Abhi NemaniDirector of Strategy and Communications

Abhi Nemani (Director of Strategy and Communications) leads Code for America's national outreach and awareness campaigns, which have been featured in the New York Times and Mashable, as well as spearheading new program development, such as the launch of a civic startup accelerator. He is also currently directing the development of Civic Commons, a marketplace for government technology. Prior to CfA, Abhi led a 30-person research team at the Rose Institute to increase transparency in government, and has had stints with Google and the Center for American Progress. He graduated magna cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with a honors degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). As a designer, editor, and developer, Abhi has extensive experience creating popular and award-winning websites, magazines, graphics, and publications.

Posts by Abhi

Civic Startup? Apply Now.

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

Soon after we launched the CfA fellowship, we realized that to accomplish the kind of change we were seeking not only would government have to change but also the civic tech ecosystem. There needed to be more innovation, more dynamism, …

SF Startup Veterans Hackathon, This Weekend

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

Join us next weekend for a first-of-its kind Startup Veterans Hackathon, hosted by TechCentralSF. The TechCentralSF Startup Veteran weekend is a two-day business and app development competition. The event’s goal is to invite returning veterans to be part of a …

Jennifer Pahlka at TED [Video]

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

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It’s easy to get lost in particulars of CfA’s work: the apps, the code, etc. But at TED last month, our founder Jennifer Pahlka reminds us that it’s about much more than that, it’s about citizenship and how the internet …

A New Knight News Challenge

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

The Knight Foundation just launched the 2012 Knight New Challenge. As they have for the past few years, they’re awarding funding this year for breakthrough innovations that help inform and connect communities. But for those who have been following the …

Code Across America: A Week of Civic Innovation

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

From February 24 through March 4, hundreds of passionate citizens around the country will come together to “Code Across America” – to make their cities even better. In over a dozen cities, there will be hackathons to build civic apps, “brigades” …

Send Some Geeky Love This Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

So it’s Tuesday morning, you’re in your techie office complete with exposed brick, 27″ monitors, ping pong tables, and then you realize that oddly everyone in the office has red on. And there’s chocolate… everywhere. Yup, that’s right, it’s Valentine’s …

Up for (Your) Discussion: Themes for the Year

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

The Code for America model puts questions first, coding later. So if you were to ask us what the fellows will build, or the Brigade deploy, or the Accelerator start up — we honestly couldn’t say. This makes the task …

Come Meet the 2012 Fellows!

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

As the 2012 Code for America Fellowship kicks off, we’d like to bring all of our friends and supporters to together to welcome our new fellows into the program before they head out for their city residencies. So naturally, we’re …

Request for Disruption: Lead the CfA Accelerator

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

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Entrepreneurs harnessing the web as a platform have changed the world, but the disruption they’ve caused in almost every other market has largely missed the government ecosystem. Now, however, companies like TurboTax, SeeClickFix, and Socrata are showing that governments and …

NYT Features Chicago’s “Adopt-a-Sidewalk”

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Abhi Nemani

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As the Windy City prepares for another major snow season, Chicago’s CTO John Tolva and team have been hard at work, turning out a robust suite of online tools to help citizens track and even support the city’s management efforts: …