Posted on January 3, 2012 by Jennifer Pahlka
The 2012 Fellows arrive tomorrow (gulp!) and we realize that we haven’t even introduced the new staff that has joined to help them. In the whirlwind of the last couple of months, three new staff have come on, three fantastic people …
Posted on December 14, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
Today, we’re pleased to announce that with the support of Google, Code for America will be growing quite a bit in 2012. The charitable giving team at Google is granting Code for America $1.5M to help us do more with …
Posted on December 13, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
The Code for America fellows accomplished a lot this year — not just in terms of code or apps for the CfA cities, but also learnings for the program — and we couldn’t be more proud of them. We’re pleased …
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
Code for America brings together innovative cities from around the country with passionate technologists eager to make a difference, and pairs them up for a year-long fellowship program. Both are selected through a competitive process; for 2012, over 20 cities …
Posted on September 30, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
The number one question I am asked these days is, “How did Code for America get started?” Though the Fast Company article from 2010 covered the story pretty well, I’ll share a longer version of it here, partly anticipating that …
Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
Though we are known as a fellowship program, Code for America is really at its heart a network. Since the fellows are here for only a year, the relationships they form with partners in their cities and with each other …
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
Dear Lazy Web, Please make a better Freecycle. Earlier this year when Code for America was closed for a break, and I spent some of the time off cleaning out my basement. When I moved into my house ten years …
Posted on September 7, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
As we are nearing the end of Code for America’s inaugural fellowship year, we’re excited to announce the forward-thinking city governments we will be partnering with in 2012. Today we’re honored to share that the cities of Detroit, Macon and Philadelphia have been selected as partners for the Code for America program next year.
Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
Our fellows are trained to ask questions first, code later. Throughout the year our teams in Seattle and Philadelphia conducted extensive, on-the-ground user research, developing a deep understanding of how to empower local civic leaders. What they learned was that …
Posted on August 7, 2011 by Jennifer Pahlka
The very first post on this blog, published almost two years ago now, led with “Give us your hands, not just your voices.” I thought of that as I read a Reuters piece this morning entitled The Year We Gave …
