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Oakland vendor API requirement a big step for municipal open government
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.
Introducing GovPress
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.
SF reboots open data efforts
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.
Don’t sell products, tell stories
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. This was a tradition for Tony and his family, one that I had learned to live with as his startup spouse.
U.S. DOT seeks chief data officer
The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking for a chief data officer and, hurry, because you have until Tuesday to apply.
New Orleans seeks CIO
In what is probably the best municipal technology job opportunity since Oakland was recruiting a chief information officer, the city of New Orleans is looking for new CIO.