Open government
Open government on GovFresh.
Thoughts
Every government needs a web bot policy
Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.
By Luke Fretwell
Fork in the code
Repository bureaucracy and how the general public can help preserve government technology assets.
By Luke Fretwell
Government README
A simple practice can help give clarity to public sector projects and services, and how those impacted can engage with them.
By Luke Fretwell
Git government
True democracy – and great technology – is organic, collaborative, participatory, responsive, iterative, adaptive.
By Luke Fretwell
Virtuous civic circle
By adopting a simple public engagement framework, we can build a more inspired government, together.
By Luke Fretwell
Podcast
California Alpha (Part 2)
Going Alpha.
#14
California Alpha (Part 1)
Setting an Alpha foundation with Angie Quirarte.
#11
Demos
Data.gov metrics dashboard
Data.gov Product Manager Tim Lowden demos the new metrics dashboard.
Watch
Papers
California Alpha
How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.
Open civic organizations
A deep dive on open civic organizations.
Briefs
Open data
A brief-ish explainer of open data.
Open source software
A brief-ish explainer of open source software.
Direct message
Amy Paige Kaminski
Author, catalyst, & champion for public engagement with space, science, & technology
Research
Declaration for the Future of the Internet
GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.
Public AI
GovFresh research notes on public artificial intelligence.
SHARE IT Act
GovFresh research notes on the SHARE IT Act.
Open source
GovFresh research notes on open source software.
Open innovation
GovFresh research notes on open innovation.
Open government
GovFresh research notes on open government.
Open data
GovFresh research notes on open data.
Signal
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December 7, 2022
Retrospecting 2022
Building community, civic hacking with my son, pedigree and public interest technology.
December 15, 2022
White House wants your input on open source software security
A 'civic opportunity to help shape the government’s thinking about open-source software security.'
August 18, 2023
Signal (2024.08.02)
What's on our radar.
August 2, 2024
Signal 2024.09.03
What's on our radar.
September 3, 2024
U.S. government launches website standards initiative
Will help “deliver consistent, digital-first experiences for the public."
September 27, 2024
Signal 2024.10.02
What's on our radar.
October 2, 2024
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
July 21, 2025
Books
Working in Public
The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
By Nadia Eghbal
The Tech Coup
How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
By Marietje Schaake
The People’s Spaceship
NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo
By Amy Paige Kaminski
Proudly Serving
Public service with and for the people
By Community contributed
The Open Organization
Igniting Passion and Performance
By Jim Whitehurst
Citizenville
How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
By Gavin Newsom
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us
By Jon Alexander, Ariane Conrad
Labs
Open civic organizations
Finding flow in mission-minded work.