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U.S. government's employment website could go a long way in increasing social media reach."},{"id":68,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-technology-modernization-fund-2022","title":"How California gets a return on its $25 million innovation investment","body":"Time for Alpha 2.0."},{"id":69,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-open-data-day-2022","title":"Father-son civic hacking: Open Data Day 2022","body":"Kickstarting USA.GovFresh, beginning with Federal Register open data."},{"id":70,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-data-day-2022","title":"Government open data in 2022","body":"Once thriving, now barely surviving. 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USDS","body":"Apparently, in 2021, there are people who still refuse to recognize the holistic, energetic and sustainable impact 18F and the U.S. Digital Services has -- and continues to have -- on keeping the federal government digital services industry and profession relevant and attractive to highly-qualified designers, developers, product and project managers and anyone generally interested in well-functioning U.S. Government technology."},{"id":86,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/working-in-public","title":"Working in public","body":""},{"id":87,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/roadmapping-government-websites","title":"Roadmapping government websites","body":"What's great about about the public roadmap, particularly for large government institutions, is that they show there is a plan, but they are also a powerful demonstration of civic openness."},{"id":88,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/whyline-raises-1-25m-from-e-republic-ventures","title":"Virtual queuing and appointment 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Austin, Jr., will join the company as vice president of civil rights and deputy general counsel to establish the company’s new internal civil rights organization."},{"id":92,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/mozilla-heres-how-to-proactively-manage-social-media-bad-actors-including-politicians","title":"Mozilla: Here's how to proactively manage social media bad actors, including politicians","body":"In the aftermath of the deplatforming of Donald Trump, Mozilla offers concrete advice on how to best deal with bad actors -- including heads of states and politicians -- on social media platforms, beyond just suspending or permanently removing them."},{"id":93,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/twitter-permanently-suspends-realdonaldtrump","title":"Twitter permanently suspends @realDonaldTrump","body":"Twitter announced it has permanently suspended Donald Trump's Twitter 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Steinberg shares her work supporting those who can't afford to pay cash bail, which ultimately leads to a downward spiral of injustice."},{"id":108,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nasa-will-host-a-virtual-covid-19-hackathon-in-partnership-with-european-japanese-space-agencies","title":"NASA will host a virtual COVID-19 hackathon in partnership with European, Japanese space agencies","body":"NASA will host a virtual COVID-19 hackathon May 30 to 31, 2020, in partnership with the European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency."},{"id":109,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/rand-report-offers-insights-into-second-generation-open-source-intelligence","title":"RAND report offers insights into second generation open source intelligence","body":"The RAND Corporation published Defining Second Generation Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for the Defense Enterprise, a thoroughly informative report on how the intelligence community can better define and leverage technology to improve its approach to open source intelligence."},{"id":110,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/design-thinking-in-the-intelligence-community","title":"Design thinking in the intelligence community","body":"The NavalX Centers for Adaptive Warfighting hosted a discussion on design thinking with Office of the Director of National Intelligence Director of Lateral Innovation Katherine Tobin. Tobin shared her design thinking journey and how ODNI incorporates it into its work."},{"id":111,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/defense-department-launches-digital-covid-19-symptom-checker","title":"Defense Department launches digital COVID-19 symptom checker","body":"The U.S. Department of Defense has launched an online COVID-19 symptom checker at MySymptoms.mil."},{"id":112,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/u-s-intelligence-community-releases-annual-transparency-report","title":"U.S. intelligence community releases annual transparency report","body":"The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual transparency report."},{"id":113,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/u-s-government-publishes-human-centered-design-evaluation-and-buying-guide","title":"U.S government publishes human-centered design evaluation and buying guide","body":"The U.S. General Services Administration published an Evaluation and Buying Guide to \"help federal agencies seeking Human-Centered Design (HCD) services to improve Customer Experience (CX).\""},{"id":114,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/usaid-seeks-chief-technology-officer","title":"USAID seeks chief technology officer","body":"The U.S. Agency for International Development is looking for a new chief technology officer."},{"id":115,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/governments-now-have-access-to-a-centralized-resource-of-open-source-coronavirus-projects","title":"Governments now have access to a centralized resource of open source coronavirus projects","body":"New America has launched the Pandemic Response Repository that will serve as a centralized location for open source projects aimed at helping governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic."},{"id":116,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/free-webinar-quickly-shifting-to-distributed-teams-in-government","title":"Free webinar: 'Quickly Shifting to Distributed Teams in Government'","body":"To support government teams quickly shifting to distributed work during the COVID-19 pandemic, CivicActions will host a free webinar — repeated daily the week of March 16 — to share best practices and answer questions from the government community at large. Topics to be covered include operations, communications, security and productivity in a distributed work environment."},{"id":117,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/distributed-teams-are-critical-to-the-future-success-of-digital-government-services","title":"Distributed teams are critical to the future success of digital government services","body":"We’re at the point in the organizational and civic evolutionary cycle where distributed teams can and should play a critical role in building highly-effective digital government service teams."},{"id":118,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/github-opens-up-about-its-relationship-with-ice","title":"GitHub opens up about its relationship with ICE","body":"In a post on the GitHub blog, CEO Nat Friedman publicly addressed the company's business relationship with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, its opinion on the current administration's immigration policy and \"the principles by which we make decisions in these areas.\""},{"id":119,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/tsa-seeks-chief-innovation-officer","title":"TSA seeks chief innovation officer","body":"The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is looking for an executive-level chief innovation officer."},{"id":120,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nsf-will-fund-120-million-to-advance-artificial-intelligence-innovation","title":"NSF will fund $120 million to advance artificial intelligence innovation","body":"The National Science Foundation announced $120 million in funding for a new organization -- the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes -- \"that will significantly advance research in AI and accelerate the development of transformational, AI-powered innovation.\""},{"id":121,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-government-we-need-how-government-can-find-its-purpose","title":"The Government We Need: How government can find its purpose","body":"The Government We Need talks with Brian Elms about how government can ask the right questions and find its true public service purpose."},{"id":122,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nsa-launches-new-cybersecurity-directorate-to-prevent-and-eradicate-threats-to-national-security-systems-and-critical-infrastructure","title":"NSA launches new cybersecurity directorate to 'prevent and eradicate threats to national security systems and critical infrastructure'","body":"The National Security Agency announced the creation of a new fifth domain-focused internal organization that will \"work to prevent and eradicate threats to national security systems and critical infrastructure, with an initial focus on the defense industrial base and the improvement of our weapons’ security.\""},{"id":123,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/winning-the-shadow-war","title":"Winning 'The Shadow War'","body":"Whether it's online, on land, underwater or in space, CNN national security correspondent Jim Sciutto's \"The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America\" offers ominous insights into how the United States' key adversaries are changing the dynamics of national security."},{"id":124,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/uk-will-pilot-ai-government-procurement-guidelines-co-designed-with-world-economic-forum","title":"UK will pilot AI government procurement guidelines co-designed with World Economic Forum","body":"The United Kingdom Government announced it will pilot newly-developed artificial intelligence procurement guidelines it co-designed with the World Economic Forum."},{"id":125,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nsa-challenges-students-to-test-their-cyber-skills-in-mock-national-security-exercise","title":"NSA challenges students to test their cyber skills in mock national security exercise","body":"The National Security Agency will host a “cyber-challenge similar to those that regularly threaten national security,” open to students at any U.S. based academic institution. The exercise will run from September 20, 2019 to January 10, 2020."},{"id":126,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/food-safety-2-0-fda-shares-its-vision-for-a-digital-transparent-food-safety-system","title":"Food Safety 2.0: FDA shares its vision for a digital, transparent food safety system","body":"In an interview with the agency, the Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas discussed its latest efforts to \"leverage new and emerging technologies to prevent contamination and rapidly trace the origin of a tainted food to its source.\""},{"id":127,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-woeful-state-of-government-technology","title":"'The woeful state of government technology'","body":"San Francisco Chief Digital Services Officer Carrie Bishop published an excellent commentary piece that touches on several issues we in the digital government industry don't talk much about, or at all."},{"id":128,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/white-house-adds-agile-and-responsive-security-practices-to-trusted-internet-connections-updates","title":"White House adds 'agile and responsive' security practices to trusted internet connections updates","body":"The White House announced updates to the federal government Trusted Internet Connections initiative with the intent to empower agencies with security practices that aim to remove barriers to modern technology adoption."},{"id":129,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-center-wants-to-help-congress-grok-deep-space-deep-fakes","title":"New center wants to help Congress grok deep space, deep fakes","body":"The U.S. Government Accountability Office launched a new Center for Strategic Foresight to help Congress better understand issues related to emerging notorious technologies, such as deep space and deep fakes, that impact a well-functioning democracy."},{"id":130,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gao-tells-defense-department-to-fully-implement-open-source-pilot-program","title":"GAO tells Defense Department to 'fully implement' open source pilot program","body":"The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report assessing the lackluster status of the Defense Department's open source pilot program, saying that until the agency effectively implements this, \"the department will not be positioned to take advantage of significant cost savings and efficiencies.\""},{"id":131,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/united-nations-digital-economy-report-gives-comprehensive-insight-into-global-emerging-tech-trends-and-the-future-impact-on-us-all","title":"United Nations digital economy report gives comprehensive insight into global emerging tech trends and the future impact on us all","body":"The United Nations published its 2019 Digital Economy Report that is a comprehensive must-read for civic leaders who want to understand how emerging technologies will impact the global labor market, security, privacy, economy and more."},{"id":132,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/policy-hackathon-in-sf-to-address-u-s-european-city-challenges","title":"Policy hackathon in SF to address U.S., European city challenges","body":"A policy hackathon will be held in San Francisco on September 24 to \"tackle problems brought by cities from the U.S. and Europe.\""},{"id":133,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-civic-hackers-helped-californias-dmv-get-digital-momentum","title":"How civic hackers helped California's DMV get digital momentum","body":"CivicDMV and the Code for America Brigades helped inspire DMV to \"unlock\" California’s DMV Web Services."},{"id":134,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-government-we-need-how-we-can-code-a-better-government","title":"The Government We Need: How we can code a better government","body":"The Government We Need talks with Code for America founder Jen Pahlka about how technology can be a force for civic change."},{"id":135,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/intelligence-community-names-privacy-civil-liberties-leaders","title":"Intelligence community names privacy, civil liberties leaders","body":"ODNI and CIA named new leaders of their respective privacy, civil liberty units."},{"id":136,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-govpress-update","title":"New GovPress update","body":"After a long hiatus, GovPress -- the WordPress theme for government -- has been updated."},{"id":137,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/a-playbook-for-government-as-a-platform","title":"A playbook for government as a platform","body":"There seems to be a playbook for all things digital government, and now there's the \"Government as a Platform Playbook\" that provides deeper insight into the wonky word technologists often use to describe a more exponential approach to government service delivery."},{"id":138,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/democracy-and-the-great-hack","title":"Democracy and 'The Great Hack'","body":"The new Netflix documentary, The Great Hack, is an eye-opening account of how voter and social media profile data, particularly from Facebook, combined with a sophisticated, incendiary digital media campaign, can undermine democracy, as we saw happen with Brexit and the 2016 presidential campaign."},{"id":139,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-government-we-need-how-we-can-bring-more-diversity-into-elected-office","title":"The Government We Need: How we can bring more diversity into elected office","body":"The Government We Need talks with Run for Something’s Sarah Horvitz about the changing face of local politics and how we can bring more diversity into elected office."},{"id":140,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/in-q-tel-explains-explainable-artificial-intelligence","title":"In-Q-Tel explains explainable artificial intelligence","body":"The intelligence community's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, published a helpful primer on explainable artificial intelligence."},{"id":141,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pineapple-or-pepperoni-homeland-securitys-pizza-analogy-hopes-to-educate-the-public-on-foreign-interference-of-elections","title":"Pineapple or pepperoni? Homeland Security's pizza analogy hopes to educate the public on foreign interference of elections","body":"Because \"responding to foreign interference requires a whole of society approach,\" the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published resources that help educate the public on ways hackers can impact U.S. elections."},{"id":142,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-funded-report-on-government-funded-research-not-accessible-to-the-people-who-funded-it","title":"Government-funded report on government-funded research not accessible to the people who funded it","body":"A federally-funded grant that researched the impact of government-funded research on innovation, such as private-sector intellectual property and inventions, is inaccessible to most of the people who funded it."},{"id":143,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/intelligence-community-creates-executive-role-to-lead-u-s-election-security-efforts","title":"Intelligence community creates executive role to lead U.S. election security efforts","body":"The Director of National Intelligence announced the creation of a new DNI executive position focused specifically on election threats. The new position will be led by Shelby Pierson, who previously served as DNI election security crisis manager during the 2018 midterm elections."},{"id":144,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civstart-wants-to-help-government-leverage-technology-that-serves-the-needs-of-vulnerable-underserved-communities","title":"CivStart wants to help government leverage technology that serves the needs of vulnerable, underserved communities","body":"CivStart is a new government-focused start-up accelerator that wants to ensure civic technology products \"don’t get made in a vacuum — that they serve the needs of our most vulnerable and underserved communities.\""},{"id":145,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/what-went-wrong-with-the-open-data-movement","title":"What went wrong with the open data movement","body":"Kin Lane offers insightful commentary on what went wrong with the open data movement, and why it failed to live up to initial exuberance and expectations."},{"id":146,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/register-for-the-2019-dkan-open-data-summit","title":"Register for the 2019 DKAN Open Data Summit","body":"For those interested in government open source and open data, registration for the 2019 DKAN Open Data Summit is now open."},{"id":147,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nsf-to-governments-science-must-be-open-transparent-collaborative","title":"NSF to governments: Science must be open, transparent, collaborative","body":"The National Science Foundation issued a statement admonishing governments that \"endeavor to benefit from the global research ecosystem\" and fail to uphold the agency's values of openness, transparency and collaboration."},{"id":148,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/is-the-cloud-saving-government-money","title":"Is the cloud saving government money?","body":"The U.S. Government Accountability Office published a bullish report on the impact cloud services has had on federal government agency technology savings."},{"id":149,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/coast-guard-alert-shows-that-commercial-vessel-security-is-basic-government-security","title":"Coast Guard alert shows that even commercial vessel security is just basic government security","body":"Based on recent cyber incidents aboard commercial vessels, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a security alert to vessel and facility owners and operators that is essentially basic security practices, even ones that could potentially save governments from the ransomware attacks we see happening more frequently."},{"id":150,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-open-innovation-labs","title":"Government open innovation labs","body":"The United Kingdom and Argentina governments are working on what they call the Policy Innovation Exchange that creates the potential for a much-needed, broad-scale government-to-government open collaboration organization that addresses common issues each -- and others -- have."},{"id":151,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/find-the-truth-tell-the-truth","title":"Find the truth. Tell the truth.","body":"“Find the truth. Tell the truth.” is a core value of the U.S. Digital Service, and Ben Damman uses the mantra to share his sentiments on how it applies to California technology projects, particularly related to the nascent Office of Digital Innovation."},{"id":152,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/code-gov-gets-a-u-s-web-design-system-refresh","title":"Code.gov gets a U.S. Web Design System refresh","body":"Code.gov -- the platform that makes it easier to find open source code developed by the U.S. Government -- announced updates that includes aesthetics aligned with the U.S. Web Design System and better adherence to accessibility standards."},{"id":153,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-government-we-need-how-government-can-secure-us-in-the-internet-era","title":"The Government We Need: How government can secure us in the internet+ era","body":"The Government We Need talks with Bruce Schneier about internet+ security and government’s role in keeping us safe."},{"id":154,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/introducing-the-government-we-need","title":"Introducing The Government We Need","body":"After my earlier call for collaboration, The Government We Need, a podcast exploring the government of the future and how it can best serve everyone, is officially live."},{"id":155,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-levels-up-on-digital-seeks-director-for-new-innovation-office","title":"California levels up on digital, seeks director for new innovation office","body":"California is officially for looking for its first director of the newly-established Office of Digital Innovation."},{"id":156,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/idea-procurementeers-an-open-collaborative-government-procurement-community","title":"Idea: Procurementeers, an open, collaborative government procurement community","body":"It's cliche to say that government procurement needs to be fixed, but much of the conversation around this topic happens randomly on social media, in a vacuum through exclusive or elusive groups, or through traditional organizations that operate in a closed, dated mindset with respect to broader inclusion or true innovation."