On day one of the CfA Summit, more than 450 city officials, technologists, developers, and open government advocates packed into the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Calif. Packed house at the @codeforamerica Summit. Terrific energy here at #CFASummit for 9 AM. pic.twitter.com/hbsXpHjvK6 — Alex Howard (@digiphile) October 15, 2013 They cameRead… Read more »
Over the last three years, the surface area of the civic technology movement has dramatically grown. The question of how governments should be leveraging technology is now a common one — becoming particularly relevant over the last few months — and beyond that, citizens are beginning to expect high quality digital services from their publicRead… Read more »
We’re two days down and on the home stretch of day three of the annual Code for America Summit, and I’ve had the pleasure of meeting our upcoming 2014 Cities. One important technology question that’s occupying my thoughts as we prepare for the 2013/2014 transition is the impact of our technology choices on partner cities.Read… Read more »
Code for America’s Summit brings together some of the best and brightest in the civic tech space. Check out some of the highlights: Do you want to keep the conversation going? Join us in the Peer Network. Original post
Between the 50 governments and the 650+ individuals who applied for a spot in the 2014 Fellowship program, Code for America’s selection committee had their work cut out for them — and with so many qualified applicants and innovative governments, the decisions were incredibly difficult. Thanks again to everyone who applied — you’re heroes toRead… Read more »
When I was in college I wanted to be a fashion designer. Or perhaps I was a fashion designer, insofar as any 19-year-old with a sewing machine on her kitchen table and a screen-printing studio in her garage is a fashion designer. I was fascinated with the way clothes made people feel, akin to theRead… Read more »
The Federal Government has shut down operations. It’s not the first such event (there were three in 1977 alone), though it does have certain unique characteristics. Leaving the politics aside for the moment, what’s a civic hacker or data journalist to do when most of the government web and FTP presence is unreachable as well?Read… Read more »
Today the Code for America Fellowship team in South Bend, Ind. is excited to introduce CityVoice, a voice-based application for gathering community feedback about vacant and abandoned properties. Like many American cities, South Bend experienced a decline in population toward the end of the last century as the economy shifted away from manufacturing and factoriesRead… Read more »
Meet “RecordTrac,” a new web application to help the City of Oakland manage and track incoming public record requests. RecordTrac is core to the City’s goals of increased transparency, more efficient processes, and better access to public information. The app allows users to track progress of their requests step-by-step and saves staff resources by publiclyRead… Read more »
This post was co-authored with Rebecca Williams of the Sunlight Foundation and Code for America’s policy intern Ryan Driscoll. This summer, Code for America, Omidyar Network, and the Sunlight Foundation joined forces to investigate municipal procurement trends, best practices, and potential areas of improvement across the country with the Local Government Procurement Survey. The surveyRead… Read more »