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Open data and civic apps: first-generation failures, second-generation improvements

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Developers first need compelling incentives and committed management.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 59, Issue 1
        January 2016
        120 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2859829
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        • Moshe Y. Vardi
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