The Brennan Center has put together an article on an issue that appears to have received little attention from the Maryland media.

A nice look back at one woman's memories.

This article adds to the panic people are feeling about the government shutdown without having a good understanding of who the Maryland federal employees are. While Maryland residents don't necessarily work at federal agencies in Maryland, a number of them probably do. Looking at those agencies, it seems that a number would stay open. For example, postal employees will still be delivering mail, the Social Security Administration will still be processing checks, and military personnel still have to report as will civilians who support certain military operations. This seems to suggest that the numbers used in this article are not reliable.

This seems like a straightforward story that was presented in an unbiased manner.

A nice piece, but I don't feel like it has new information about the project and was written simply to encourage people to participate in the Urbanite Project 2011: Open City Challenge, which wasn't what I expected from the title.

Excellent overview to the benefits and challenges of open data. I would have liked to see the Baltimore initiative connected with the national movement of governments toward transparency and engagement of citizens, which goes deeper than app contents.

Wonderful to see a good news story about a school that usually doesn't see a lot of good press.