COH community Data Transparency Dash board

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I received this -- and decided to attend-- Kim Ogg spoke-- interesting presentation by partners:

October 2, 2024
You Are Invited to the Unveiling of the
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Data Transparency Dashboard
How many criminal cases are filed in Harris County each year?
How many defendants have been sentenced to prison or probation?
On any given day, how many criminal cases are pending in our justice system and how
does that number compare to a decade ago?
These are just some of the countless questions that the public will now be able to explore
with their keyboard.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Hewlett Packard
Enterprise Data Science Institute at the University of Houston, invites you to the
introduction of its Data Transparency Dashboard.
This innovative tool, which draws from nearly 1 million criminal cases from 2015 to
present, is designed to provide the public, academic researchers and others with valuable,
objective, and transparent data about our local justice system.
The dashboard feature troves of information regarding the number and type of criminal
cases pending in Harris County, broken down by type and court, as well as information
on sentencings, trials, dismissals and other aspects of the justice system. In keeping with
HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
KIM OGG
the principles of transparent government, we aim to foster a sense of openness and draw
informed public participation in the years to come.
Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024
Place: 14th Court of Appeals
Third Floor -- Historic 1910 Courthouse
301 Fannin St. in downtown Houston
A Commitment to Transparency
Now more than ever, the public needs true transparency from its government. For too
long, public leaders have been afraid to pull back the curtain, believing that the uncertain
narratives that can arise from data transparency outweigh the public good that comes
from an informed citizenry. Since the federal government launched Data.Gov 15 years
ago, it is estimated that its commitment to open data contributed $3 trillion to the United
States economy.
Although the District Attorney’s Data Transparency Dashboard will not create untold
wealth, we believe it may save untold lives. Our commitment is reflected in the Data
Transparency Dashboard, which consolidates data commonly used within our local
justice system, while maintaining privacy for victims and the accused, allowing a clear
and comprehensive understanding of the workings of the justice system in Harris
County.
Partnership with The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute
In addition to launching the Data Transparency Dashboard, we are excited to announce
the beginning stages of a partnership with The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science
Institute at the University of Houston. By actively promoting community, industry, and
institutional partnerships, the institute positions UH researchers to tackle important
global challenges.
Allowing a free and fair analytical examination will undoubtedly lead to progress beyond
partisan politics. A second phase of the data transparency project will see expanded
underlying data access given to academic researchers. This data will not only be used to
train the next generation of data scientists from our universities but will also unlock the
keys to public safety hidden within the data.