Policy
Policy 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
Bot gov
Optimizing digital government for AI and other machines.
By Luke Fretwell
Cybersecurity standards for government websites
We need better guidance for a more secure digital government experience.
By Luke Fretwell
Code is digital experience (and law)
Great source code meets machine-readable web industry standards and best practices and – perhaps most important to some – adheres to the code of law.
By Luke Fretwell
Podcast
California Alpha (Part 2)
Going Alpha.
#14
California Alpha (Part 1)
Setting an Alpha foundation with Angie Quirarte.
#11
How government can design a human-centered social safety net
The Government We Need talks with Amanda Renteria about getting public benefits to people in the digital age.
#7
How government can support climate action
The Government We Need talks with Rick Cole about local government's role in sustainability.
#5
How we can code a better government
The Government We Need talks with Code for America founder Jen Pahlka about how technology can be a force for civic change.
#3
How government can secure us in the internet+ era
The Government We Need talks with Bruce Schneier about internet+ security and government’s role in keeping us safe.
#1
Papers
California Alpha
How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.
Briefs
Open data
A brief-ish explainer of open data.
Open source AI
A brief-ish explainer of open source artificial intelligence.
New web accessibility law
A brief-ish explainer of the new web accessibility law for state and local governments.
Direct message
Jonathan Mostowski
Acquisition strategist, author, innovator, problem solver
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.
SOMOSA Act
GovFresh research notes on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act.
SHARE IT Act
GovFresh research notes on the SHARE IT Act.
Signal
Signal 2025.03.14
What's on our radar.
March 14, 2025
Books
Unit X
How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
By Christopher Kirchhoff and Raj M. Shah
The Tech Coup
How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
By Marietje Schaake
SpecOps
A New Approach to Modernizing Legacy Technology Systems
By Mark Headd
Recoding America
Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
By Jennifer Pahlka
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
By Ro Khanna