{"id":5680,"date":"2010-05-17T07:42:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T12:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2022-05-13T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T20:42:12","slug":"government-official-shocked-shocked-when-public-data-is-posted-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/17\/government-official-shocked-shocked-when-public-data-is-posted-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Government official shocked &#8212; shocked! &#8212; when public data is posted online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p  style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\">   <a title=\"View Texas state officials surprised when public data is posted online on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/31452244\/Texas-state-officials-surprised-when-public-data-is-posted-online\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" >Texas state officials surprised when public data is posted online<\/a> by <a title=\"View John Tedesco's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/John_Tedesco\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" >John Tedesco<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/31452244\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-26asr426ovyvz9kv9jqr&#038;show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_47639\" width=\"720\" height=\"570\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/karisaking\">Karisa King<\/a> and I were cleaning our corner of the newsroom last week, and I rediscovered this gem of an e-mail written by an official for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdi.texas.gov\/\">Texas Department of Insurance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state agency oversees the amusement-ride industry. When a patron is seriously injured, the ride owner is supposed to report the injury to the department of insurance, and the information is typed into a database.<\/p>\n<p>For a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/Report-finds-amusement-parks-didn-t-report-1747481.php\">story I wrote about the safety of amusement rides<\/a>, we obtained a copy of the injury database, and the Express-News posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090701040811\/http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/data_central\/amusementpark.html\">data online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Texas-state-officials-surprised-when-public-data-is-posted-online-300x166.jpeg\" alt=\"Texas state officials surprised when public data is posted online\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Texas-state-officials-surprised-when-public-data-is-posted-online-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Texas-state-officials-surprised-when-public-data-is-posted-online.jpeg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>That disturbed at least one state official.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tedeso has put together a searchable database of injuries from our data,&#8221; department spokesman Jerry Hagins informed his colleagues in the July 2009 e-mail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can he do this?????????&#8221; replied Richard Baker, a manager at the agency.<\/p>\n<p>A question with nine question marks deserves an answer: Yes, we can do this. In fact, news organizations and blogs ought to do this.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/26\/telling-stories-with-data-police-chases-and-drug-smugglers-on-the-texas-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telling stories with data: Police chases and drug smugglers on the Texas-Mexico border<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Government agencies collect reams of data about important issues. When journalists find that data, analyze it, and share it with the public, we help readers make sense of a complicated world. That&#8217;s our mission. And that&#8217;s why news sites are publishing &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/data_central\">data centers<\/a>&#8221; with unique and useful information.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn the salary of the city manager of San Antonio? Check a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090228181742\/http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/San_Antonio_city_salaries.html\">public-salary database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Curious what litterbugs have been dumping on roadways? Check the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/02\/public-litter-data-dont-mess-with-texas\/\">&#8220;Dont Mess with Texas&#8221; database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering where it&#8217;s safe to drive in San Antonio during a downpour? Check a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/weather\/item\/Low-Water-Crossings-9841.php\">map of low-water crossings<\/a>, which was created from a city database.<\/p>\n<p>Can we post this data?<\/p>\n<p>Yep.<\/p>\n<p>Should we?<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas state officials surprised when public data is posted online by John Tedesco Karisa King and I were cleaning our corner of the newsroom last week, and I rediscovered this gem of an e-mail written by an official for the Texas Department of Insurance. The state agency oversees the amusement-ride industry. When a patron is &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Government official shocked &#8212; shocked! &#8212; when public data is posted online\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/17\/government-official-shocked-shocked-when-public-data-is-posted-online\/#more-5680\" aria-label=\"Read more about Government official shocked &#8212; shocked! &#8212; when public data is posted online\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[124,723,410,512,540],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-express-news-stories","category-journalism","category-open-records","tag-computer-assisted-reporting","tag-open-records","tag-public-data","tag-texas-department-of-insurance","tag-thrill-rides","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government official shocked -- shocked! -- when public data is posted online | John Tedesco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/17\/government-official-shocked-shocked-when-public-data-is-posted-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government official shocked -- shocked! -- when public data is posted online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Texas state officials surprised when public data is posted online by John Tedesco Karisa King and I were cleaning our corner of the newsroom last week, and I rediscovered this gem of an e-mail written by an official for the Texas Department of Insurance. 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