},{"id":157,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/digital-government-transformation-at-scale","title":"Digital government transformation at scale","body":"While several books have contributed to the knowledge share of the digital government narrative, few have effectively addressed transformation holistically from firsthand experience, and Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery does just this."},{"id":158,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/thegovweneed","title":"Podcast idea (call for collaboration): The Government We Need","body":"Two years ago, I had an idea for a podcast that focused on the whole of government, and how big thinkers are re-imagining and changing how civil society operates along the civic spectrum."},{"id":159,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/golden-state-dot-gov","title":"Golden State dot-gov","body":"California is on the cusp of ushering in a new era of government digital services, one that our elected leaders can finally align, prioritize and execute on, and prove to the people of the Golden State that our representatives are ready to innovate just as other industries here have done."},{"id":160,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/part-2-re-imagining-the-california-dmv-website","title":"Part 2: Re-imagining the California DMV website","body":"It's been a week since I published my thoughts on re-imagining the California Department of Motor Vehicles website. During that time, the issues I had with not receiving my REAL ID were resolved and the process inspired me to think and prototype a little more on the first iteration."},{"id":161,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/re-imagining-the-california-dmv-website","title":"Re-imagining the California DMV website","body":"I recently visited my local California Department of Motor Vehicles field office to renew my driver license and, because I scheduled an appointment ahead of time, my experience wasn't the nightmare it's traditionally made out to be. However, the designer in me couldn't help but think about how the entire DMV process could be re-imagined, offline and online."},{"id":162,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/we-want-you-recruiting-and-hiring-for-government-digital-services","title":"We want you: Recruiting and hiring for government digital services","body":"If government truly wants to transform digital services and effectively serve the public at scale, it must start with how it attracts and retains top technology talent."},{"id":163,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/for-and-with-the-people-an-introduction-to-government-digital-service","title":"For and with the people: An introduction to government digital service","body":"As the general public increasingly expects the civic user experience to be as refined as the ones we have with our consumer electronics, digital service delivery has become a priority for governments locally and globally."},{"id":164,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/liquid-democracy-blockchains-and-governance-in-the-post-nation-state-era","title":"Liquid democracy: Blockchains and governance in the post nation-state era","body":"Intrigued by what Democracy Earth Foundation is doing to leverage the power of blockchain to empower a different approach to democracy, I asked the team to share more about its work."},{"id":165,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govfresh-qa-new-accela-ceo-gary-kovacs","title":"GovFresh Q&A: New Accela CEO Gary Kovacs","body":"Gary Kovacs is the new chief executive officer of Accela, a provider of cloud-based government productivity solutions. We asked Kovacs to share his perspective on various aspects of the government technology landscape, and where he sees Accela’s role in all this."},{"id":166,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/newsom-proposes-new-california-office-of-digital-innovation-for-2019-20-budget","title":"Newsom proposes new California Office of Digital Innovation for 2019-20 budget","body":"California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a new Office of Digital Innovation as part of the state's 2019-20 budget with initial start-up costs of $36.2 million and 50 positions. The proposal also includes an innovation academy and $20 million innovation fund."},{"id":167,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/newsoms-first-day-executive-order-prioritizes-government-technology-procurement-reform","title":"Newsom's first-day executive order prioritizes government technology procurement reform","body":"California Governor Gavin Newsom wasted no time on his first day in office addressing what many see as the most critical -- albeit bureaucratic -- issue impacting the state's government technology challenges: procurement."},{"id":168,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-security-book-everyone-in-government-must-read-in-2019","title":"The security book everyone in government must read in 2019","body":"If we're ever going to get security right, technologists must embrace the need for policy and government leaders must do the same with technology, which is why Bruce Schneier's Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World is the 2019 must-read book for every government leader, elected and administrative."},{"id":169,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/canada-adopts-open-source-mandate-for-government-software","title":"Canada adopts open source mandate for government software","body":"The Government of Canada has issued an information technology directive on business, information, application, technology and security architectures that includes a mandate to prioritize open source software."},{"id":170,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/governmental-digital-a-framework-for-scalable-sustainable-digital-government-services","title":"Governmental digital: A framework for scalable, sustainable digital government services","body":"Given its nascency, however, for now we must continue to use the phrase ‘digital government services’ to define both informational and transactional online activities, and provide a framework for public sector success into the future."},{"id":171,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/u-s-defense-department-escalates-commitment-to-open-source-software","title":"U.S. Defense Department escalates commitment to open source software","body":"The U.S. Defense Department is escalating its commitment to open source software with a proactive push for agency participation to publicly share custom-developed code."},{"id":172,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-digital-with-canada-cio-alex-benay","title":"'Government Digital' with Canada CIO Alex Benay","body":"Alex Benay is the Chief Information Officer Government of Canada and an open and relentless advocate for digital government innovation. He is also the author of the new book, \"Government Digital: The Quest to Regain Public Trust,\" so we asked him to share his thoughts on the role of the CIO, Canada’s proactive move to technology modernization, and what it means for government to go digital."},{"id":173,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-marquis-cabrera-avoided-being-a-knucklehead-and-became-a-champion-of-global-government-innovation","title":"How Marquis Cabrera avoided 'being a knucklehead' and became a champion of global government innovation","body":"Marquis Cabrera is extremely insightful on many topics, a great thinker, conversationalist and intelect that brings a sense of humor, humility, genuine purpose and passion much needed in government technology."},{"id":174,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/kiba-gateaux-on-how-blockchain-can-facilitate-peace","title":"Kiba Gateaux on how blockchain can facilitate peace","body":"Kiba Gateaux shares his thoughts on the role blockchain can play in making the world a more “hospitable and prosperous place for everyone,” and how others can get involved."},{"id":175,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hudson-hollister-and-government-open-data-leadership","title":"Hudson Hollister and government open data leadership","body":"As he steps down from his role as executive director of the Data Coalition, Hudson Hollister reflects on the organization he founded and shares his insights, appreciation and advice to the open data community at large."},{"id":176,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-releases-state-government-website-standards","title":"California releases state government website standards","body":"The California Department of Technology has published unified design standards and accompanying resources for official state government websites."},{"id":177,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/inclusive-government-forms","title":"Inclusive government forms","body":"Governments must take a proactive lead on inclusivity, making all members of the communities they serve feel welcome in their interactions with them. Being mindful of these identity-related form fields, opting out of their use when they are irrelevant, is a critical step towards showing government is for everyone."},{"id":178,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/building-software-for-better-public-meetings","title":"Building software for better public meetings","body":"Traditional government meetings software, used to publish agendas, minutes, and livestream and archive videos, are in dire need of a modern, affordable upgrade."},{"id":179,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/regulatory-hacking-how-startups-and-governments-can-work-together-to-change-the-world","title":"'Regulatory Hacking': How startups and governments can work together to change the world","body":"To win in the Regulatory Era, founders, funders, executives, and policymakers will need to get smart about regulatory hacking."},{"id":180,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/rethinking-personas-in-government","title":"Rethinking personas in government","body":"Effective use of personas must be taken seriously when designing truly inclusive public services."},{"id":181,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-issues-open-source-code-reuse-policy","title":"California issues open source, code reuse policy","body":"The California Department of Technology has set a new standard for state government technology offices, releasing an open source and code reuse policy “to better support cost efficiency, effectiveness, and the public’s experience with government programs.”"},{"id":182,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/podcasting-local-government-dysfunction","title":"Podcasting local government dysfunction","body":"Tear It Down is local government’s S-Town."},{"id":183,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/should-government-deletefacebook","title":"Should government #DeleteFacebook?","body":"It's now time for public leaders to familiarize themselves with Facebook's government terms and conditions and learn more about -- and appreciate -- data governance issues, starting with General Data Protection Regulation."},{"id":184,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/serving-california","title":"Serving California: Angie Quirarte","body":"Angie Quirarte is a behind-the-scenes hero for the state of California, leading on issues such as public sector workforce recruitment and retention, public data, creating a user-friendly government, improving internal government processes and more."},{"id":185,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-can-enable-peace-entrepreneurship","title":"How government can enable peace through entrepreneurship","body":"In \"Peace Through Entrepreneurship: Investing in a Startup Culture for Security and Development,\" former State Department staffer Steven Koltai makes the case that world peace can best be achieved through nonmilitary means, especially entrepreneurship that leads to global job creation."},{"id":186,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/red-queen-problem-innovation-dod-intelligence-community","title":"The Red Queen Problem: Innovation in the DoD and intelligence community","body":"Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. They are a reaction to the “red queen problem” but aren’t actually solving the problem. Here’s why."},{"id":187,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/office-naval-research-goes-lean","title":"Office of Naval Research goes lean","body":"The Office of Naval Research has been one of the largest supporters of innovation in the U.S. Now they are starting to use the Lean Innovation process to turn ideas into solutions. The result will be defense innovation with speed and urgency."},{"id":188,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/benchmarking-u-s-government-websites","title":"Benchmarking U.S. government websites","body":"Earlier this year, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation published an assessment of federal government websites that includes rankings around page load speeds, mobile friendliness, Domain Name System Security Extensions, Secure Sockets Layer and accessibility."},{"id":189,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/ways-fix-government","title":"A few ways to fix a government","body":"IBM Research Manager Charity Wayua’s “A few ways to fix a government” talk is an inspirational example of how government (and its partners) can — when tasked with goals and measurable results — leverage user and data analytics research to successfully create better results for those it serves."},{"id":190,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/10-happier-government","title":"'10% Happier' government","body":"I’ve listened to several “10% Happier with Dan Harris” podcasts recently, and there are several great ones that feature leaders in politics, law enforcement, corrections, the judiciary and military."},{"id":191,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/telling-detroits-stories","title":"Telling Detroit's stories","body":"Aaron Foley is Detroit’s first chief storyteller, appointed by Mayor Mike Duggan in April 2017, to help the city go beyond formalized bureaucratic communications and public relations and share the stories that don’t always get heard."},{"id":192,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/podcast-civics-101","title":"Podcast: Civics 101","body":"The episodes focus on a single topic or institution — such as gerrymandering, lobbying, nuclear codes, National Secretary Council, Department of State — and interviews an expert with each lasting about 15 minutes."},{"id":193,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-comics","title":"Government comics","body":"For public communications and engagement enthusiasts, Government Issue is a great coffee table book and perhaps point of inspiration for government leaders to re-think how to better communicate with constituents."},{"id":194,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-luis-obispo-mayor-heidi-harmon-dresses-roses-personal-empowerment","title":"San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon on dresses, roses and personal empowerment","body":"San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon has an inspiring interview with the The California Report on her personal style, what it re-enforces and the sense of empowerment it gives her."},{"id":195,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-blockchain-association","title":"Government Blockchain Association wants to facilitate public sector blockchain awareness, adoption","body":"The newly-formed Government Blockchain Association is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit corporation that wants to create relationships “between and among technologists, public policy makers, application specialists and those who simply need to understand the new and emerging digital currencies that will change the world.”"},{"id":196,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/washington-gives-national-security-innovation-boost","title":"Washington gives national security innovation a boost","body":"Two good things just happened in Washington – these days that should be enough of a headline."},{"id":197,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/register-dkan-open-data-summit","title":"Register for DKAN Open Data Summit","body":"For those passionate about cultivating a more sustainable, open source oriented open data community, the first DKAN Open Data Summit is scheduled for August 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C."},{"id":198,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/values-government-technology","title":"Values for government technology","body":"Earlier this year, CityGrows co-founder Catherine Geanuracos proposed values for government technology, and its a great foundation for those serving government or the public to adopt."},{"id":199,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/federal-agency-blockchain-group-convene-july-18","title":"Federal agency blockchain group to convene July 18","body":"The General Services Administration will host an in-person U.S. Federal Blockchain Forum meeting on July 18 in Washington, D.C., as part of an effort to facilitate virtual currency adoption within the federal government."},{"id":200,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/war-dogs-government-procurement","title":"'War Dogs' and government procurement","body":"Regardless of whether you’re interested in the business of war, there’s enough references to government purchasing to make it fully entertaining for those of you who are proud procurement enthusiasts."},{"id":201,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-defense-lessons-learned","title":"Hacking for Defense lessons learned","body":"We just finished our second Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. Eight teams presented their Lessons Learned presentations."},{"id":202,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/youre-powerful-think","title":"'You're More Powerful Than You Think'","body":"Whether you’re an agitated activist frustrated with the current state of politics, a civic hacker, government technology entrepreneur or public servant trying change the foundations of democracy from inside or out, “You’re More Powerful Than You Think” is an accessible guide for helping us all rethink what it means to have power and how to obtain it."},{"id":203,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/district-match-lets-mission-driven-organizations-match-addresses-elected-officials-bulk","title":"District Match lets mission-driven organizations match addresses to elected officials in bulk","body":"Azavea Product Specialist Patrick Han and Product Manager Stephanie Thome share how Cicero’s District Match app makes it easy for nonprofits to mobilize their constituents to contact their elected officials."},{"id":204,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/agilegovcon-2017","title":"AgileGovCon 2017","body":"Public service leaders wanting to learn more about agile project management and its specific applications to government can register (free) for AgileGovCon 2017."},{"id":205,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-needs-know-purchasing-software-service","title":"What government needs to know when purchasing software-as-a-service","body":"e.Republic published a best practices guide to procuring software-as-a-service, and the conclusion is a must-read for anyone in government responsible for technology purchases."},{"id":206,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/6-charts-help-entrepreneurs-investors-understand-business-opportunity-government","title":"6 charts to help entrepreneurs and investors understand the business opportunity in government","body":"e.Republic has published a series of graphs that provide an overview of the state and local government market, and it’s a great reference for investors and entrepreneurs trying to better understand the business potential."},{"id":207,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/starts-park-local-governments-lead-way-drone-advocacy-regulation","title":"It starts at the park: Local governments lead the way in drone advocacy and regulation","body":"Drone use is the next frontier and integration to the concept of a “Smart City,” a notion that describes how local governments are integrating multiple information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of things (IoT) solutions to manage a city's assets."},{"id":208,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/certifying-city-innovation","title":"Certifying city innovation","body":"Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Work Cities initiative announced a new certification program that rewards achievements and provides “a clear path to excellence.”"},{"id":209,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/advice-to-jared-kushner-and-the-new-white-house-office-of-american-innovation","title":"Advice to Jared Kushner and the new White House Office of American Innovation","body":"With the help of GSA and the brand power of USA, the opportunity to truly scale impact is endless."},{"id":210,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hope-change-tech","title":"Hope, change and tech","body":"There are moments in one’s life when you know everything has changed."},{"id":211,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-francisco-seeks-cio","title":"San Francisco seeks CIO","body":"San Francisco is looking for a chief information officer."},{"id":212,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/voterheads-wants-make-easier-follow-government-council-meetings","title":"Voterheads wants to make it easier for you to follow government council meetings","body":"Voterheads lets anyone keep track of any council meeting, down to the specific topic. CEO Karl McCollester shares how they’re making this possible."},{"id":213,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/presidential-innovation-fellows-made-permanent-bipartisan-talent-act","title":"Presidential Innovation Fellows made permanent through bipartisan TALENT Act","body":"As of 20 January, President Obama signed the TALENT Act of 2017 (H.R.39) into law as one of his last acts as President."},{"id":214,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/transforming-u-s-government-services-digital-world","title":"Transforming U.S. government services in a digital world","body":"18F has developed a framework for how it helps agencies with digital transformation efforts and has created a deck that offers a blueprint for others looking to do this on their own."},{"id":215,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/smarter-faster-better-government","title":"'Smarter Faster Better' government","body":"I finished reading Charles Duhigg’s latest book, \"Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business,\" and in it are two great government-related anecdotes around motivation and agile thinking."