Thoughts
Ideas, opinions, observations.
Government release notes
A simple way to keep public service communications open, authentic and regular.
Cybersecurity standards for government websites
We need better guidance for a more secure digital government experience.
Using AI to build a personal government technology podcast
I created podcast-like overviews of FedRAMP, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, TechFAR and Zero Trust with Google NotebookLM's deep dive feature.
Code is digital experience (and law)
Great source code meets machine-readable web industry standards and best practices and – perhaps most important to some – adheres to the code of law.
Briefs
Topics compressed for easier download.
American Dynamism
A brief-ish explainer of Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism.
New web accessibility law
A brief-ish explainer of the new web accessibility law for state and local governments.
Open source software
A brief-ish explainer of open source software.
Direct message
Chats with our contacts.
Amy Paige Kaminski
Author, catalyst, & champion for public engagement with space, science, & technology
Ryan Wold
Public servant
Jarah Meador
Director of Challenge.Gov + CitizenScience.Gov
Rebecca Woodbury
Local gov content strategist
Signal
What's on our radar.
Government websites fail basic cybersecurity practices
ScanGov adds security grades, scorecards.
By: Luke Fretwell
Posted: October 22, 2024
Government websites fail basic cybersecurity practices
ScanGov adds security grades, scorecards.
By: Luke Fretwell
Posted: October 22, 2024
Demos
Product demonstrations.
Data.gov metrics dashboard
Data.gov Product Manager Tim Lowden demos the new metrics dashboard.
Research
Notes and deep work.
SHARE IT Act
GovFresh research notes on the SHARE IT Act.
U.S. Web Design System
GovFresh research notes on the U.S. Web Design System.
AI and the U.S. federal government
GovFresh research notes on artificial intelligence and the U.S. government.
Open source
GovFresh research notes on open source software.
Podcast
Talking with the people at the intersection of design, technology and democracy.
Civic hacking with Carlos Moreno
A citizen journalist and civic technologist shares his experiences and lessons learned civic hacking.
Civic hacking with Steve Spiker
A pioneering civic technologist retrospects and shares his thoughts on hacking government for good.
How government can bring mindfulness to law enforcement
The Government We Need talks with Mindful Badge's Richard Goerling about mindful policing.
Book club
Recommended reading.
Unit X
How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
The People’s Spaceship
NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo
Read Write Own
Building the Next Era of the Internet
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
Autocracy, Inc.
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World