Open innovation
Open innovation 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
Civic hacking
The soul and grassroots foundation of democracy.
By Luke Fretwell
Open civic organizations
How government agencies, academia, nonprofit organizations and public sector vendors can build open, participatory models of operating.
By Luke Fretwell
Demos
Data.gov metrics dashboard
Data.gov Product Manager Tim Lowden demos the new metrics dashboard.
Watch
Papers
Open civic organizations
A deep dive on open civic organizations.
Briefs
Open data
A brief-ish explainer of open data.
Open source AI
A brief-ish explainer of open source artificial intelligence.
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
Jarah Meador
Director of Challenge.Gov + CitizenScience.Gov
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.
Open Source AI Definition
GovFresh research notes on the Open Source Institute's Open Source AI Definition.
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
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 Open Organization
Igniting Passion and Performance
By Jim Whitehurst
Labs
Open civic organizations
Finding flow in mission-minded work.