CNN on U.S. City Government Apps, Data

CNNTech reports on the social media and open data offerings from major U.S. cities in the article Cities embrace mobile apps, 'Gov 2.0' (28 December 2009). From the article:

A host of larger U.S. cities from San Francisco to New York quietly have been releasing treasure troves of public data to Web and mobile application developers.

That may sound dull. But tech geeks transform banal local government spreadsheets about train schedules, complaint systems, potholes, street lamp repairs and city garbage into useful applications for mobile phones and the Web.