.
Toledo Lucas County Health Department https://healthspace.com/Clients/Ohio/Toledo-Lucas/web.nsf Restaurant inspection information.
Ohio Checkbook http://ohiotreasurer.gov/Transparency/Ohios-Online-Checkbook State of Ohio spending.
Ohio Checkbook Toledo https://toledo.ohiocheckbook.com/ City of Toledo spending.
Ohio Checkbook Lucas County https://lucascounty.ohiocheckbook.com/ Lucas County spending.
Ohio Checkbook Toledo City Schools https://toledoschools.ohiocheckbook.com/ Toledo schools spending.
United Way https://www.211oh.org/reports Ohio 211 dashboard