This post is part of a series to celebrate the Code for America Accelerator companies. Why are we Coding for America? I believe SmartProcure is in a unique position to do two great things at once—save the government millions of dollars and help government contractors become more profitable. That’s a tangible, measurable boost to theRead… Read more »
Code for America’s second Accelerator year kicked off yesterday. The first day’s schedule was packed with a day-long facilitation session led by Allen “Gunner” from Aspiration Tech. The day’s highlights included: product pitches, breakout sessions, company q&a’s, and a lunch discussion with Tim O’Reilly. What better way to celebrate the end of a long workRead… Read more »
This post is part of a series to celebrate the Code for America Accelerator companies. OpenCounter’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs and foster local economic development by simplifying the process of registering a business. Economic development happens in many forms, from projects like the revitalization of the Brooklyn Navy Yard or Hudson Rail Yards inRead… Read more »
This post is part of a series to celebrate the Code for America Accelerator companies. I’ve been in public service for 18 years, and because I work for a Department of Public Safety, I am fortunate enough to be triple-certified as a police officer, a firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician. In my career, I’veRead… Read more »
The inaugural class year of the Code for America Incubator has officially come to a close. Over the course of seven months, the companies received mentorship and training in design, engineering, sales, finance and other topics related to business and technology. Founders received desks here at CfA, where they could continue working full-time from theRead… Read more »
Code for America started as an idea in 2009: to bring technologists into public service in partnership with cities. Over the last few years, a broad network has come together behind that idea, and our programs have grown. Esri, thanks to the generosity of founder and president Jack Dangermond, has been behind us from theRead… Read more »
Our humble beginnings. We look so young! (Photo by Ezra Spier.) Six months ago, the fellows came together for its first hackathon, and there, we created the initial prototype for Streetmix. Since then, we’ve received so many encouraging responses from users around the world, such as transportation planners in Raleigh, a community engagement specialist inRead… Read more »
This post one in a short series in effort to recognize and celebrate the close of the 2013 Code for America Incubator. This was a new program was created to support Code for America Fellows as they work towards building startup companies to scale and sustain their Fellowship projects. The Code for America Accelerator isRead… Read more »
This post one in a short series in effort to recognize and celebrate the close of the 2013 Code for America Incubator. This was a new program was created to support Code for America Fellows as they work towards building startup companies to scale and sustain their Fellowship projects. The Code for America Accelerator isRead… Read more »
This week, BetaNYC partnered with OpenShift to demonstrate the swift ability to take a GitHub repo and spin up a number of CitiBike tools. In a developing partnership with NYU Rudin and an ongoing partnership with OpenPlans, civic hackers shared their tools, apps, and problems working with @CitiBikeNYC and #BikeNYC data. We were honored toRead… Read more »