About
Open Austin's Labs serves Central Texas' growing need for evidence-based advocacy and public interest technology. We use data, design, and code to build open source technologies that make information about regional issues accessible to as many civic partners and residents as possible. We work with community organizations and government agencies to address research questions, and advocate for policy change.
Through this work, Open Austin's Lab reimagines civic engagement by training Central Texan volunteers to build technology for the public good.
Want to submit an inquiry to Open Austin's Civic Digital Lab? Submit a project idea or make a research hub request.
Lab Services
- Releasing, preparing, and vetting open data
- Data scraping and data analysis
- Data visualization, modeling, and mapping
- Website and application development
- Service design, user interface design, and user research
- Open source software development
Past Work & Former Contributors
For a full list of our work, you can explore the repositories on the Open Austin GitHub Organization.
Current Products
We build all our products in partnership with a community organization or government agency, so that our tech is grounded in real community needs.
Data Research Hub
Collecting and answering residents' questions about Austin and the Central Texas Region.
Study Room Scheduler
Working with Austin Public Library staff to make the “room booking” process clearer and engineered in a robust and scalable way.
Landlord Mapper
Enabling Greater Austin Tenant Organizers (GATO) to analyze rental properties across the Austin Metro Area.
National Police Data Index
Working with National Police Data Coalition (NPDC) on a comprehensive database of police data in the US.
One Bus
Listing points-of-interest on bus routes near an address you put in.
Current Product Team Members
Nathan Bornstein
Julie Coleman
Lib Fan
Umberto "Beto" Fasci
Aslan French
Josue Guillen
Ansara Hollinger
Salih Horozovic
Mario Jimenez
Glenn Katzen
Jess Kavanagh
Tingting Lin
Martin Liu
Liani Lye
Anisah Majeed
Darrell Malone
Mark Malstrom
Rick McDonald
Kevin Ouyang
Ashwin Prakash
Nicola Rowe
Rachel Sweeney
Paul Vonder Haar
Agatha Yin
Jerri Zhang
Nathan Bornstein
Julie Coleman
Lib Fan
Umberto "Beto" Fasci
Aslan French
Josue Guillen
Ansara Hollinger
Salih Horozovic
Mario Jimenez
Glenn Katzen
Jess Kavanagh
Tingting Lin
Martin Liu
Liani Lye
Anisah Majeed
Darrell Malone
Mark Malstrom
Rick McDonald
Kevin Ouyang
Ashwin Prakash
Nicola Rowe
Rachel Sweeney
Paul Vonder Haar
Agatha Yin
Jerri Zhang