},{"id":216,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/dod-advisory-board-approves-innovation-recommendations","title":"DOD advisory board approves innovation recommendations","body":"The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Advisory Board approved 11 recommendations “aimed at keeping the Defense Department on the cutting edge in technology, culture, operations and processes.”"},{"id":217,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/e-republic-announces-top-100-government-technology-companies-2017","title":"e.Republic announces top 100 government technology companies for 2017","body":"Government Technology and e.Republic Labs announced the 2017 GovTech100, “a listing of the leading 100 companies focused on government as a customer, having developed an innovative or disruptive offering to improve or transform government, or having created new models for delivering services.”"},{"id":218,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/neighborly-advice-jase-wilson","title":"Neighborly inspiration from CEO Jase Wilson","body":"Neighborly CEO Jase Wilson is an inspiring entrepreneur working to change how public projects are funded."},{"id":219,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gsa-issues-software-service-request-information","title":"GSA issues software-as-a-service request for information","body":"The General Services Administration has issued a request for information related to the federal government's use of software-as-a-service."},{"id":220,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/event-reimagining-digital-reform-government-trump-era","title":"Event: Reimagining the Digital Reform of Government in the Trump Era","body":"Reinvent will host Code for America Founder Jen Pahlka and O’Reilly Media Founder Tim O’Reilly on January 19 in San Francisco in a discussion on how civic-minded technologists should approach the ongoing reinvention of government in the Trump era."},{"id":221,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/whats-different-govtech","title":"What’s different about GovTech?","body":"I’ve spent the last eight years building and selling products to governments. At the risk of oversimplifying what works in govtech, I think success comes from three factors."},{"id":222,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/power-digital-governments-around-globe","title":"The power of digital governments around the globe","body":"With the advent of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, smart sensors and the Internet of Things, the digital and physical worlds have become more integrated than ever."},{"id":223,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/book-talk-civic-hackers","title":"Book: 'How to Talk to Civic Hackers'","body":"Civic hacker icon Mark Headd has written a book to help government officials best engage with community technologists."},{"id":224,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-diplomacy-learned-state-department","title":"Hacking for Diplomacy: What we learned with the State Department","body":"By the end of the class our sponsors inside State had experienced a practical example of a new and powerful methodology which could help them better understand and deal with complicated international problems and apply technology where appropriate."},{"id":225,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/long-tail-political-mail","title":"The long tail of political mail","body":"Danielle Winterhalter, SpeakEasy co-founder and director of strategic partnerships, shares how they're addressing a fundamental aspect of lowering the barrier to entry, especially when it comes to political (snail) mail, which is still more relevant than you might think."},{"id":226,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/federal-government-progress-reform","title":"Federal government progress in IT reform","body":"The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a status report on federal government technology reform progress, and it's an insightful read more than anything on the the lack of synchronization between agencies and GAO."},{"id":227,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/passive-intelligence-government","title":"Passive intelligence for government","body":"Every government wants to use data to make better decisions."},{"id":228,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/transforming-digital-government","title":"Transforming digital government","body":"Earlier this year, 18F released a preliminary report on “what makes modern digital practices ‘stick’ within a government entity.”"},{"id":229,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-diplomacy-state-department-takes-notice","title":"Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department takes notice","body":"We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting."},{"id":230,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bringing-california-open-data-life","title":"Bringing California open data to life","body":"Okay, I admit it: Even as a champion of open data, I find that it’s often mundane to view data on a portal. Simple lists of datasets — and even the maps and charts you can create — don’t truly show the intrinsic value of data that’s been freed to benefit communities."},{"id":231,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nudging-residents-better-engagement","title":"Nudging residents to better engagement","body":"“Behavioral Insights for Cities” offers anecdotes into how governments can improve constituent engagement by implementing smarter messaging and design into print collateral, email, texts and online interactions."},{"id":232,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/obama-wired","title":"Obama 'Wired'","body":"President Obama served as guest editor for the November issue of Wired, and the entire print issue is worth investing in. Here are articles that might be of interest to those of you focused more on the civic and government technology fronts."},{"id":233,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/opengov-expands-open-source-open-data","title":"OpenGov expands to open source, open data","body":"Open Gov’s CEO Zac Bookman shares how OpenGov the company’s new open data solution will impact public administration – including how governments engage with citizens such as civic developers."},{"id":234,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/making-open-election-data-accessible-voters","title":"Making open election data more accessible to voters","body":"Having access to timely and comprehensive election data is fundamental to democracy."},{"id":235,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/getting-out-the-vote","title":"Getting out the vote","body":"Make sure you're registered to vote."},{"id":236,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/ekistic-ventures-launches-15m-fund-solve-critical-urban-problems","title":"Ekistic Ventures launches $15M fund to 'solve critical urban problems'","body":"Adding to the increased interest in investment opportunities around civic and government technology, a new venture fund, Ekistic Ventures, launched with the intent of “building a portfolio of companies that will solve critical urban problems.”"},{"id":237,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/driving-smart-city-innovation-open-sensor-data-part-5","title":"Driving smart city innovation with open sensor data (part 5)","body":"While there is much technology that can be sifted into must-have, nice-to-have and maybe-someday categories without a negative impact on smart city advancement, there are a few basic pieces of technology cities will need in order to extract value from the real-time data that has already begun to flow through smart cities."},{"id":238,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-technology-pitch","title":"The government technology pitch","body":"Crisis has a history of dictating government technology disruption. But innovators don’t wait for crises."},{"id":239,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bay-area-cities-team-startups-solve-civic-problems-scale-government-innovation","title":"Bay Area cities team with startups to solve civic problems, scale government innovation","body":"Bay Area cities San Francisco, Oakland, West Sacramento and San Leandro teamed with startups this year as part of the Startup in Residence program to “explore ways to use technology to make government more accountable, efficient and responsive.”"},{"id":240,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/ash-carter-wants-keep-dod-weird","title":"Ash Carter wants to keep DOD weird","body":"U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the DOD will open its third technology innovation “outpost” in Austin, expanding the reach of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental that serves as a “bridge between those in the U.S. military executing on some of our nation’s toughest security challenges and companies operating at the cutting edge of technology.”"},{"id":241,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/driving-smart-city-innovation-open-sensor-data-part-4","title":"Driving smart city innovation with open sensor data (part 4)","body":"While it is commonly acknowledged that cities today produce massive amounts of data, it is less often noted that much of the data referenced is not actually produced directly by city systems, but rather by cities’ ecosystems of partners in domains such as transportation, waste and water management and energy services."},{"id":242,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/delivering-on-digital","title":"'Delivering on Digital'","body":"I finished Bill Eggers latest book, \"Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government,\" and highly recommend to public sector technology practitioners, especially governments who don’t have the resources to contract with a high-end consulting firm to build out a holistic strategy on their own."},{"id":243,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gao-lean-analytics-government-accountability","title":"GAO to lean more on analytics for government accountability","body":"U.S. Government Accountability Office announced it will create a Center for Advanced Analytics to bring a more data-driven approach into its work."},{"id":244,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/disa-kicks-off-overhaul-federal-background-check-systems","title":"DISA kicks off overhaul of federal background checks","body":"The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a series of videos and request for information for the National Background Investigation System, created in the wake of security incidents that lead to data breaches of millions of federal government employees and contractors."},{"id":245,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/seeds-federal-government-software-service-digital-platform","title":"The seeds of a federal government software-as-as-service digital platform?","body":"With the release of a new identity management platform, 18F is slowly culling together all the requisite pieces for an easy-to-deploy, cloud-based federal government web management platform."},{"id":246,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/driving-smart-city-innovation-open-sensor-data-part-3","title":"Driving smart city innovation with open sensor data (part 3)","body":"An odd thing happened in Dehradun, the capital city of the northern state of Uttarakhand, when the city received news that it would receive funding as one of 100 cities chosen to participate India’s $15 billion Smart Cities Mission. Rather than celebrating making the coveted list, the city instead found itself embroiled in a dispute that saw local activists take to the woods to hug trees in protest against Dehradun’s smart city proposal."},{"id":247,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/transforming-government-without-ego","title":"Transforming government without ego","body":"Many of us are attracted to practices that move us towards that place of intense joy that comes from being present. In my field, technology, both Free and Open Source development and agile practices have offered me, and many others, a path towards a similar joy."},{"id":248,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/driving-smart-city-innovation-open-sensor-data-part-2","title":"Driving smart city innovation with open sensor data (part 2)","body":"You can accomplish many smart city goals in a timely and inexpensive manner by exploring options for leveraging an existing infrastructure of low-tech, collaborative information and communication technologies like mobile phones, social media, online platforms and low-cost sensor kits, before making hefty new technology investments."},{"id":249,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-source-matters-government-civic-tech-support","title":"Why open source matters for government and civic tech (and how to support it)","body":"The Open Knowledge Foundation and University of Cambridge recently published a must-read and circulate widely report on why open source software matters for government and civic tech and how to support it."},{"id":250,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/driving-smart-city-innovation-open-sensor-data","title":"Driving smart city innovation with open sensor data","body":"For many years, open access to data has been viewed as an important means of improving government transparency and accountability and deepening citizen engagement, and today hundreds of local and national governments worldwide are using open data portals to publish data and documents that they produce over the course of their operations."},{"id":251,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/white-house-makes-open-source-official-will-launch-code-gov-share-u-s-government-software","title":"White House makes open source official, will launch Code.gov to share U.S. government software","body":"The White House released an official Federal Source Code policy that green lights the use and free distribution of software code developed for and by the U.S. Government."},{"id":252,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-diplomacy-solving-foreign-policy-challenges-lean-launchpad","title":"Hacking for Diplomacy – Solving foreign policy challenges with the Lean LaunchPad","body":"Join a select cross-disciplinary class that takes real problems from the U.S. State Department and asks students to use Lean Methods to test their understanding of the problem and deliver rapid-fire innovative solutions to pressing diplomacy, development and foreign policy challenges."},{"id":253,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-civic-hacking","title":"Hack civic hacking","body":"For those of you who identify as civic hackers and are unaffiliated with political, governmental or corporate constraints, you have the good fortune of not needing to adhere to bureaucratic, organizational rules that stunt open, immediate impact and innovation."},{"id":254,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pokemon-government","title":"Pokémon Go(vernment)","body":"For those focused on civic technology, Pokémon Go shatters the notion that an application whose brand and sole objective is civic-focused may never be as powerful and well-used as one tied into one with a consumer focus."},{"id":255,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/phaedra-chrousos-retrospects-federal-government-digital-service","title":"Phaedra Chrousos retrospects federal government digital service","body":"After two years of helping lay a new foundation for how the federal government buys, builds and delivers government digital services, Technology Transformation Service Commissioner Phaedra Chrousos announced she is stepping down. I asked Chrousos to share some parting thoughts."},{"id":256,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-francisco-seeks-chief-digital-officer","title":"San Francisco seeks chief digital services officer to lead online strategy, execution","body":"San Francisco announced the creation of a new internal digital agency and is looking for a chief digital services officer to lead its efforts."},{"id":257,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-lobbyists-play-key-role-blocking-federal-technology-innovation","title":"Government IT lobbyists play key role in blocking federal technology innovation","body":"Government Technology's Jason Shueh finally brings to light the core impetus surrounding backlash against 18F efforts to fix federal government technology development and procurement practices."},{"id":258,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/y-combinator-wants-make-cities-better","title":"Y Combinator wants to make cities better","body":"Y Combinator is looking for a team of people to lead research on how to make cities better, and will use the findings to help determine how to invest in future ventures."},{"id":259,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/icitizen-wants-stay-informed-engaged-beyond-voting-booth","title":"icitizen wants you to stay informed, engaged beyond the voting booth","body":"icitizen re-launched in January 2016 with a broader goal, to change how we communicate on civic issues, connect with our communities and \"promote meaningful change.\" icitizen's Jacel Egan shares the vision for its future."},{"id":260,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civic-technology-infographic","title":"Civic technology (infographic)","body":"We created an infographic based on the recent “Engines of Change” report from Omidyar Network and Purpose that defined and outlined key components of what constitutes “civic technology.”"},{"id":261,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/clinton-president-shell-expand-usds-federal-open-source-open-data-efforts","title":"If Clinton is president, she'll expand USDS, federal open source and open data efforts","body":"Hillary Clinton released her technology and innovation agenda that promises to expand the U.S. Digital Service and agency-specific digital teams, encourage the continued adoption of open source and open data and bring a more user-friendly approach to federal government operations."},{"id":262,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/defining-civic-tech","title":"Defining civic tech","body":"Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking about Omidyar Network’s recent report, “Engines of Change,” and the need to better label and define the movement happening around civics and government with respect to technology."},{"id":263,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/faa-seeks-chief-data-officer","title":"FAA seeks chief data officer","body":"The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for a chief data officer. Salary is $124,900 to $175,700. Application deadline is July 12."},{"id":264,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/city-enthusiasts-innovators-register-bridge-sf","title":"City enthusiasts, innovators: Register for BRIDGE SF","body":"San Francisco Bay Area city enthusiasts and innovators can now register for BRIDGE SF, “a collaboration of public, private, non-profit, and academic institutions coming together to challenge assumptions, develop skills, share best practices, and build partnerships that drive innovation for a better tomorrow.”"},{"id":265,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gao-needs-better-digital-strategy-heres-18f-usds-can-help","title":"GAO needs a better digital strategy. Here's how 18F and USDS can help.","body":"The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on the fiscal and administrative state of 18F and the U.S. Digital Service, both established to make federal government websites work better for users, and it appears the agency could use some help from the two on its own site, gao.gov."},{"id":266,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/omidyar","title":"Omidyar releases civic tech report, specific calls to action","body":"Omidyar Network has released “Engines of Change,” a report on the state of civic technology in the context of 21st century social movements that includes specific calls to action for organizations, governments, cities, practitioners, startups and investors that can help grow and sustain its impact."},{"id":267,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/now-reading-delivering-digital","title":"Now reading: 'Delivering on Digital'","body":"I’m reading Bill Eggers’ new book, \"Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government,\" and wanted to share that it’s now available for purchase."},{"id":268,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/agile-government-product-owner","title":"New online course: Agile for the government product owner","body":"Agile Government Leadership has launched a new online course focused on the government product owner."},{"id":269,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/cloud-gov-gets-fedramp-ready","title":"Cloud.gov is FedRAMP Ready, moves feds closer to internally deploying tech projects faster","body":"In a Hacker News post, the cloud.gov team shares that the platform has attained FedRAMP Ready status, moving it closer to operating as a full-service cloud provider for federal technology projects."},{"id":270,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/measuring-18fs-value","title":"Measuring 18F's value","body":"It’s very easy, especially in a political environment, and especially for a high-profile organization like 18F, to be critical of its operations. There are a long list of items I’d like to see GAO look into and, right now, 18F isn’t one of them."},{"id":271,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-to-be-a-start-up-city","title":"How to be a 'Start-Up City'","body":"undefined"},{"id":272,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/regulatory-hacking","title":"Regulatory hacking","body":"undefined"},{"id":273,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-defense-week-7","title":"Hacking for Defense (Week 7)","body":"We just held our seventh week of the Hacking for Defense class. Now with over 750 interviews of beneficiaries (users, program managers, stakeholders, etc.) almost all the teams are beginning to pivot from their original understanding of their sponsor’s problem and their hypotheses about how to solve them."},{"id":274,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/patronus-solves-john-olivers-911-issue","title":"Patronus solves John Oliver's 911 issue","body":"Last Week Tonight’s feature segment focused on antiquated 911 technology, particularly its inability to leverage mobile geolocation and effectively pinpoint a caller’s whereabouts from his or her cellphone."},{"id":275,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/500-startups-opens-doors-better-government-technology","title":"500 Startups opens its doors to (better) government technology","body":"The Department of Better Technology was one of 42 companies accepted into the latest round of the highly-regarded 500 Startups accelerator program, a “4-month curriculum of customer acquisition coaching, fundraising training, and access to 500’s massive ecosystem.”"