Earlier this week, Computable published an interesting article in which Maarten Schurink talks openly about the data initiatives of the municipality of Utrecht. Maarten Schurink is one of the people responsible for Utrecht's position among the front runners in data driven governing in the Netherlands.
Schurink specifically mentions Xomnia's burglary prediction project as groundbreaking, and talks about how the predictive model is used effectively to reduce crime. Other talking points include Utrecht's policies to promote data initiatives, privacy, and data as a resource . The article ends with a list of other interesting data initiatives that Utrecht is currently working on.
Check out the full article here (in Dutch).