This is a story of coming around full circle. I was born here in San Francisco, in the midst of the technology industry, to a father who was an engineer in Silicon Valley long before the regional nickname was a …
Schoolcuts.org: How to build & maintain a civic app
June 17, 2013 in Brigade, Civic Hacking, News
This blog is cross-posted from the Smart Chicago Collaborative. View the original post and additional videos here. Since schoolcuts.org first launched two months ago, the team has been working around the clock to add new features and information to the site. One …
What does the next NYC Mayor of think of tech?
June 13, 2013 in Brigade, Citizenship, Event, Get Involved, Gov2.0, Open Data, Open Gov
#betaNYC, Code for America’s Brigade in New York City, the Coalition for Queens, Museum of the Moving Image, Partnership for New York, Startup Box: South Bronx, BLIP: Brooklyn Law Incubator Project, NY Tech Meetup, and Queens County Young Democrats have …
Getting Jiggy With OpenStreetMap
June 13, 2013 in 2011 Fellows, 2012 fellows, 2013 Fellow, News
The OpenStreetMap U.S. Foundation held its annual State Of The Map (OSM) U.S. conference in San Francisco this past weekend, and Code for America was delighted to help and attend. Almost 400 participants in the globe-spanning, street-scale, wiki-style world map …
How the Houston Hackathon Happened
June 11, 2013 in Brigade, Civic Hacking, Guest Post, Hackathon, News, Peer Network
Spotlight: Bruce Haupt, City of Houston
June 11, 2013 in Commentary, Peer Network, Peer Network Spotlight, Public service
Bruce Haupt (@brucehaupt) is the Director of Performance Improvement for the City of Houston. He also recently co-organized the city’s first hackathon for the National Day of Civic Hacking— a resounding success with nearly 300 participants, 215 datasets, and 26 …
Get Funded with Sunlight’s New OpenGov Grants
June 10, 2013 in Guest Post, News
This post is penned by Gabriela Schneider, communications director for the Sunlight Foundation and is cross-posted from sunlightfoundation.com/blog. We’re happy to announce our new OpenGov Grants program to help you fulfill your vision of making government more transparent and accountable. We …
Defining Civic Hacking
June 7, 2013 in Commentary, Guest Post
This post is written by Jake Levitas, a civic designer, organizer and activist. How a common framework can unite new forms of engagement National Day of Civic Hacking, described by its organizers as “a national event bringing together citizens, software …