},{"id":276,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/superpublic-looks-supercharge-municipal-government-innovation","title":"Superpublic wants to supercharge municipal government innovation","body":"The 5,000 sq. ft. lab Superpublic unites under the same roof for the first time innovation teams from the private industry, federal, state and city government agencies and from universities."},{"id":277,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-vendor-open-organization","title":"Government vendor as an 'open organization'","body":"Earlier, I wrote about the book “Open Organization” and, via a post originally published on ProudCity, wanted to share my extended thoughts on how this applies to government vendors in the context of the work I’m doing there."},{"id":278,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-open-organization","title":"Government as ‘The Open Organization’","body":"For those who want to learn how government can become more engaged institutionally, both internally and externally, “The Open Organization” is the blueprint."},{"id":279,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-originals","title":"Government 'Originals'","body":"Grant cites two government originals, Central Intelligence Agency analyst Carmen Medina and U.S. Navy lieutenant Josh Steinman, who both worked to change traditional thinking within two large bureaucracies."},{"id":280,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/agile-government","title":"Free webinar: 'Agile for the Government Project Manager'","body":"undefined"},{"id":281,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/white-house-extends-open-source-policy-feedback-period","title":"Substantive feedback on White House open source policy as comment period extended","body":"The White House extended the Federal Source Code Policy comment period to April 18 and, to date, there there are 147 comments with much of the discussion centered around licensing and security."},{"id":282,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-seeks-chief-data-officer","title":"California seeks chief data officer","body":"undefined"},{"id":283,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-software-service","title":"Government (software) as a service","body":"Given the ubiquity of both government and software-as-a-service in our lives, it’s only natural they are starting to work more closely with one another."},{"id":284,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-digital-city-pilot-program","title":"New digital city pilot program","body":"Cities receive one year of free ProudCity services, and we work directly with them to assess their current digital systems, how they can be optimized, and then help them quickly onboard to the platform."},{"id":285,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/kickstarter-campaign-city-design-method-cards","title":"Kickstarter campaign for city design method cards","body":"GreaterPlaces is holding a fundraiser for city design method cards and a mobile app that “brings all aspects of city design together in one resource designed for everyone.”"},{"id":286,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/top-california-cio-roles-soon-open","title":"California seeks CIOs","body":"Of significant importance is the state CIO opening, and its convergence with evolving talk of establishing a government digital service team, much like what has been done in the United Kingdom and here in the United States with the U.S. Digital Service and 18F."},{"id":287,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/u-s-government-releases-federal-open-source-policy","title":"U.S. government releases federal open source policy","body":"undefined"},{"id":288,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govready-wins-1-1m-dhs-contract-make-security-open","title":"GovReady wins $1.1M DHS contract to make security more open","body":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it has awarded startup GovReady a $1.1M certification and accreditation contract that will be critical to bringing an open source approach to security."},{"id":289,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/20688","title":"Feds want to build better digital 'front doors' to government","body":"Borrowing from Code for America’s Digital Front Door project, the federal government is riffing on the concept so that it can better assist those seeking government services."},{"id":290,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-mission-model-canvas-an-adapted-business-model-canvas-for-mission-driven-organizations","title":"The Mission Model Canvas – An adapted business model for mission-driven organizations","body":"As we prepared for the new Hacking for Defense class at Stanford, we had to stop and ask ourselves: How do we use the Business Model Canvas if the primary goal is not to earn money, but to fulfill a mission?"},{"id":291,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/insights-federal-digital-design-leaders","title":"Insights from federal digital design leaders","body":"Ethan Marcotte and Karen McGrane have been on a roll lately featuring federal government design leaders on their Responsive Web Design Podcast."},{"id":292,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/beta-government","title":"Beta government","body":"The beta period has eliminated the fear associated with the a big launch. Knowing that beta is the beginning of a collaborative process eases that fear and creates a feedback culture that is much-needed in digital government innovation."},{"id":293,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-for-defense-connecting-silicon-valley-innovation-culture-and-mindset-to-the-department-of-defense-and-the-intelligence-community","title":"Hacking for defense: Connecting Silicon Valley innovation culture and mindset to the defense and intelligence communities","body":"undefined"},{"id":294,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/say-hello-proudcity","title":"Say hello to ProudCity","body":"Today, I’m excited to announce a new civic startup, ProudCity, founded by me and three others, committed to making it easier for cities to stand up and manage municipal digital services."},{"id":295,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/4-ways-federal-government-can-improve-plainlanguage-gov","title":"4 ways the federal government can improve plainlanguage.gov","body":"Managed by the Federal Aviation Administration, plainlanguage.gov, the federal government website tasked with helping agencies write better for those it serves needs renewed attention. While momentum on better government digital services is in full-swing, it’s time to re-invent how plain language is presented."},{"id":296,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/build-lean-startup-inside-government","title":"How to build a lean startup inside government","body":"Leaders from 18F and the White House Presidential Innovation Fellowship program presented at the 2015 Lean Startup Conference on “Lean Methodologies When the Organization is the Product,” and this is the best video you’ll watch on getting a holistic approach to building a lean startup inside government."},{"id":297,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-you-can-follow-and-discuss-government-technology-news-using-hashtaggov","title":"How you can follow and discuss government technology news using HashtagGov","body":"I’ve been using Slack for a while now to follow government and civic technology news and, while it’s mostly a tool for team communications, the integrations features make it a great way to manage and digest a lot of information."},{"id":298,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/top-3-trends-modern-constituent-services","title":"Top 3 trends in modern constituent services","body":"The end of the year is a great time to look back and reflect. All aspects of our digital society change at a faster pace every year and how local governments serve their municipalities is no exception. Let’s take a look at three major trends in modern constituent services."},{"id":299,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/thank-you","title":"Thank you","body":"Every day I get to engage with entrepreneurs, public sector innovators and journalists on re-imagining and re-energizing how government works, what it means to be \"civic,\" and this year has been an incredible one for many friends and colleagues."},{"id":300,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/20461","title":"Funding government technology","body":"I’m always inspired talking and working with entrepreneurs trying to solve big civic problems, especially those who realize much of the challenge lies within modernizing and empowering internal government operations, so it was great to finally meet with Govtech Fund Founder and Managing Partner Ron Bouganim this week."},{"id":301,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/benchmarking-for-better-government","title":"Benchmarking for better government","body":"Citizens simply glaze over when they are confronted by a sea of large numbers with many zeros. These figures need to be relatable to the person reading the data. Otherwise, open data is just more data that dies on the vine."},{"id":302,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/20455","title":"Government and the 'empowered product owner'","body":"The 18F Delivery team released a “Partnership Playbook” that aims to help federal agencies understand what to expect when working with 18F, and the gem within is play number two, “We work with an empowered product owner.”"},{"id":303,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/9-reasons-why-vets-gov-is-the-future-of-federal-government-websites","title":"9 reasons why Vets.gov is the future of federal government websites","body":"The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a beta version of Vets.gov, and it’s the future of federal government digital development."},{"id":304,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/why-local-government-must-go-digital","title":"Why local government must go digital","body":"The Welsh Government released a report of its findings on how local government in Wales can better leverage digital technologies and realize significant savings while still providing quality, scalable citizen services."},{"id":305,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-commission-wants-the-state-to-design-a-better-government","title":"California commission wants the state to design a better government","body":"A California bipartisan oversight committee, the Little Hoover Commission, has issued recommendations on how the state can bring a more customer-centric government to residents and visitors."},{"id":306,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/romulus-wants-to-make-constituent-relationship-management-more-delightful","title":"Romulus wants to make constituent relationship management more delightful","body":"Seneca Systems CEO Chris Maddox shares the inspiration behind the new constituent relationship management system, Romulus."},{"id":307,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/no-ugly-old-it","title":"'No ugly, old IT.'","body":"\"No ugly, old IT\" jumped out at me when I first reviewed DataSF's strategic plan, \"Data in San Francisco: Meeting supply, spurring demand,\" and it still sticks, mostly because someone inside government was so bold as to make this a priority and openly communicate it and also because this should be a mantra for everyone building civic technology."},{"id":308,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/why-cloud-gov-is-a-big-deal","title":"Why Cloud.gov is a big deal","body":"undefined"},{"id":309,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/fcc-launches-beta-fcc-gov","title":"FCC launches beta FCC.gov","body":"undefined"},{"id":310,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/oakland-seeks-chief-information-officer","title":"Oakland seeks chief information officer","body":"undefined"},{"id":311,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/elon-musk-as-government-innovator","title":"Elon Musk as government innovator","body":"After reading Ashlee Vance's new Elon Musk biography, I find myself wondering whether we should really worry about bad government websites, and instead chalk them up as inspiration for those who will change the world."},{"id":312,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/participation-and-the-cult-of-catalogs","title":"Participation and the cult of catalogs","body":"undefined"},{"id":313,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/usds-publishes-design-standards-for-federal-government-websites","title":"USDS publishes design standards for federal government websites","body":"The U.S. Digital Service has soft-launched new U.S. Web Design Standards to “create consistency and beautiful user experiences across U.S. federal government websites.”"},{"id":314,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/thank-you-jake","title":"Thank you, Jake","body":"There have been countless, beautiful anecdotes on Jake’s compassion, humility and contributions, and there’s nothing I can add that would do justice to honor the influence he’s had on me other than to say, Jake, I miss you so much, and you will be with me always as I try to live up to the standards you set for those of us still here."},{"id":315,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/retrospecting-agile-government","title":"Retrospecting agile government","body":"Last week, I was in New Orleans for the CivicActions corporate retreat, and presented to the team on the work done around Agile Government Leadership, and I wanted to share some of this here because, while there’s still much to do around changing government project management practices, we’ve accomplished a great deal over the past 18 months since its inception."},{"id":316,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/what-should-governments-require-for-their-open-data-portals","title":"What should governments require for their open data portals?","body":"My fundamental suggestion is that government-run open data platforms be fully open source. There are a number of technical and procurement reasons for this, which I will address in the future, but I believe strongly that if the platform you’re hosting data on doesn’t adhere to the same licensing standards you hold for your data, you’re only doing open data half right."},{"id":317,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/take-the-2015-agile-government-survey","title":"Take the 2015 Agile Government Survey","body":"Agile Government Leadership wants to learn more about the state of agile project management in government, its challenges and successes, and how AGL can better support the community."},{"id":318,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-launches-innovation-contests-to-improve-government-operations","title":"California launches innovation contests to improve government operations","body":"The state of California has launched a $25K Find a New Way innovation contest that gives residents a chance \"to identify areas of improvement within the state government and share their untapped expertise to create solutions.\""},{"id":319,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/7-books-for-better-digital-government","title":"7 books for better digital government","body":"Continuing on my book cleaning spree, I wanted to highlight a few web product design and development books I'm getting rid of that are helpful for anyone focused on providing government digital services."},{"id":320,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/white-house-moves-to-a-more-integrated-mobile-friendly-blog","title":"White House moves to a more integrated, mobile-friendly blog","body":"undefined"},{"id":321,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/keep-plugging-away","title":"Keep plugging away","body":"BallotPath founder Jim Cupples sent me a follow-up note, and it hits home two important points."},{"id":322,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bloomberg-commits-42-million-to-scale-government-performance-management-open-data","title":"Bloomberg commits $42 million to scale government performance management, open data","body":"As part of a new What Works Cities initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $42 million effort to help 100 U.S. cities \"elevate and accelerate\" their \"use of data and evidence to engage citizens, make government more effective, and improve people’s lives.\""},{"id":323,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/get-10-off-code-for-america-summit-registration-with-govfresh-discount-code","title":"Get 10% off Code for America Summit registration with GovFresh discount code","body":"This year's Code for America Summit is September 30 to October 2 in Oakland, California, and friends of GovFresh get a 10 percent discount."},{"id":324,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-can-we-make-govfresh-better","title":"How can we make GovFresh better?","body":"I've created a GitHub repo to maintain feedback, comments and ideas anyone has related to GovFresh."},{"id":325,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/cio-council-releases-open-data-prioritization-toolkit","title":"Federal CIO Council releases open data prioritization toolkit","body":"The federal CIO Council’s Innovation Committee has published an open data prioritization workbook and toolkit, including a data inventory tracker and prioritization matrix, to help agencies best evaluate and prioritize data for release to the public."},{"id":326,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/submit-your-question-suggestions-for-state-of-agile-government-survey","title":"Submit your question suggestions for 'State of Agile Government' survey","body":"Agile Government Leadership is developing a \"State of Agile Government\" survey and is looking for feedback on best questions to ask."},{"id":327,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/tennessees-new-logo","title":"Tennessee's new logo","body":"There is a lot of shortsighted chatter around the state of Tennessee's new branding efforts and, while I don't have a strong opinion on the logo aesthetics, which has received criticism for its $46,000 price tag, it's important to commend the holistic approach to uniformity and why this will benefit residents (and taxpayers) in the future."},{"id":328,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-francisco-publishes-year-two-plan-continues-to-lead-on-open-data","title":"San Francisco publishes year two plan, continues to lead on open data","body":"San Francisco’s DataSF team continues to quietly and effectively demonstrate what an efficient, holistic and personable approach to open data looks like with the announcement of its year two plan and retrospective of the past year."},{"id":329,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/5-a16z-podcast-episodes-for-government","title":"5 a16z podcast episodes for government","body":"I recently discovered Silicon Valley venture capital firm a16z's podcast series, and it's a sign of the times that a VC is leveraging media in a way that not just promotes their portfolio companies, but also addresses the government and regulatory affairs issues Silicon Valley, startups and technology companies increasingly face."},{"id":330,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/feds-publish-guide-to-setting-up-an-open-source-project","title":"Feds publish guide to setting up an open source project","body":"18F has published a guide that helps federal government workers standardize GitHub use and better leverage the social coding platform when setting up open source projects."},{"id":331,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/usptos-tech-strategy-is-a-blueprint-for-all-government-it","title":"USPTO's tech strategy is a blueprint for all government IT","body":"I just discovered the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office strategic IT plan, which should serve as a blueprint for all government agency technology efforts."},{"id":332,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govdelivery-expands-government-communications-offering-with-textizen-acquisition","title":"GovDelivery expands government communications offering with Textizen acquisition","body":"Government communications platform GovDelivery announced today it has acquired the civic engagement text messaging service Textizen to \"promote citizen action, engagement, and behavior change.\""},{"id":333,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/12-books-for-better-government","title":"12 books for better government","body":"I’m doing some spring cleaning and parting ways with a number of my beloved government-focused books. Before I do, I wanted to share the ones I’m letting go of that I highly recommend to those involved in re-thinking the way government works, and its changing role given the way the world is evolving."},{"id":334,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/cities-and-startups","title":"Cities and startups","body":"undefined"},{"id":335,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-we-changed-the-way-the-u-s-government-commercializes-science","title":"How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science","body":"Steve Blank interviews Errol Arkilic, former lead program director for the National Science Foundation I-Corps, which uses his Lean LaunchPad curriculum to teach scientists and engineers how to take their technology out of the lab and into the marketplace."},{"id":336,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/5-principles-of-government-software-development","title":"5 principles of government software development","body":"undefined"},{"id":337,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-changing-relationship-between-tech-and-government","title":"The changing relationship between tech and government","body":"undefined"},{"id":338,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-web-numbers-behind-nasas-pluto-flyby","title":"The web numbers behind NASA's Pluto flyby","body":"undefined"},{"id":339,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gauging-civic-wellbeing","title":"Gauging civic wellbeing","body":"undefined"},{"id":340,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/when-government-doles-out-delight","title":"When government doles out delight","body":"Fast Company writer Diana Budds has an excellent background story on Tomorrow Partners' involvement in helping San Francisco re-imagine its small business portal."},{"id":341,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/rsvp-civicmeet-for-bay-area-civic-entrepreneurs","title":"RSVP: CivicMeet for Bay Area civic entrepreneurs","body":"undefined"},{"id":342,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/voter-wants-to-be-tinder-for-politics","title":"Voter wants to be Tinder for politics","body":"Voter co-founder Hunter Scarborough shares the vision and mission behind his new venture."