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Code for America: 'In our own words' (VIDEO)

Excellent Code for America video featuring the 2011 fellows discussing their work and CfA mission.

YouTown launches Android app

Civic mobile app YouTown is now available in the Android Market.

Code for America announces 2012 Fellows

Code for America Founder and Executive Director Jennifer Pahlka announced its 2012 fellows today at the Code for America Summit in San Francisco.

Open Town Hall aims to keep online public forums civil

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.”

This week on Gov2 TV: OGP, 'open government is dead' debate

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.

How open government is changing NYC

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.