A civic engagement project from the Toronto Public Space Initiative:
The Transparent Accessible Bulletin System (TABS) is a tool for monitoring issues and actions in the City of Toronto.
TABS makes searching through government records easy. Search for keywords, add filters, discover related information, and signup to receive email alerts. If you’re an engaged resident, policy expert, journalist or busy bureaucrat, this is the tool for you.
In response to the growing demand for Web applications supporting the discovery and tracking of government activity, TABS’s core function is to scan open data records and facilitate the public’s chance of finding valuable information. Government affairs are often complicated, involving many steps and multiple sources of information. TABS helps simplify government complexity and keep citizens apace of its activities.
Project Goals
- Facilitate access to information regarding meetings at city hall
- Increase public awareness of what is going on at Municipal meetings
- Increase accountability at city hall
Features
- Search Filters – choose from a variety of agenda and document options
- Thesaurus – a catalogue of alternate keyword search terms
- Notifications – register one or more search terms to receive emails about new postings in the city archives.
- Open source code – wanna build your own search tool?