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How hackers can code a better America
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.
Civic kickstart: Citizinvestor wants to help your local project get funded
Citizinvestor is the latest startup to tackle public budget woes by offsetting lack of public funding with crowdsourced citizen donations targeted to specific projects.
How Palo Alto is leading the digital city movement
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.
Palo Alto CIO on building the 'digital city'
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.
What happened to Manor?
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.