},{"id":343,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-future-of-government-technology-procurement","title":"The future of government technology procurement","body":"The General Services Administration and 18F recently held an open request for quotation related to a new blanket purchase agreement for a federal marketplace for agile delivery services. The transparency throughout the entire process was refreshing and provides a window into the future of procurement as well as what FedBizOpps could and should be."},{"id":344,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/subscribe-to-the-govfresh-newsletter","title":"Subscribe to the GovFresh newsletter","body":"A few weeks ago, we added an email subscription option, and the sign-up rate has been incredible."},{"id":345,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/lets-give-18f-some-space","title":"Let's give 18F some space","body":"The questions and criticisms posed in MeriTalk CEO Steve O'Keeffe's\"WT18F?\" blog post perfectly highlights the staid sentiments of yesterday's approach to government technology -- one that is comfortable with the status quo, unwilling to embrace change and quick to critique a much-needed experiment before it can properly get off the ground."},{"id":346,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-st-louis-is-using-data-and-technology-to-improve-the-lives-of-low-income-residents","title":"How St. Louis is using data and technology to improve the lives of low-income residents","body":"undefined"},{"id":347,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-boston-is-using-data-and-technology-to-improve-the-lives-of-low-income-residents","title":"How Boston is using data and technology to improve the lives of low-income residents","body":"undefined"},{"id":348,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/seeclickfix-raises-1-4-million-to-grow-its-311-platform","title":"SeeClickFix raises $1.4 million to grow its 311 platform","body":"undefined"},{"id":349,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/18f-starts-building-pattern-library-for-federal-government-websites","title":"18F starts building pattern library for federal government websites","body":"18F has started building a much-needed federal government-wide pattern library."},{"id":350,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/submit-your-nominations-for-the-code-for-america-technology-awards","title":"Submit your applications for the Code for America Technology Awards","body":"undefined"},{"id":351,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gov-uk-refreshes-digital-services-strategy-goals","title":"GOV.UK refreshes digital services strategy, goals","body":"In a series of blog posts, the UK Government Digital Service team has announced a new post-migration roadmap that includes updates to its go-forward strategy, team structure and key goals for 2015-2016."},{"id":352,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/boston-st-louis-civic-tech-teams-get-200000-to-improve-the-lives-of-low-income-people","title":"Boston, St. Louis civic tech teams get $200,000 to improve the lives of low-income people","body":"The Boston team will focus on connecting youth to summer jobs and the St. Louis team on making it easier to navigate the criminal justice system."},{"id":353,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/white-house-joins-cities-startup-day-initiative-help-businesses-launch-faster","title":"White House joins with 11 cities for 'Startup in a Day' initiative to help businesses launch faster","body":"In an effort to help entrepreneurs get businesses legally established without the red tape hassle, the White House, Small Business Administration and National League of Cities are rallying cities to provide simpler online tools and processes for those applying for licenses and permits."},{"id":354,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/google-is-feeling-lucky-about-civic-technology","title":"Google is feeling lucky about civic technology","body":"Google has launched Sidewalk Labs, an “urban innovation company devoted to improving city life for residents, businesses and city governments, in particular by developing and incubating civic technologies.”"},{"id":355,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/foreignassistance-gov-beta-government-can-use-power-open-data","title":"ForeignAssistance.gov beta shows how government can use the power of open data","body":"The new beta of U.S. Department of State’s ForeignAssistance.gov shows how government can leverage the power of data and visualizations to communicate the story behind its mission deliverables."},{"id":356,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-source-based-paas-provider-blackmesh-gets-fedramp-green-light","title":"Open source-based PaaS provider BlackMesh gets FedRAMP green light","body":"The company’s authority to operate, granted in May, was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy."},{"id":357,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-technology-market-snapshot","title":"Government technology market snapshot","body":"Dustin Haisler, eRepublic chief innovation officer, has published a “GovTech Market Snapshot” highlighting the government technology market, including key companies (startups and established vendors), venture capital firms and analytical data on market size."},{"id":358,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/building-an-internal-digital-government-champions-network","title":"Building an internal digital government champions network","body":"Jenny Cearns from GOV.UK’s Department of Health has a great post on cultivating a community of digital champions within government that mirrors what I know some chief data officers are doing around creating an internal network of data coordinators."},{"id":359,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gartner-says-open-data-analytics-online-citizen-ids-are-the-future-of-government-technology","title":"Gartner says open data, analytics, online citizen IDs are the future of government technology","body":"undefined"},{"id":360,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/doingdone-the-beauty-of-gov-uks-what-were-working-on-updates","title":"Doing/done: The beauty of GOV.UK's 'What we're working on' 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government re-branding to modernize away from the antiquated look of the traditional seal, mostly because I believe it can play a huge role in citizen sentiment and how employees see themselves and their roles as public servants."},{"id":402,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gsa-takes-big-step-towards-baking-agile-federal-procurement","title":"GSA takes a big step towards baking agile into federal procurement","body":"The U.S. General Services Administration is working to make it easier for agencies to procure agile development services via a government-wide blanket purchase agreement, which could be finalized as early as the end of this year."},{"id":403,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gao-state-local-governments-cut-expenditures-18-percent","title":"GAO: State, local governments should cut expenditures by 18 percent","body":"The U.S. Government Accountability Office released its 2014 state and local fiscal outlook model that indicates state and local government need to cut 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I wanted to make sure that when this new and extremely important individual assumes their role, they have my latest thoughts on how to make the Department of Commerce developer portal the best it possibly can be, because this will be the driving force behind the rapidly expanding API driven economy."},{"id":440,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/e-republic-expands-model-venture-capitalism-funds-first-startup","title":"e.Republic expands model to venture capitalism, funds first startup","body":"Government media and events company e.Republic is expanding its business operations to include funding civic-focused startups, in hopes of leveraging its Rolodex of government officials to help serve as a channel for sales and marketing to those ventures it supports."},{"id":441,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/dan-morgan-starts-first-day-u-s-dots-first-chief-data-officer","title":"Dan Morgan starts first day as first U.S. DOT chief data officer","body":"What has been known for weeks and already publicly celebrated by open data insiders was today formally acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Transportation in a Twitter retweet: Dan Morgan is the agency's new chief data officer."},{"id":442,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/two-sf-innovation-fellowship-programs-now-accepting-applications","title":"Two SF civic innovation programs now accepting fellowship applications","body":"The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation and Fuse Corps are now accepting fellowship applications for a total of five fellowship opportunities."},{"id":443,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-govfresh-logo","title":"New GovFresh logo","body":"Just an update that we've made slight modifications to the GovFresh logo."},{"id":444,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/screendoor-dobt-makes-simple-web-forms-key-better-government","title":"With Screendoor, DOBT makes simple web forms key to better government","body":"After Adam Becker and Clay Johnson completed their stints as White House Presidential Innovation Fellows working together on Project RFP-EZ, they were inspired to scale IT simplicity so that governments everywhere would no longer have to deal with traditional mediocre software solutions most legacy vendors provide."},{"id":445,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-diego-seeks-chief-data-officer","title":"San Diego seeks chief data officer","body":"If you like open data and great weather, the city of San Diego is looking for a performance and analytics chief data officer."},{"id":446,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/seven-reasons-apply-federal-government-innovation-fellowship","title":"Seven reasons why you should apply for this federal government innovation fellowship","body":"If you’re interested in working for the federal government with an agency that doesn’t have the institutional legacy of entrenched bureaucracy and truly gets design and open source innovation, and has a direct impact on American consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has just the opportunity for you."},{"id":447,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/oakland-vendor-api-requirement-big-step-municipal-open-government","title":"Oakland vendor API requirement a big step for municipal open government","body":"To get an idea of how badly Oakland needs to upgrade its digital infrastructure, you just need to read this one line from Tuesday's city council staff report."},{"id":448,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/introducing-govpress","title":"Introducing GovPress","body":"After several years of talking about and conceptualizing, and months of development, I'm proud to formally (and finally) release GovPress, a simple, elegant WordPress theme for government."},{"id":449,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-open-data","title":"SF reboots open data efforts","body":"It took a while for San Francisco to get a serious open data effort off the ground, but now that new chief data officer Joy Bonaguro has had some time to take lay of the land, she's ready to roll."},{"id":450,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/dont-sell-products-tell-stories","title":"Don’t sell products, tell stories","body":"While I was in Tampa for another infamously humid summer, my Co-founder, Tony DeSisto, was spending six weeks in beautiful Rhode Island visiting family. 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This was shortly before he joined O'Reilly Media as its Washington correspondent covering the open government/Gov 2.0 beat."},{"id":553,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/visualize-this-a-weeks-worth-of-nyc-subway-entries-and-exits","title":"Visualize this: A week's worth of NYC subway entries and exits","body":"This animation visualizes one week's worth of turnstile data for the New York City Subway."},{"id":554,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/revelstone","title":"Revelstone shares lesson learned from the civic startup trenches","body":"undefined"},{"id":555,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/publicstuff","title":"PublicStuff builds a civic network that connects government and citizens","body":"PublicStuff helps local governments turn service requests and inquiries into tangible community improvements by connecting people directly to their city representatives from their laptop, mobile phone or tablet."},{"id":556,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-data-applications-vital-for-san-franciscos-bike-share","title":"Open data vital for San Francisco’s Bike Share","body":"Finally, a bike-sharing program is coming to San Francisco!"},{"id":557,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-governments-double-standard","title":"Open government's double standard","body":"Despite open government calls for performance metrics and financial transparency in government, you'd be hard-pressed to find any of this for the movement behind it."},{"id":558,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-francisco-makes-open-data-city-policy","title":"San Francisco makes open data city policy","body":"Today, open data and its power to transform a city and a nation by engaging tech savvy citizens will be on display at San Francisco City Hall. And just as importantly, companies that have been successful because of forward thinking open data policies will testify to our elected leaders about its importance."},{"id":559,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/walkonomics-wants-to-crowdsource-street-friendliness","title":"Big feet: Walkonomics wants to crowdsource the friendliness of the world's streets","body":"Walkonomics mobile app rates and maps the pedestrian-friendliness of every street in San Francisco, Manhattan and England."},{"id":560,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/first-time-reading-nytimes-print-edition-in-forever-the-mayors-geek-squad-page-22","title":"First time reading @nytimes print edition in forever. 'The Mayor's Geek Squad' (page 22)","body":"undefined"},{"id":561,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/15900","title":"Please take this open data survey","body":"Steve Reitano is conducting an open data research project as part of his academic work at Royal Roads University in Canada."},{"id":562,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/freshwrap-citizenville-eu-japan-data-portals-nyc-bigapps-is-back","title":"FreshWrap: Citizenville, EU and Japan data portals, NYC BigApps","body":"undefined"},{"id":563,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/help-crowdfund-this-open-source-city-guide-book","title":"Help crowdfund this open source city book","body":"Jason Hibbetts is a great guy and a true leader in the open government community, and he is asking for your support in helping fund the first 500 copies of his upcoming book, “The Foundation for an Open Source City.”"},{"id":564,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/is-san-francisco-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-open-data-bay","title":"Is San Francisco sittin' on the dock of the open data bay?","body":"In October 2012, in the form of proposed legislation, San Francisco announced it would appoint a chief data officer to “be responsible for sharing City data with the public, facilitating the sharing of information between City departments, and analyzing how data sets can be used to improve city decision making.”"},{"id":565,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/big-shout-to-everyone-who-participated-on-codeacross-today","title":"Big shout to everyone who participated on #codeacross today!","body":"undefined"},{"id":566,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/freshwrap-code-corps-open-data-census-philly-property-calculator-hawaii-data-bills","title":"FreshWrap: Code Corps, open data census, Philly property calculator, Hawaii data bills","body":"Weekly wrap-up of civic news."},{"id":567,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/billtrack50-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-search-engage-with-legislation","title":"BillTrack50 wants to make it easier to search, engage with legislation","body":"undefined"},{"id":568,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/park-it-or-ticket","title":"Park.IT or ticket","body":"Park.it creates happy drivers driving in cities like San Francisco, by helping them avoid parking tickets or tow away charges along with parking choices at their fingertips."},{"id":569,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/oakland-pulls-ahead-in-the-bay-bridge-open-government-series","title":"Oakland pulls ahead of SF in the Bay Bridge Open Government Series","body":"It hasn't garnered the accolades San Francisco historically has, but it appears Oakland is starting to pull ahead in the Bay Bridge Open Government Series."},{"id":570,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/freshwrap-advice-to-civic-hackers-open-data-field-guide-paint-your-city","title":"FreshWrap: Advice to civic hackers, open data field guide, paint your city","body":"Weekly wrap-up of civic news."},{"id":571,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/visualize-this-32000-dc-bikeshare-trips-video","title":"Visualize this: 32,000 DC Bikeshare Trips (VIDEO)","body":"undefined"},{"id":572,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/funding-open-government","title":"Funding open government","body":"undefined"},{"id":573,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/palo-altos-open-data-efforts-video","title":"Palo Alto's open data efforts (VIDEO)","body":"undefined"},{"id":574,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nationbuilder","title":"NationBuilder brings community software to government","body":"Vice President of Community Adriel Hampton pitches NationBuilder Government, a unified web, communications and CRM database solution."},{"id":575,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gaming-the-future-of-government","title":"Gaming the future of government","body":"On January 22-23, the Institute for the Future will host Connected Citizens, a 24-hour collective forecasting game to \"to rethink and reprogram government services for a complex and connected world.\""},{"id":576,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civicmeet-january-sacramento-sf-vancouver","title":"CivicMeet January: Sacramento, SF, Vancouver","body":"January CivicMeets will be held in Sacramento, San Francisco and Vancouver (Rumor has it Oakland is starting one soon)."},{"id":577,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/is-piwik-governments-open-alternative-to-google-analytics","title":"Is Piwik government's 'open' alternative to Google Analytics?","body":"Piwik creator Matthieu Aubry shares how the open source real time web analytics tool may be a viable option for government."},{"id":578,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/9-random-recommendations-to-make-your-government-website-better-part-1","title":"9 ways to make your government website better (Part 1)","body":"I spend a lot of time on government websites. I probably hold the world record for number of government website visits."},{"id":579,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/event-urban-innovation-and-the-role-of-government","title":"Civic accelerator Tumml to host 'Urban Innovation and the Role of Government' talk","body":"Urban ventures accelerator Tumml will host a panel discussion, Uncharted Territory: Urban Innovation and the Role of Government, on January 28 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Hatchery in San Francisco (Register here)."},{"id":580,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/captricity-frees-government-data-from-paper-captitivity","title":"Captricity frees government data from paper captivity","body":"Captricity solves the “paper problem,” unlocking digital, machine-readable data from paper."},{"id":581,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/making-government","title":"'Making' government","body":"MIT Technology Review Editor David Rotman’s commentary on the difference between makers and manufacturers applies to what's happening with government these days around open data applications, open source software development and civic hackathons."},{"id":582,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/crowdfunding-government-video","title":"Crowdfunding government (VIDEO)","body":"Citizinvestor co-founder Jordan Raynor discusses the rise of the 'micro-philanthropist' and how digital tools are empowering citizens to help crowdfund public projects."},{"id":583,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/what-do-1-5-million-nyc-311-service-requests-look-like","title":"What do 1.5 million NYC 311 service requests look like?","body":"Powered by New York City’s 311 open data, here’s a great video visualization of the 1,551,402 phone, text and online 311 requests made in 2012."},{"id":584,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hack-city-video","title":"'Hack City' (VIDEO)","body":"Great video highlighting what a civic hackathon is and how it works via a re-cap of GreenBiz’s recent three-day ‘Hack City.’"},{"id":585,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/building-civic-startup-communities","title":"Building civic 'Startup Communities'","body":"I've been thinking a lot about the importance of a more structured approach to community with respect to the civic technology movement, which is why I picked up Brad Feld's 'Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City.'"},{"id":586,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-source-democracy","title":"Open source democracy","body":"Great Clay Shirky TED Talk on how distributed version control and \"having access to all the source code all of the time\" will one day change the way government works."},{"id":587,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civic-skunkworks-and-moneyballing-new-york-city","title":"Civic skunkworks and Moneyballing New York City","body":"New York City's Michael Flowers gives an overview of how the city leverages data analytics to solve problems and better serve citizens."},{"id":588,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/we-see-this-digital-space-of-empowering-our-citizens-as-the-next-generation-of-city-government","title":"'We see this digital space of empowering our citizens as the next generation of city government.'","body":"Great “Connected Empowerment” video featuring San Francisco Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath and civic action platform, Neighborland."},{"id":589,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civic-apps-competition-theres-a-book-for-that","title":"Civic apps competition? There's a book for that.","body":"There’s been a great deal of discussion around the value of civic apps contests, and now there’s a book for that."