Transparencity is a Technically Philly coverage series on a movement in Philadelphia to increase the
availability and use of actionable data and information from government and other institutions and organizations. It launched in January 2011.

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Initially a six-month project in partnership with the Institute for Public Affairs at Temple University and funded by the William Penn Foundation, the project focused on, among other topics, the City of Philadelphia’s Division of Technology efforts to work with other city agencies to modernize, curate and disseminate data sets and other relevant information for third-party developers and other action.

The grant period outcomes included the following:
Best practices research, reporting and data inventory informs stakeholders of priority collaboration opportunities;
Processes modeled for increasing accessibility and use of data to improve government transparency and effectiveness; Engagement between key journalism and technology stakeholders
around civic issues increased and actions taken towards pilot
collaboration around open data development, as approved by the
Foundation; Government and public interest data more open and accessible; Network of users for public interest data increased.