Happy Earth Day, From One Gov Geek to Another
These days, getting outside begins on the internet. As the mother of a 6-year-old, and the owner of a large dog, I spend a good deal of my free time taking advantage of our many urban playgrounds,...
View ArticleWhat 21st Century Public Service Means to Me
After six years of working for the City of Long Beach, culminating in three years as the chief of staff for a former Long Beach councilwoman, I began to think about how I could better serve my...
View ArticleToward Unified Digital Analytics: The Philadelphia Way
As part of our Digital Front Door initiative, we’re highlighting great examples of local governments taking data-driven approaches to designing and redesigning their websites. We caught up with Lauren...
View ArticleAnnouncing National Day of Civic Hacking Challenges
National Day of Civic Hacking is right around the corner. On June 6, 2015, meet up with urbanists, government staff, developers, designers, and activists to help make your city better. Anyone can...
View ArticleThis Week in #CivicTech: DC gets a new Director of Technology Innovation
The Code for America network is made up of more than 16,000 people around the world who help make their communities and governments work better. Here’s a brief snapshot of what happened across the...
View ArticlePolice Data: What Do People Want?
Where does distrust between police and the community begin, and how might we repair it? This is a question my fellowship team and I, Team Vallejo, have been flipping around for the past five months....
View ArticleThe cost of knowing
We had another opportunity this week to think about what delivering 21st century government means with the news that the city of McKinney, Texas proposes to charge $78,974.05 to Gawker Media to fulfill...
View ArticleWhen knowing doesn’t cost that much
I last wrote about the cost of knowing in the particular case of McKinney, Texas, where government staff appear not to have the ability to search through email correspondence that was sent or received...
View ArticleHow to Pick the Right Tech Stack
What technology stack is best for this project? That’s always a hard question to answer. During my fellowship year, 10 teams made 10 different decisions about what technology stack to use. For many,...
View ArticleOpenAddresses: 130 Million Addresses, Building Momentum
There’s been incredible momentum recently on the OpenAddresses project. As of now, we have opened more than 130 million addresses in nearly a dozen countries, 10 million more since our last update....
View ArticleRecapping the California Child Welfare Technology Vendor Forums: Part 2
On Friday December 18th, California held its second vendor forum for the Child Welfare Services project. Part 1 of my recap covers the first vendor forum. The materials for the second vendor forum are...
View ArticleUser Feedback Made Easy with Twilio
At Code for America, we want it to be easier for everyone to participate in their government. Twilio helps us do just that. From making it easier to check the balance of your food assistance card to...
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