},{"id":590,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/data-challenge-spotlight-whygdp","title":"Data Challenge Spotlight: WhyGDP?","body":"We're told American success equals economic growth. The data tell a different story: GDP doesn't predict better lives, but civic measures do."},{"id":591,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/wired-december-issue-back-page-found-column-imagines-the-future-of-tolls","title":".@Wired December issue back page 'Found' column imagines the future of tolls.","body":"undefined"},{"id":592,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/rebooting-gov","title":"Rebooting .gov","body":"Three years ago in my first blog post here on GovFresh, I recommended the U.S. government centralize its web operations, something I believe applies to government at every level."},{"id":593,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/data-challenge-spotlight-visualizing-health-reform","title":"Data Challenge Spotlight: Visualizing Health Reform","body":"Visualizing Health Reform is the go-to source for factual, easy-to-understand information on health care reform in Illinois."},{"id":594,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/where-are-the-women-in-e-government-tech-policy-and-politics","title":"Where are the women in e-government, tech policy and politics?","body":"The question has again been asked, where are the women leaders and innovators in e-government, digital diplomacy, online politics, tech policy and related?"},{"id":595,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/data-challenge-spotlight-the-art-of-community-wellness","title":"Data Challenge Spotlight: The Art of Community Wellness","body":"undefined"},{"id":596,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/city-participatory-budgeting-takes-its-first-steps","title":"City participatory budgeting takes its first steps","body":"This past September Vallejo, Ca., began the United States' first citywide venture in participatory budgeting, allowing residents to directly decide how $3.4 million dollars of public money would be spent."},{"id":597,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/revelstone-brings-moneyball-to-government","title":"Revelstone brings 'Moneyball' to government","body":"Revelstone provides a web-based performance analytics and benchmarking platform to help local governments manage better."},{"id":598,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/improve-san-francisco-from-inside-city-hall","title":"Improve San Francisco from inside City Hall","body":"Recognizing that good ideas are found outside City Hall, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is giving you an opportunity to join him and his team of innovators inside City Hall."},{"id":599,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-to-join-or-start-a-civic-tech-movement-where-you-live","title":"How to join (or start) a civic tech movement where you live","body":"For those of you interested in starting or joining the civic technology movement where you live, watch Code for America Brigade program director Kevin Curry discuss how designers and developers are doing just this everywhere across the United States."},{"id":600,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/data-challenge-spotlight-politify","title":"Data Challenge Spotlight: Politify","body":"Politify simulates of the financial impacts of the plans proposed by Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."},{"id":601,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/honored-to-be-mentioned-as-a-resource-in-new-civic-apps-competition-handbook-from-oreillymedia-opengov-gov20","title":"Honored to be mentioned as a resource in new 'Civic Apps Competition Handbook' from @oreillymedia #opengov #gov20","body":"undefined"},{"id":602,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-to-push-new-open-data-legislation-hopes-to-add-chief-data-officer","title":"San Francisco set to appoint chief data officer in revised open data legislation","body":"San Francisco will announce proposed revisions to open data legislation Monday that includes the creation of a chief data officer who will serve as the primary evangelist for making city data freely-available to the public."},{"id":603,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/appallicious-helps-cities-go-mobile","title":"Appallicious joins with SF to launch park and rec iPhone app","body":"undefined"},{"id":604,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-tech-icons-make-smarter-civic-technology-pitch","title":"SF tech icons make smarter civic technology pitch","body":"sf.citi brings out the the tech heavyweights for a new video imagining what civic technology could do for a \"smarter San Francisco.\""},{"id":605,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-monthly-civic-innovators-meetup-launches-in-san-francisco","title":"New monthly civic innovators meetup launches in San Francisco","body":"CivicMeet is a new monthly meetup that brings together public and private sector innovators working to create a more open, engaged civil society."},{"id":606,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/chicago-and-open-311-video","title":"Chicago and Open 311 (VIDEO)","body":"Great video from the Chicago mayor's office on their Open 311 deployment."},{"id":607,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/now-reading-civic-apps-competition-handbook-from-oreillymedia","title":"Now reading: 'Civic Apps Competition Handbook' from @oreillymedia","body":"undefined"},{"id":608,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/this-is-like-the-best-year-to-learn-to-code-people-mapmeld-killing-it-at-cfaignite-cfasummit","title":"'this is, like, the best year to learn to code people' @mapmeld killing it at #cfaignite #cfasummit","body":"undefined"},{"id":609,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/these-9-cities-will-code-for-america-in-2013","title":"These 9 cities will Code for America in 2013","body":"Code for America announced the 9 cities that will participate in its 2013 fellowship program."},{"id":610,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/jedsundwall-opens-up-ignite-codeforamerica-cfasummit","title":".@jedsundwall opens up Ignite @codeforamerica! #cfasummit","body":"undefined"},{"id":611,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/chachasikes-on-at-ignite-codeforamerica-cfasummit","title":".@chachasikes on at Ignite @codeforamerica! #cfasummit","body":"undefined"},{"id":612,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govfresh-qa-neighbor-ly","title":"GovFresh Q&A: Neighbor.ly","body":"Neighbor.ly is a civic crowdfunding platform for U.S. cities and civic-minded organizations."},{"id":613,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govfresh-qa-fix-311","title":"GovFresh Q&A: Fix 311","body":"Fix 311 aims to be a nationwide app for the 311 system using smartphones and GPS. Fix 311 also includes a CRM system to manage cases."},{"id":614,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/dont-disrupt-government-revolutionize-it","title":"Don't disrupt government. Revolutionize it.","body":"undefined"},{"id":615,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-the-internet-is-changing-who-runs-for-local-office-and-how-they-will-lead-differently","title":"How the Internet is changing who runs for local office and how they will lead differently","body":"South Orange, New Jersey, mayor Alex Torpey has a great speech from Personal Democracy Forum 2012, where he discussed how the Internet is changing the way politicians learn, listen and engage with citizens, as well as the changing dynamic of who will seek elected office in the future."},{"id":616,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/my-commitment-to-honolulu-open-government","title":"My commitment to Honolulu open government","body":"The recent Open Government Pledge on Honolulu.Govfresh.com brought a moment of pause for me as I watched all three Mayoral candidates respond with a YES within minutes of each other. I am one of the three candidates and the incumbent Mayor, Peter Carlisle."},{"id":617,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/brian-solis-interviews-sf-innovation-chief","title":"Brian Solis interviews SF innovation chief","body":"Watch San Francisco Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath being interviewed by Brian Solis."},{"id":618,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/innovation-how-to-create-a-system-wide-culture-of-government-innovation","title":"Innovation@: how to create a system-wide culture of government innovation","body":"undefined"},{"id":619,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/wrapping-up-code-for-oakland-2012","title":"Wrapping up Code for Oakland 2012","body":"undefined"},{"id":620,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/spike-kicking-off-codeforoakland","title":"Spike kicking off #codeforoakland!","body":"undefined"},{"id":621,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pitches-codeforoakland","title":"Pitches #codeforoakland","body":"undefined"},{"id":622,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pahlkadot-kicking-off-codeforoakland","title":".@pahlkadot kicking off #codeforoakland","body":"undefined"},{"id":623,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/introductions-codeforoakland","title":"Introductions! #codeforoakland","body":"undefined"},{"id":624,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/code-for-oakland-codeforoakland","title":"Code for Oakland #codeforoakland","body":"undefined"},{"id":625,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/breakout-sessions-codeforoakland","title":"Breakout sessions #codeforoakland","body":"undefined"},{"id":626,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/breakout-pimp-my-bus-stop-codeforoakland","title":"Breakout: 'Pimp My Bus Stop' #codeforoakland","body":"undefined"},{"id":627,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/big-shout-to-everyone-at-codeforoakland-kudos-to-attendees-organizers-sponsors-for-making-it-happen","title":"Big shout to everyone at #codeforoakland. Kudos to attendees, organizers, sponsors for making it happen!","body":"undefined"},{"id":628,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/oakland-gets-its-code-on","title":"Oakland gets its code on","body":"Code for Oakland will be held July 21 at the Kaiser Center in Oakland, Ca. Steve Spiker, OpenOakland Brigade Captain and Director of Research & Technology for Urban Strategies Council, discusses Oakland’s open data progress and what attendees can expect from the event."},{"id":629,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/my-civic-one4one-hillary-hartley","title":"My civic #one4one: Hillary Hartley","body":""},{"id":630,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-hackers-can-code-a-better-america","title":"How hackers can code a better America","body":"With the launch of the new Code for America Brigade website, we asked Program Director Kevin Curry to talk about its mission and how you can bring ‘civic hacking’ to where you live."},{"id":631,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civic-kickstart-citizinvestor-wants-to-help-your-local-project-get-funded","title":"Civic kickstart: Citizinvestor wants to help your local project get funded","body":"Citizinvestor is the latest startup to tackle public budget woes by offsetting lack of public funding with crowdsourced citizen donations targeted to specific projects."},{"id":632,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-palo-alto-is-leading-the-digital-city-movement","title":"How Palo Alto is leading the digital city movement","body":"Palo Alto, Calif., Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental discusses his “digital city” vision, including how he leveraged the local developer community to help build city applications, bringing a “hacker ethic” to bureaucracy and the importance of supportive leaders in managing IT and cultural change."},{"id":633,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/building-the-digital-city-with-palo-alto-cio-jonathan-reichental","title":"Palo Alto CIO on building the 'digital city'","body":"Palo Alto (California) Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental shares his vision of the \"Digital City\" with attendees at the Silicon Valley iOS Developers’ Meetup on May 21, 2012."},{"id":634,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/what-happened-to-manor","title":"What happened to Manor?","body":"Ines Mergel asks a great question about a government 2.0 icon emblematic of the potential local open government had in its nascent heyday way back two years ago."},{"id":635,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/california-controller-names-tina-lee-to-innovation-post","title":"California controller names Tina Lee to innovation post","body":"California Controller John Chiang has appointed Tina Lee as Director of Outreach and Innovation to help his office better engage with the state’s citizens, non-profit and community organizations and businesses."},{"id":636,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/ipads-and-voter-registration-usability","title":"iPads and voter registration usability","body":"Open Source Digital Voting Foundation’s John Sebes writes about watching new citizens complete voter registration application forms and the associated usability issues, especially for older, less tech-savvy demographic."},{"id":637,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/americas-coolest-mayor","title":"America's coolest mayor","body":"This is the first time I’ve heard of Harvard-educated, professional wrestler look-alike and Braddock, Pennsylvania, mayor John Fetterman, featured in this episode of Hulu’s “A Day In The Life” series."},{"id":638,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/fostering-civic-innovation-in-california","title":"Fostering civic innovation in California","body":"Alissa Black joined the New America Foundation in April to lead the newly-formed California Civic Innovation Project, focused on building \"communities of practice within California’s local governments and identifies best practices to improving service delivery, opening new channels for public voices, and bridging the state’s digital divides.\""},{"id":639,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/help-government-communicate-better","title":"Help government communicate better","body":"Measured Voice President Jed Sundwall writes “Why We’re a Civic Startup” on the company’s blog to highlight why it applied to the Code for America Accelerator program."},{"id":640,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/instead-of-buttings-heads-citizens-and-government-can-start-mixing-minds","title":"Instead of butting heads, citizens and government can start mixing minds","body":"MindMixer is working with the San Francisco, Los Angeles and other local communities to help crowdsource ideas for civic improvement. CEO and Co-Founder Nick Bowden discusses his venture and the value of government-citizen collaboration."},{"id":641,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/raise-your-voice","title":"Raise Your Voice wants to help citizens better engage with legislators","body":"undefined"},{"id":642,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gov-2-0-strikes-a-pose","title":"Gov 2.0 strikes a pose","body":"Congratulations to New York City Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne on her Vogue magazine profile."},{"id":643,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/opening-chicago-with-cto-john-tolva","title":"Opening Chicago with CTO John Tolva","body":"Chicago Chief Technology Officer John Tolva joins us to discuss the city’s open data and open311 initiatives, as well as its work with Code for America."},{"id":644,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/code-for-america-launches-accelerator-to-turbo-charge-civic-startups","title":"Code for America launches accelerator to 'turbo-charge' civic startups","body":"Code for America officially launched its Code for America Accelerator to “‘turbo-charge’ select civic startups by providing them an opportunity to amplify market awareness of their product, to access a wealth of business training and advice, and to be introduced to a broad network of potential investors and civic leaders.”"},{"id":645,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/civicsponsor-helps-citizens-crowdfund-their-public-spaces","title":"CivicSponsor helps citizens crowdfund their public spaces","body":"CivicSponsor wants to disrupt the traditional way we fund our public spaces. Here, its three co-founders outline how their new venture aims to help citizens and public servants think outside the taxpayer box."},{"id":646,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/for-govhub-all-politics-is-personal","title":"For GovHub, all politics is personal","body":"When no one in Nick Gaines' UC Berkeley freshman political science class could answer the question “Who is your state senator?,\" he tuned in, dropped out and started GovHub with co-founder Adam Becker."},{"id":647,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-taxis-and-making-life-in-sf-a-little-better","title":"Hacking taxis and 'making life in SF a little better'","body":"Last February, officials from San Francisco collaborated with the California College of the Arts and Mix & Stir Studio for the SF Taxi & Mass Communication Challenge, a 24-hour hackathon focused on “design-driven technology solutions to real world problems.”"},{"id":648,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pahlka-government-really-is-the-way-we-do-things-collectively-that-we-cant-do-individually","title":"Pahlka: 'Government really is the way we do things collectively that we can't do individually'","body":"Great TEDxPhilly talk by Code for America Founder and Executive Director Jen Pahlka. Really inspiring to see Jen articulate what’s happening around city and local government beyond the tech talk people like me are so in the weeds on."},{"id":649,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-the-uk-is-raising-the-open-government-bar-and-setting-a-new-standard","title":"How the UK is raising the open government bar and setting a new standard","body":"I’ve been collecting links (below) from the UK’s Government Digital Service blog for a while wondering when they’ll stop executing their great “beta” work on GOV.UK, but they continue to outdo themselves."},{"id":650,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/lets-start-delivering-information-to-the-right-person-at-the-right-time-thats-the-value-of-open-gov","title":"'Let's start delivering information to the right person at the right time - that's the value of open gov'","body":"Dan Morgan‘s comments on my “How do you measure the value of Gov 2.0?” post offer an insightful perspective I feel they warrant a post of their own."},{"id":651,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-do-you-measure-the-value-of-gov-2-0","title":"How do you measure the value of Gov 2.0?","body":"Creating sustainable, meaningful civic contributions to government is something I’ve addressed before, and it’s something that continues to elude us in the form of civic applications and hackathons, despite the overwhelming attention given to each."},{"id":652,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/voter-id-and-civic-innovation","title":"Voter ID and Civic Innovation","body":"undefined"},{"id":653,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/joomla-and-government","title":"How Joomla is powering government","body":"We've heard a lot about Drupal and WordPress in government, but not much about the open source platform Joomla. We asked Joomla External Communications Lead Sandra Ordonez to share how government is using it, its key features, how it compares to Drupal and WordPress and what governments are using it."},{"id":654,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/districtbuilder","title":"How government can empower citizens in the redistricting process","body":"In January 2011, Michael McDonald and Micah Altman founded the Public Mapping Project and began building the open source platform DistrictBuilder to give citizens more of a say in the redistricting process."},{"id":655,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hack-the-vote-how-open-source-will-change-our-elections","title":"Trust the vote: How open source will change our elections","body":"After watching the documentary Hacking Democracy, I started researching how government uses voting technology to conduct elections. That's how I learned about the work of Open Source Digital Voting Foundation."},{"id":656,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/oakland-launches-311-app-powered-by-seeclickfix","title":"Oakland launches 311 app powered by SeeClickFix","body":"Oakland, Ca. is the latest major U.S. city to launch a 311 application that allows citizens to report issues directly to government from their smartphones."},{"id":657,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/motivating-developers-to-attend-and-make-meaningful-contributions-at-civic-hackathons","title":"Motivating developers to attend and make meaningful contributions at civic hackathons","body":"Mark Headd has an interesting thought on how to encourage better participation at civic hackathons, suggesting perhaps a registration fee would encourage more reliable participation."},{"id":658,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/join-the-wordpress-for-government-google-group","title":"Join the WordPress for Government Google Group","body":"As I mentioned in my 2012 civic commitment post, I’m focused on helping drastically lower the cost, de-mystify the technology and build better websites for local government."},{"id":659,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/honolulu-launches-311-app","title":"Honolulu launches 311 app","body":"Honolulu launched a new 311 application, Honolulu 311, now available on iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. The service was developed by CitySourced."},{"id":660,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-francisco-posts-open311-rfp","title":"San Francisco posts Open311 RFP","body":"San Francisco has published a request for proposal to integrate Open311 with the city's CRM software, Langan. Bid submissions are due February 3."},{"id":661,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-san-francisco-can-get-its-gov-2-0-groove-back","title":"How San Francisco can get its gov 2.0 groove back","body":"There’s been a great deal of discussion lately around the topic of government innovation, especially here in San Francisco, with the appointment of a new chief innovation officer, a new “civic accelerator,” a new venture with a consortium of Bay Area technology companies and a new technology and innovation task force led by SF Mayor Ed Lee."},{"id":662,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hacking-democracy-and-open-source-voting","title":"'Hacking Democracy' and open source voting","body":"Hacking Democracy, released in 2007, documents the improprieties and lack of security around proprietary voting software vendor Diebold Elections Systems."