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Open government and civic engagement at SXSW
From the stage of the South by Southwest festival (SXSW), Code for America Founder and Executive Director, Jennifer Pahlka, announced they are now accepting applications for the 2013 Accelerator and...
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Gov 2.0 rises to the next level: Open data in action
For many, Gov 2.0 is about putting government in the hands of citizens. Whether it’s a mobile app alerting residents to a local meeting or checking social media networks to see which roads are clear...
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Civic coding strengthens open source skills
I’ve been thinking a bit too much lately about GitHub and Drupal.org. More broadly, I’ve had my mind on open source + community. Sometimes this is called social coding.Social coding can take on a...
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Hacking the change you want to see
On June 1, the City of Oakland will co-host ReWrite Oakland as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. ReWrite Oakland will be an all day writeathon that will culminate with the launch of a new...
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On a mission to change the citizen experience
In this episode of the Dave and Gunnar Show, I interviewed opensource.com's lead project manager, Jason Hibbets. He recently self-published a book advocating for citizen involvement in local government...
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Hackers wanted: Code for America deadline for 2014 Fellowship nears
There are only a few days left to apply. Code for America is looking for developers, designers, researchers, data scientists, and product managers for their 2014 Fellowship. It's a chance to make a...
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The rise of the citizen CIO
Are citizen CIOs a partner or a threat to local government? Partners ThreatAre citizen CIOs a threat to local governments or a blessing in disguise? With government IT departments producing more open...
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Open civic dialogue with text messaging
This is the second post in a short series in effort to recognize and celebrate the close of the 2013 Code for America Incubator. This new program was created to support Code for America Fellows as they...
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How a hackathon can transform your community
What started as an uphill battle in Burlington, Vermont on the National Day of Civic Hacking in June 2013, transversed into an understanding between local government, non-profits, the media, and the...
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How to get started in civic hacking
What is civic hacking?Seventy people gathered together one sunny Oakland afternoon to volunteer and improve their city. There were no rakes or yard tools normally seen at volunteer-day events though....
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