Building APIs in Government for Social Good

Building APIs in Government for Social Good

Tyrone Grandison PhDwww.tyronegrandison.org @tyrgr

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Deputy Chief Data Officer, US Department of Commerce (2015-16)

White House Presidential Innovation Fellow,Department of Labor & US Census Bureau (2014-15)

My Time In Government

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THE PLAN

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The Reality

APIs: Sweat and Toil, CitySDK, MIDAAS

Lessons

government takes on the hardest, inelastic problems

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optimum

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n-dimensional

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Executive OrderM-13-13

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THE PLAN

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The Reality

APIs: Sweat and Toil, CitySDK, MIDAAS

Lessons

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Sweat and Toilhttp://developer.dol.gov/others/sweat-and-toil

https://github.com/USDepartmentofLabor/Child-Laborhttps://github.com/USDepartmentofLabor/Child-Labor-Android

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Building the API – Step 1

Coalition and Urgency

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Building the API – Step 2

Understand The Data Production Process

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Building the API – Step 3

Find Natural Intervention Point

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Building the API – Step 4

Learn Technology Constraints

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Building the API – Step 5

Understand The API User Groups

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Python QuarryMySQL,MSSQL

Building the API – Step 6

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Census CitySDKhttps://uscensusbureau.github.io/citysdk/

https://github.com/uscensusbureau/citysdk

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Building the API – Step 1

Validate The Demand

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Building the API – Step 2

Understand The User

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Building the API – Step 3

Understand Technology Constraints

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Building The API – Step 4

MVP JS beta node.js

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MIDAAShttps://midaas.commerce.gov

https://github.com/CommerceDataService/midaas-api

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Building the API – Step 1

Validate The Need

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Building the API – Step 2

Understand Initial User Stories

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Building the API – Step 3

Validate with Domain Experts

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Building the API – Step 4

Understand Technical Constraints

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Building the API – Step 5

MVP Redshift,Lambda,APIGatewaybeta Postgres,S3,EC2

THE PLAN

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The Reality

APIs: Sweat and Toil, CitySDK, MIDAAS

Lessons

Summary

PeopleScope

ConstraintsValidate

Show The Thing

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Sweat and Toil•Monthly Data Users >

Web Traffic•Three tools built using

this data.

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So Far

CENSUS CitySDK•Over 10 civic solutions

built using CitySDK•Positive User Feedback

MIDAAS: Hack The Pay Gap Initiative

Sweat and Toil• 2016 Department of

Labor‘s Innovation Award.

MIDAAS• 2016 Nominee Fedscoop

Innovation Of The Year.

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So Far

CENSUS CitySDK• 2016 Department of

Commerce Gold medal• 2016 Best Data API

Award, API:World• 2015 Fedscoop Innovation

Of The Year

Thank you

tyronewagrandison@gmail.com