},{"id":663,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pti-makes-2012-local-government-it-predictions","title":"PTI makes 2012 local government IT predictions","body":"The Public Technology Institute released its list of “What’s Out and What’s In?” technology predictions for 2012 based on interviews with local government IT executives and vendors who service city and county governments."},{"id":664,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/la-beta-tests-first-website-redesign-in-14-years-that-looks-exactly-like-the-one-done-14-years-ago","title":"LA beta tests first website redesign in 14 years that looks just like the one done 14 years ago","body":"Government Technology reports that Los Angeles is beta testing a new website, the first major redesign in 14 years, but a cursory review of the homepage leaves me wondering why the city spent $100,000 on a usability expert to get essentially the same site it’s had since 1998."},{"id":665,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/jay-nath-named-san-francisco-chief-innovation-officer","title":"Jay Nath named San Francisco chief innovation officer","body":"The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Jay Nath has been appointed Chief Innovation Officer for the City and County of San Francisco."},{"id":666,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-government-can-share-and-re-purpose-open-source-civic-software","title":"How government can share and re-purpose open source civic software","body":"Civic Commons Director Nick Grossman and 2011 Code for America Fellow Jeremy Canfield give an overview of the new Civic Commons Marketplace, a repository and apps showcase for open source civic and government development projects."},{"id":667,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/pittsburgh-makes-successful-migration-from-microsoft-exchange-to-google-apps","title":"Pittsburgh makes successful migration from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps","body":"undefined"},{"id":668,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nic-wins-30-million-texas-contract","title":"NIC wins $30 million Texas contract","body":"The Kansas City Star reports e-gov services provider NIC won a $30-$35 million contract from the Texas Department of Public Safety."},{"id":669,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/five-things-governments-can-do-to-encourage-civic-startups","title":"Five ways governments can encourage civic startups","body":"2012 is shaping up to be the “Year of the Civic Startup.”"},{"id":670,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/a-city-as-a-computing-platform","title":"A city as a computing platform","body":"Temple University Director of the Center for Design+Innovation Youngjin Yoo has an excellent “A city as a computing platform” talk from TEDxPhilly held November 8, 2011."},{"id":671,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/whats-your-2012-civic-commitment","title":"What's your 2012 civic commitment?","body":"A recent Seth Godin blog post resonates with me and reflects how I’ve always approached GovFresh and will continue to do in 2012."},{"id":672,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/baltimore-open-government-2011-year-in-review","title":"Baltimore Open Government 2011 Year in Review","body":"Following up on my previous post for the City of Philadelphia, this post describes what happened on the open government and open data fronts in the City of Baltimore in 2011."},{"id":673,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/philadelphia-open-government-2011-year-in-review","title":"Philadelphia Open Government 2011 Year in Review","body":"The time of year-end reviews and top 10 lists is now upon us, so I’m compiling the details of a watershed year for open data and civic hacking in two cities where I’ve seen huge leaps made in 2011 - Philadelphia and Baltimore."},{"id":674,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/2011-govfresh-city-of-the-year-new-york-city","title":"2011 GovFresh City of the Year: New York City","body":"New York City was honored as the ‘City of the Year’ in our 2011 GovFresh Awards. We asked NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne to summarize the work done in 2011, what made it happen, and share what's to come in 2012."},{"id":675,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/qa-with-2011-govfresh-public-servant-of-the-year-matthew-esquibel","title":"2011 GovFresh Public Servant of the Year: Matthew Esquibel","body":"Fresh off off getting recognized as ‘Public Servant of the Year’ in our 2011 GovFresh Awards, we asked the City of Austin’s Matthew Esquibel, Programmer Analyst Supervisor for Internet/Intranet Web Design in the Office of Communications & Technology Management, to share more about his work."},{"id":676,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/2011-govfresh-citizen-of-the-year-adriel-hampton","title":"2011 GovFresh Citizen of the Year: Adriel Hampton","body":"Fresh off off getting recognized as the 2011 GovFresh Awards ‘Citizen of the Year,’ we asked Adriel Hampton to share more about his work and what drives him."},{"id":677,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/citizen-reporting-platform-citysourced-gets-1-33-million-in-funding","title":"Citizen reporting platform CitySourced gets $1.33 million in funding","body":"Location-based mobile reporting platform CitySourced announced it has raised $1.33 million in Series A financing."},{"id":678,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/2011-govfresh-awards-winners","title":"2011 GovFresh Awards winners","body":"Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2011 GovFresh Awards. Thank you also to our judges and partners. This was an incredible experience for us to be part of."},{"id":679,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-source-government","title":"Open source government","body":"San Francisco Director of Innovation Jay Nath's TEDxSoMa talk from earlier this year"},{"id":680,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-state-of-u-s-state-government-finances-in-four-simple-charts","title":"The state of U.S. state government finances in four simple charts","body":"undefined"},{"id":681,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/five-open-data-visualizations-from-cook-county-il","title":"Five open data visualizations from Cook County (IL)","body":"Here are five visualizations from the new Cook County (IL) open data catalog."},{"id":682,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/big-code-for-america-announcements-and-how-you-can-get-involved","title":"Big Code for America announcements and how you can get involved","body":"Code for America made a number of announcements Wednesday that will have a big impact on the organization’s work in 2012 and potentially the future of government technology."},{"id":683,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/meet-the-2011-govfresh-awards-judges","title":"Meet the 2011 GovFresh Awards judges","body":"Last week, thousands of votes were cast across every category in the 2011 GovFresh Awards. Our judges are now reviewing and selecting their picks and winners will be announced on Monday, December 19."},{"id":684,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/building-a-local-government-open-data-portal","title":"Building a local government open data portal","body":"Gov 2.0 Radio hosts Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery talked with Cook County Deputy Director of New Media Sebastian James about the launch of Data.cookcountyil.gov."},{"id":685,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/build-a-better-civic-hackathon-lessons-from-education-hack-day","title":"Build a better civic hackathon: lessons from Education Hack Day","body":"ShineOn Storytelling created an excellent video overview of Education Hack Day, held November 12 and 13 in Baltimore."},{"id":686,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nic-wins-oregon-gov-contract-now-manages-half-of-u-s-state-websites","title":"NIC wins oregon.gov contract, now manages half of U.S. state websites","body":"NIC Inc. announced Tuesday it was awarded a 10-year contract to develop and maintain Oregon's official website, oregon.gov."},{"id":687,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/is-there-a-civic-app-for-that","title":"Is there a civic app for that?","body":"The 2011 GovFresh Awards are going strong, but entries and voting in the apps categories could use a lot more love."},{"id":688,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/2011-govfresh-awards-entries-and-voting-now-open","title":"2011 GovFresh Awards entries and voting now open","body":"Every day, tech-minded citizens across the country are doing good by their communities, literally geeking out about how they can help re-define the relationship government has with its citizens, using technology as a democratic tool to empower both."},{"id":689,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/scaling-the-open-data-ecosystem","title":"Scaling the open data ecosystem","body":"Open Knowledge Foundation co-founder Rufus Pollock discusses his ideas on scaling an open data ecosystem."},{"id":690,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/memphis-hopes-drupal-will-cure-its-website-blues","title":"Memphis hopes Drupal will cure its website blues","body":"Memphis announced it will develop its new website using the open source platform Drupal and OpenPublic. Mediacurrent, Linx Consulting and Phase2 Technology will collaborate on the project."},{"id":691,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-the-open-data-community-died","title":"How the open data community died","body":"Here’s a presentation that Openly Local‘s Chris Taggart gave during the 2011 Open Government Data Camp in Warsaw."},{"id":692,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-open-source-procurement-toolkit-helps-dispel-myths-of-oss","title":"Government open source procurement toolkit helps dispel myths of OSS","body":"The British government’s Cabinet Office has published an Open Source Procurement Toolkit as part of its ongoing information and communications strategy."},{"id":693,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bloomberg-how-cities-can-moneyball-government","title":"Bloomberg: How cities can 'Moneyball' government","body":"New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has a blog post on how cities are collaborating to better leverage data analytics and maximize taxpayer return on investment. The post cites examples from major American cities and how they’ve leveraged data, especially 311 logs, to realize efficiencies."},{"id":694,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/dilbert-we-need-a-user-interface-branch-of-the-government","title":"Dilbert: We need a 'user interface branch of the government'","body":"Dilbert creator Scott Adams has a great editorial in The Wall Street Journal where he provides serious commentary on government and how civic-focused design would help modernize and better meet citizen expectations."},{"id":695,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/13-ways-citizen-developers-are-coding-a-better-america","title":"13 ways citizen developers are coding a better America","body":"Code for America has published videos of CfA Fellows demoing their apps during the Code for America Summit held October 13-14 in San Francisco."},{"id":696,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/citizen-2-0-white-paper-highlights-17-examples-of-government-social-media-innovation","title":"Citizen 2.0 white paper highlights 17 examples of government social media innovation","body":"Switzerland-based RedCut has released Citizen 2.0, a white paper of case studies that include 17 examples of social media and government innovation. We asked CEO Hadi Barkat to share his methodology and what he learned."},{"id":697,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-opportunity-for-civic-startups","title":"The opportunity for civic startups","body":"Excellent Civic Startups presentation from Civic Commons Managing Director Nick Grossman."},{"id":698,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-civic-entrepreneurs-and-developers-can-share-your-work-with-govfresh-readers","title":"How civic entrepreneurs and developers can share your work with GovFresh readers","body":"I regularly get emails from start-ups, entrepreneurs and developers who ask to get their products featured on GovFresh."},{"id":699,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/mc-hammer-these-tools-create-a-level-of-transparency-that-sometimes-can-be-uncomfortable","title":"MC Hammer: 'These tools create a level of transparency that sometimes can be uncomfortable'","body":"O’Reilly Media’s Alex Howard interviewed musician and tech entrepreneur MC Hammer at the 2011 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco where, towards the end, Hammer talks about the impact social media, mobile and crowdsourcing have on government."},{"id":700,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-mayor-ed-lee-at-2011-web-2-0-summit-video","title":"SF Mayor Ed Lee at 2011 Web 2.0 Summit (VIDEO)","body":"O’Reilly Media’s Alex Howard interviewed San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee this week at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Lee discusses open source, open data, apps, mobile and bridging the digital divide."},{"id":701,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bring-the-it-dashboard-to-san-francisco","title":"Bring the IT Dashboard to San Francisco","body":"San Francisco has led the nation with Gov 2.0 innovations, like Twitter311 – connecting the City’s 311 Call Center to Twitter — allowing residents to contact the City about potholes, graffiti and interact with government in real time with a tweet, DataSF.org – the City’s one stop shop for government data that has empowered developers to create incredible apps that bring city data to life, and Open311 the first national API in government."},{"id":702,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-it-leaders-should-blog-more","title":"Government IT leaders should blog more","body":"When I talk to city and local government technology leaders about their challenges and lessons learned, I'm often surprised they don't openly and regularly share their experiences with the civic technology community or, in general, the citizens they serve."},{"id":703,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govfreshtv-qa-with-chicago-cto-john-tolva","title":"GovFreshTV: Q&A with Chicago CTO John Tolva","body":"During last week's Code for America 2011 Summit, I sat down with Chicago Chief Technology Officer John Tolva and asked him about his current IT initiatives, challenges and lessons learned."},{"id":704,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/code-for-america-in-our-own-words-video","title":"Code for America: 'In our own words' (VIDEO)","body":"Excellent Code for America video featuring the 2011 fellows discussing their work and CfA mission."},{"id":705,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/youtown-launches-android-app","title":"YouTown launches Android app","body":"Civic mobile app YouTown is now available in the Android Market."},{"id":706,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/code-for-america-announces-2012-fellows","title":"Code for America announces 2012 Fellows","body":"Code for America Founder and Executive Director Jennifer Pahlka announced its 2012 fellows today at the Code for America Summit in San Francisco."},{"id":707,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/peak-democracys-open-town-hall-helps-put-civility-in-online-public-forums","title":"Open Town Hall aims to keep online public forums civil","body":"In 2007, Robert Vogel and Mike Alvarez Cohen started Peak Democracy to “build public trust in government through online public comment forums that are civil yet meet government freedom-of-speech and transparency laws.”"},{"id":708,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/this-week-on-gov2-tv-ogp-open-government-is-dead-debate","title":"This week on Gov2 TV: OGP, 'open government is dead' debate","body":"This week’s Gov2 TV discusses the international Open Government Partnership, the “open gov is dead” debate and the latest government 2.0 news and trends with O’Reilly Media Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent Alex Howard and host Walter Schwabe."},{"id":709,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-open-government-is-changing-nyc","title":"How open government is changing NYC","body":"New York City Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne's Strata New York 2011 presentation is a great overview of the city's open government work."},{"id":710,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govfresh-on-gov-2-0-radio-open-honolulu-with-deputy-cio-forest-frizzell","title":"GovFresh on Gov 2.0 Radio: Open Honolulu with Deputy CIO Forest Frizzell","body":"Honolulu Deputy Chief Information Officer Forest Frizzell joins GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell for the inaugural episode of GovFresh on Gov 2.0 Radio to discuss Honolulu open government and Gov 2.0, CityCamp Honolulu and the city’s upcoming partnership with Code for America."},{"id":711,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/is-aol-huffington-post-making-a-gov-2-0-play","title":"Is AOL-Huffington Post making a gov 2.0 play?","body":"Huffington Post Media Group, owned by AOL, announced it has purchased civic platform Localocracy for “under $1 million,” according to AllThingsD."},{"id":712,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/florida-washington-seek-chief-information-officers","title":"Florida, Washington seek chief information officers","body":"Florida and Washington are both seeking chief information officers."},{"id":713,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nic-awarded-delaware-gov-contract","title":"NIC awarded delaware.gov contract","body":"\"The First State\" will become the twenty-fourth state website to be managed by e-government firm NIC Inc."},{"id":714,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/reno-readies-for-worlds-biggest-little-hackathon","title":"Reno readies for world's biggest little hackathon","body":"The world's biggest little city is about to get its code on."},{"id":715,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/nagw-honors-top-government-websites","title":"NAGW honors top government websites","body":"Earlier this month, the National Association of Government Webmasters honored three members with its 2011 Pinnacle Awards for the “highest achievement in web design and development.”"},{"id":716,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-cio-innovation-director-discuss-citys-tech-progress-innovation","title":"SF CIO, Innovation Director discuss city's tech progress, innovation","body":"San Francisco Chief Information Officer Jon Walton and Director of Innovation Jay Nath discuss government innovation and the work they're doing within the SF Department of Technology."},{"id":717,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/mobile-democracy-how-governments-can-promote-equality-participation-and-customer-service","title":"Mobile democracy: How governments can promote equality, participation and customer service","body":"There’s a lot more to democratic government than holding elections and town hall meetings."},{"id":718,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/does-government-innovation-need-its-own-department","title":"Does government innovation need its own department?","body":"In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, SF city attorney and mayoral candidate Dennis Herrera said, if elected, he would create an innovation department and appoint a Chief Digital Officer to lead the city's web and social media strategy that embraces open engagement with citizens."},{"id":719,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/opendatarace-begins-in-philadelphia","title":"OpenDataRace Begins in Philadelphia","body":"Several months ago, with the unveiling of the OpenDataPhilly website, the City of Philadelphia joined the growing fraternity of cities across the country and around the world to release municipal data sets in open, developer friendly formats."},{"id":720,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/government-sharing-is-government-caring","title":"Government sharing is government caring","body":"Just discovered this MESH Government to the Rescue TEDxGotham talk by former New York State Senate Chief Information Officer Andrew Hoppin."},{"id":721,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/georgia-gov-has-drupal-on-its-mind","title":"Georgia.gov has Drupal on its mind","body":"The next iteration of Georgia.gov will be built using the open source platform Drupal."},{"id":722,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/beautiful-budgets-look-at-cook","title":"Beautiful budgets? Look at Cook","body":"Developed and designed by Derek Eder and Nick Rougeux, open data and visualization project Look at Cook was created in collaboration with Cook County (IL) Commissioner John Fritchey to bring aesthetics to the county’s budget and expenses."},{"id":723,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/who-determines-governments-best-of-the-web","title":"Who determines government's 'Best of the Web?'","body":"Government Technology announced its list of 2011 Best of the Web Award Winners today, and I’m completely confused as to how they came to these conclusions."},{"id":724,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/cleaning-up-the-neighborhood-a-san-francisco-case-study","title":"Cleaning up the neighborhood: A San Francisco case study","body":"What if you could make litter, graffiti, and other problems in your neighborhood go away just by using your phone?"},{"id":725,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-government-hackathons-matter","title":"Open government hackathons matter","body":"The civic hackathon - a gathering (either virtual or physical) of technologists for a few days or weeks to build civic-themed software - remains one of the more durable manifestations of the open government movement."},{"id":726,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/on-this-day-one-year-ago-alex-howard-published-his-first-govfresh-post","title":"On this day one year ago, Alex Howard published his first GovFresh post","body":"On this day one year ago, Alex Howard published his first GovFresh post. Since then, he has written a total of 302 on his OpenGovFresh blog."},{"id":727,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/futuregov-founder-dominic-campbell-on-networking-government","title":"FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell on 'Networking Government'","body":"Excellent TEDxLondonBusinessSchool talk on open government by FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell."},{"id":728,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gov-2-0-radio-reno-gov-web-manager-kristy-fifelski","title":"Gov 2.0 Radio: Reno.gov Web Manager Kristy Fifelski","body":"Kristy Fifelski of GovGirl.com and Reno.gov joins us on Gov 2.0 Radio to discuss Reno's planned inaugural civic hackathon, her GovGirl video series, the upcoming National Association of Government Webmasters conference and the new NV.gov."