Reinventors is hosting a live, online government procurement roundtable with key nonprofit, business and media leaders on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. PT.
Civic hackers: The White House wants you
The White House is now accepting applications for the 2014 Presidential Innovation Fellows program.
These 9 cities will Code for America in 2013
Code for America announced the 9 cities that will participate in its 2013 fellowship program.
Pahlka: ‘Government really is the way we do things collectively that we can’t do individually’
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.
Big Code for America announcements and how you can get involved
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.
Today’s Ada Lovelace
I wanted to promote the amazing work of Jennifer Pahlka and Code for America. I first met Jennifer at the Gov 2.0 Summit last year after following her for a while on Twitter and reading her blog PahlkaDot. Jennifer has always impressed me with her passion for making the world a better place and her brilliant mind. I can’t think of anyone better for drawing attention to the achievements of women in technology and science.
Gov 2.0 Hero: Jen Pahlka
Jen Pahlka on her new role as founder of Code for America, the new role developers play in democracy and the importance of their involvement.
Code for America’s Pahlka on ‘The Citizen Internet’
Code for America founder and director Jen Pahlka discusses Citizen 2.0 (related: Four Steps to the (Gov 2.0) Epiphany: Better Government Through Citizen Development.
Quotable:
The line between citizen and consumer is shifting … it’s gotten a lot blurrier.