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e.Republic expands model to venture capitalism, funds first startup
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.
Dan Morgan starts first day as first U.S. DOT chief data officer
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.
Two SF civic innovation programs now accepting fellowship applications
The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation and Fuse Corps are now accepting fellowship applications for a total of five fellowship opportunities.
New GovFresh logo
Just an update that we've made slight modifications to the GovFresh logo.
With Screendoor, DOBT makes simple web forms key to better government
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.
San Diego seeks chief data officer
If you like open data and great weather, the city of San Diego is looking for a performance and analytics chief data officer.