},{"id":729,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/time-for-government-to-plug-into-one-platform","title":"Time for government to plug into one platform?","body":"In a new blog post, Gartner's Andrea Di Maio asks if it's time to pull the plug on government Websites?"},{"id":730,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/third-summer-of-smart-hackathon-tackles-buildings-transportation-and-sustainability","title":"Second Summer of Smart hackathon tackles buildings, transportation and sustainability","body":"Building data. It’s a small thing, but what if the buildings where we live, work and play were able to show us how they work?"},{"id":731,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-road-ahead-for-open-baltimore","title":"The Road ahead for Open Baltimore","body":"A couple of months ago, I wrote about the state of the open data program in the city of Baltimore."},{"id":732,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/achievecity-to-offer-municipalities-free-open-source-government-platforms","title":"AchieveCity to offer municipalities free, open source government platforms","body":"Firmstep has launched a new service called AchieveCity, a Web-based government platform powered by the Drupal distribution OpenPublic (developed by Phase2 Technology) and hosted in the Amazon EC2 environment."},{"id":733,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/usdot-in-the-social-media-slow-lane","title":"USDOT in the social media slow lane","body":"The U.S. Department of Transportation is officially nowhere to be found in social media circles, but DOT Secretary Ray LaHood is everywhere, including Facebook, Twitter and Flickr."},{"id":734,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/neighborland","title":"Here comes the Neighborland","body":"Neighborland is a new ideation crowdsourcing startup that gives citizens a \"fun and easy way for residents to suggest new businesses and services that they want in their neighborhood.\""},{"id":735,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/why-the-next-sf-mayor-needs-to-understand-open-government","title":"Why the next SF mayor needs to understand open government","body":"In August of 1993, San Francisco officially adopted the Sunshine Ordinance, a law that allowed any citizen to request city documents, records, filings or correspondence, attend meetings of any group that meets with the Mayor or city department heads and make any meeting of the governing bodies of certain local, state, regional and federal agencies attended by City representatives public."},{"id":736,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-developers-journalists-civic-activists-kick-off-second-summer-of-smart-hackathon","title":"SF developers, journalists, civic activists kick off second Summer of Smart hackathon","body":"It's 9:15 on Friday night, and there are about 100 people milling around the GAAFTA headquarters."},{"id":737,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/five-strategies-to-revive-civic-communication-from-the-aspen-institute-knight-foundation","title":"Five strategies to revive civic communication from The Aspen Institute, Knight Foundation","body":"Last March, the Aspen Institute and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation released the white paper Civic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication."},{"id":738,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/were-tumblin-govfresh-tumblr-com","title":"We're tumblin'! govfresh.tumblr.com","body":"In an effort to better share what we're reading (but not blogging), we're posting news items we find interesting on Tumblr."},{"id":739,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-411-on-the-311-qa-with-commons-founder-suzanne-kirkpatrick","title":"The 411 on the 311: Q&A with Commons founder Suzanne Kirkpatrick","body":"We asked new 311 iPhone app Commons co-founder Suzanne Kirkpatrick to share her thoughts on the new venture, 311 and trends in open government and Gov 2.0."},{"id":740,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/social-congress-and-the-21st-century-legislator","title":"Social Congress and the 21st century legislator","body":"How is it possible, in the 21st century, that I can Skype with friends in China, keep up with my friends across the country via Facebook and exchange messages with the CEO of a startup I admire on Twitter, but yet when I try to communicate with my members of Congress, it seems like everything I do is swallowed up by the black abyss?"},{"id":741,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/can-citizens-get-satisfaction-get-satisfaction-ceo-wendy-lea-on-how-government-can-give-more-than-just-what-we-need","title":"Can citizens get satisfaction?","body":"Get Satisfaction CEO Wendy Lea shares her advice on how government can leverage Web 2.0 tools to better connect with citizens."},{"id":742,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/edmonton-launches-open-data-site","title":"Edmonton launches open data site","body":"According to Edmonton Chief Information Officer Chris Moore, the city has launched its official open data site at edmonton.socrata.com."},{"id":743,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/gov-2-0-radio-john-tolva-on-his-new-role-as-chicago-cto","title":"Gov 2.0 Radio: John Tolva on his new role as Chicago CTO","body":"Gov 2.0 Radio interviews Chicago's new Chief Technology Officer John Tolva."},{"id":744,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/creating-a-citizen-movement-for-open-government","title":"Creating a citizen movement for open government","body":"How do you get techies, govies, and citizens to identify, collaborate, and start creating solutions for your local government? Host a CityCamp."},{"id":745,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/the-other-vivek-is-wrong-about-open-government","title":"The other Vivek is wrong about open government","body":"Whether it was written out of naivete or for the intent of sensationalism, the other Vivek, Vivek Wadhwa, misses the mark in his Washington Post piece The death of open government."},{"id":746,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-mobile-app-commons-gets-creative-with-311","title":"New mobile app Commons gets creative with 311","body":"TechPresident’s Becky Kazansky has a great overview of Commons, a new 311 iPhone app that makes use of gaming and social features to better engage citizens."},{"id":747,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/closing-out-sfopen-2011","title":"Closing out SFOpen 2011","body":"A wrap-up of SFOpen 2011, the San Francisco mayoral forum on open government, civic technology and public innovation."},{"id":748,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/tropos-mark-headd-on-hackathons-and-open-government","title":"Tropo's Mark Headd on hackathons and open government","body":"Tropo's Mark Headd discusses the impact of hackathons on the open government movement and how developers can get involved."},{"id":749,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-director-of-innovation-jay-nath-on-the-value-of-a-city-innovation-officer","title":"SF Director of Innovation Jay Nath on the value of a city innovation officer","body":"City of San Francisco's Department of Technology Jay Nath on why government should have an innovation officer."},{"id":750,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-developers-public-servants-pitch-their-civic-tents-at-citycampsf","title":"SF developers, public servants pitch their civic tents at CityCampSF","body":"If there's one lesson that's inherent to CityCampSF, it's that crowdsourcing will save the world."},{"id":751,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/citycamp-founder-kevin-curry-on-citycampsf","title":"CityCamp founder Kevin Curry on CityCampSF","body":"CityCamp founder Kevin Curry on how CityCamp San Francisco fits in and stands out."},{"id":752,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/adriel-hampton-on-the-success-of-citycampsf","title":"Adriel Hampton on the success of CityCampSF","body":"CityCampSF founder, NationBuilder Chief Organizer and Gov 2.0 Host Adriel Hampton on CityCampSF."},{"id":753,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/2011-sf-mayoral-candidate-joanna-rees-on-the-role-of-meetups-in-civic-engagement","title":"2011 SF Mayoral Candidate Joanna Rees on the role of meetups in civic engagement","body":"2011 SF Mayoral Candidate Joanna Rees on the role of meetups in civic engagement."},{"id":754,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/2011-sf-mayoral-candidate-dennis-herrera-on-the-role-of-meetups-in-civic-engagement","title":"2011 SF Mayoral Candidate Dennis Herrera on the role of meetups in civic engagement","body":"2011 SF Mayoral Candidate Dennis Herrera on the role of meetups in civic engagement."},{"id":755,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/time-to-guarantee-universal-internet-access-for-all-san-franciscans","title":"Time to Guarantee Universal Internet Access for All San Franciscans","body":"undefined"},{"id":756,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-john-avalos","title":"SFOpen 2011: John Avalos","body":"San Francisco mayoral candidate John Avalos discusses his ideas on open government and Government 2.0."},{"id":757,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/govfresh-guide-to-sfopen-2011","title":"GovFresh guide to SFOpen 2011","body":"SFOpen 2011 brings together the 2011 San Francisco Mayoral candidates for a discussion on open government, civic engagement, technology and innovation."},{"id":758,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/effective-city-government-is-only-possible-by-embracing-the-spirit-of-innovation","title":"Effective city government is only possible by embracing the spirit of innovation","body":"Our government is only as strong as the bonds of trust between our institutions and citizens. An effective government must communicate its goals and actions."},{"id":759,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-phil-ting","title":"SFOpen 2011: Phil Ting","body":"San Francisco mayoral candidate Phil Ting discusses his ideas on open government and Government 2.0."},{"id":760,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/open-governmet-keeps-its-heart-in-san-francisco-with-a-second-citycampsf","title":"Open government keeps its heart in San Francisco with (second) CityCampSF","body":"CityCampSF 2011 will be held this Saturday, June 18, 2011, and feature municipal employees, journalists, developers and neighborhood leaders \"working on solutions for better communities and government.\""},{"id":761,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/ask-not-what-your-city-can-do-for-you-ask-what-you-can-do-for-your-city","title":"Ask not what your city can do for you - ask what you can do for your city","body":"When President John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed \"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country,\" a sense of civic pride was embedded into our patriotic psyche and Americans were given the money quote needed to do more than just complain about their government."},{"id":762,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/more-signs-of-trend-in-changing-dynamics-of-public-access-tv-google-launches-youtube-for-government","title":"More signs of trend in changing dynamics of public access TV? Google launches YouTube for Government","body":"Google announced the launch of YouTube for Government with a simple landing page and playlist of examples of how elected officials and government is using its video platform."},{"id":763,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/how-to-present-to-your-city-council-like-steve-jobs","title":"How to present to your city council like Steve Jobs","body":"Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently presented to the Cupertino, CA, city council on the company's plans for building a new campus."},{"id":764,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/missouri-town-uses-youtube-to-re-define-public-access-television","title":"Missouri town uses YouTube to re-define public access television","body":"The city council of St. Charles, Missouri has launched Discover St. Charles, a YouTube channel that delivers department updates to citizens using short video clips."},{"id":765,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-tony-hall","title":"SFOpen 2011: Tony Hall","body":"undefined"},{"id":766,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-leland-yee","title":"SFOpen 2011: Leland Yee","body":"San Francisco mayoral candidate Leland Yee discusses his ideas on open government and Government 2.0."},{"id":767,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-dennis-herrera","title":"SFOpen 2011: Dennis Herrera","body":"undefined"},{"id":768,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-david-chiu","title":"SFOpen 2011: David Chiu","body":"San Francisco mayoral candidate David Chiu discusses his ideas on open government and Government 2.0."},{"id":769,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-bevan-dufty","title":"SFOpen 2011: Bevan Dufty","body":"San Francisco mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty discusses his ideas on open government and Government 2.0."},{"id":770,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/opengovdc-open-source-tools-for-open-government-and-qa-with-phase2-ceo-jeff-walpole","title":"OpenGovDC, 'open source tools for open government' and Q&A with Phase2 CEO Jeff Walpole","body":"Federal government open source and open government practitioners will convene for a one-day conference, OpenGovDC, June 14 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC."},{"id":771,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/8-of-9-major-sf-mayor-candidates-commit-to-open-government-pledge-for-san-francisco","title":"8 of 9 major SF mayor candidates commit to 'Open Government Pledge for San Francisco'","body":"Eight of the 9 major San Francisco mayoral candidates have committed to the Open Government Pledge for San Francisco."},{"id":772,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sfopen-2011-meet-joanna-rees","title":"SFOpen 2011: Meet Joanna Rees","body":"San Francisco mayoral candidate Joanna Rees discusses her ideas on open government and Government 2.0."},{"id":773,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-releases-first-5-year-information-communications-and-technology-plan","title":"SF releases first 5-year 'Information, Communications and Technology Plan'","body":"San Francisco's Committee on Information Technology (COIT) has released its first Information, Communications and Technology Plan that \"focuses the City’s resources on the issues of security, access, infrastructure, communication and efficient computing.\""},{"id":774,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/opengov-camp-hits-the-big-apple","title":"OpenGov Camp hits the Big Apple","body":"undefined"},{"id":775,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/enabling-the-civic-social-layer","title":"Enabling the civic social layer","body":"Over the past few months, I’ve been seeing different models of ‘digital’ or ‘smart’ cities. Many of these models are heavily centered on the re-engineering of technical or physical layers of infrastructure."},{"id":776,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bing-bing-re-designed-utah-gov-goes-live","title":"Bing Bing: Re-designed Utah.gov goes live","body":"With a bold background image of Delicate Arch and a search box front and center, the newly-designed Utah.gov borrows a page from Microsoft search engine Bing to help its residents find everything they need to know about their state government."},{"id":777,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/turn-and-hack-the-change","title":"Turn and hack the change","body":"Change.org announced it will host a Hack for Change contest June 17-18 to build \"apps for social good.\""},{"id":778,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/building-a-scalable-open-government-process","title":"Building a scalable open government process","body":"Much of the energy and effort around open government to date has literally been hacked together or leans towards a reactive, transparency watchdog approach to getting government to be more extroverted."},{"id":779,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-mayoral-candidates-an-open-government-pledge-for-san-francisco","title":"SF Mayoral Candidates: An Open Government Pledge for San Francisco","body":"In an effort to make it easier for local governments to better implement open government policies, a group of dedicated advocates recently created a sample Local Open Government Initiative (LOGI), modeled after the one initiated by President Obama for the federal government in January 2009."},{"id":780,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/sf-government-chooses-microsofts-cloud-for-email","title":"SF government chooses Microsoft's cloud for email","body":"The City and County of San Francisco announced it has selected Microsoft Exchange Online to host its 23,000 employee email system."},{"id":781,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bring-participatory-budgeting-to-san-francisco","title":"Bring participatory budgeting to San Francisco","body":"Would the government work better if you had more say? At Reset San Francisco, we think the answer to that question is absolutely yes, which is why we were so excited when the folks behind the movement for Participatory Budgeting paid a visit to City Hall last week."},{"id":782,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/bring-donteat-at-to-san-francisco-and-save-public-health-dollars","title":"Bring DontEat.At to San Francisco and save public health dollars","body":"Today on Gov 2.0 Radio, Allison Hornery of CivicTEC in Sydney pointed to a new app by New York University computer science student Max Stoller that mashes up NY health inspection data with Foursquare, and provides a text message warning if the restaurant isn’t making the grade. It’s called DontEat.At."},{"id":783,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/hampton-kott-launch-sf-tech-dems-to-influence-state-policy","title":"Hampton, Kott, launch SF Tech Dems to influence state policy","body":"Today, Suki Kott and I formally launched SF Tech Dems, a new political club aimed at shaping tech policy in the SF Bay Area and throughout California."},{"id":784,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/new-video-features-sf-open-data-gov-2-0-entrepreneurs","title":"New video features SF open data, Gov 2.0 entrepreneurs","body":"San Francisco Academy of Art multimedia graduate student Fabricio Sousa produced a great video on open data and Gov 2.0 featuring Zonability founder and CEO Leigh Budlong and Gov 2.0 Radio host Adriel Hampton."},{"id":785,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-to-share-their-open-government-ideas-at-sfopen-2011","title":"San Francisco mayoral candidates to share their open government ideas at SFOpen 2011","body":"undefined"},{"id":786,"url":"https://govfresh.com/signal/best-in-sf-government-social-media","title":"Best in SF government social media","body":"The City of San Francisco over the last two years has aggressively embraced social media for marketing of government programs and initiatives, citizen engagement, and two-way communications. An important task for the next mayor is not only to preserve the vibrant ecosystem left by one of the U.S.'s most tech-savvy mayors, but to continue to advance government innovation in one of the world's most tech-savvy cities."},{"id":787,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-government-can-secure-us-in-the-internet-era","title":"How government can secure us in the internet+ era","body":"The Government We Need talks with Bruce Schneier about internet+ security and government’s role in keeping us safe."},{"id":788,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-we-can-bring-more-diversity-into-elected-office","title":"How we can bring more diversity into elected office","body":"The Government We Need talks with Run for Something’s Sarah Horvitz about the changing face of local politics and how to elect diverse representation."},{"id":789,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-we-can-code-a-better-government","title":"How we can code a better government","body":"The Government We Need talks with Code for America founder Jen Pahlka about how technology can be a force for civic change."},{"id":790,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-government-can-find-its-purpose","title":"How government can find its purpose","body":"The Government We Need talks with Brian Elms about how government can ask the right questions and find its true public service purpose."},{"id":791,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-government-can-support-climate-action","title":"How government can support climate action","body":"The Government We Need talks with Rick Cole about local government's role in sustainability."},{"id":792,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-government-can-make-public-budgeting-more-participatory","title":"How government can make public budgeting more participatory","body":"Shari Davis talks with The Government We Need about building a more inclusive, democratic public budgeting process."},{"id":793,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-government-can-design-a-human-centered-social-safety-net","title":"How government can design a human-centered social safety net","body":"The Government We Need talks with Amanda Renteria about getting public benefits to people in the digital age."},{"id":794,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/how-government-can-bring-mindfulness-to-law-enforcement","title":"How government can bring mindfulness to law enforcement","body":"The Government We Need talks with Mindful Badge's Richard Goerling about mindful policing."},{"id":795,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/civic-hacking-steve-spiker","title":"Civic hacking with Steve Spiker","body":"A pioneering civic technologist retrospects and shares his thoughts on hacking government for good."},{"id":796,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/civic-hacking-carlos-moreno","title":"Civic hacking with Carlos Moreno","body":"A citizen journalist and civic technologist shares his experiences and lessons learned civic hacking."},{"id":797,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/california-alpha-part-1","title":"California Alpha (Part 1)","body":"Setting an Alpha foundation with Angie Quirarte."},{"id":798,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/government-pdfs","title":"Government PDFs","body":"The controversial file format beloved by government."},{"id":799,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/hack-to-the-future-with-emily-crose","title":"Hack to the Future with Emily Crose","body":"Government's history, relationship and evolution with hackers and hacking."},{"id":800,"url":"https://govfresh.com/podcast/california-alpha-part-2","title":"California Alpha (Part 2)","body":"Going Alpha."}]