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Joyful democracy and the virtuous civic circle

By adopting a simple public engagement framework, we can build a more inspired government, together.

Luke Fretwell

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Civic hacking CDC notifiable diseases

Building a map of weekly notifiable disease cases across the United States.

Luke Fretwell

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Civic hacking USAJOBS

Re-imagining federal government job openings with the USAJOBS API.

Luke Fretwell

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Rebecca Woodbury

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Victor Sauceda

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Jon Alexander and Ariane Conrad share why the key to fixing everything is all of us.

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Congressman Ro Khanna thinks different about the role of technology and democracy.

Review: The Premonition

Michael Lewis takes on government's response to the COVID pandemic.

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U.S. Web Design System

A design system for the federal government.

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The Opportunity Project

Use government data to build digital tools with, by, and for the people.

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Public Sans

A font for government, by government.

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How government can bring mindfulness to law enforcement

How government can bring mindfulness to law enforcement

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How government can design a human-centered social safety net

How government can design a human-centered social safety net

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How government can make public budgeting more participatory

How government can make public budgeting more participatory

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