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Thoughts

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Proudly Serving now available in print and digital formats

Public service with and for the people.

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Every government needs a web bot policy

Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.

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Fork in the code

Repository bureaucracy and how the general public can help preserve government technology assets.

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Government README

A simple practice can help give clarity to public sector projects and services, and how those impacted can engage with them.

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Git government

True democracy – and great technology – is organic, collaborative, participatory, responsive, iterative, adaptive.

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Virtuous civic circle

By adopting a simple public engagement framework, we can build a more inspired government, together.

Podcast

California Alpha

California Alpha (Part 1)

Setting an Alpha foundation with Angie Quirarte.

Demos

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Data.gov metrics dashboard

Data.gov Product Manager Tim Lowden demos the new metrics dashboard.

Papers

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California Alpha

How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.

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Open civic organizations

A deep dive on open civic organizations.

Briefs

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Open data

A brief-ish explainer of open data.

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Open source software

A brief-ish explainer of open source software.

Direct message

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Amy Paige Kaminski

Author, catalyst, & champion for public engagement with space, science, & technology

Research

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Declaration for the Future of the Internet

GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.

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Public AI

GovFresh research notes on public artificial intelligence.

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SHARE IT Act

GovFresh research notes on the SHARE IT Act.

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Open source

GovFresh research notes on open source software.

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Open innovation

GovFresh research notes on open innovation.

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Open government

GovFresh research notes on open government.

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Open data

GovFresh research notes on open data.

Signal

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Retrospecting 2022

Building community, civic hacking with my son, pedigree and public interest technology.

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.'

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Signal (2024.08.02)

What's on our radar.

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Signal 2024.09.03

What's on our radar.

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U.S. government launches website standards initiative

Will help “deliver consistent, digital-first experiences for the public."

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Signal 2024.10.02

What's on our radar.

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World CityCamp Day 2025

A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation

Books

Working in Public

The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

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The Tech Coup

How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

The People’s Spaceship

NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo

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Proudly Serving

Public service with and for the people

The Open Organization

Igniting Passion and Performance

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Citizenville

How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

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Citizens

Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us

Labs

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Open civic organizations

Finding flow in mission-minded work.