Here’s to you, Betsy… The US flag symbolizes both diversity and unity: 13 original colonies, 50 states, 1 USA. At Code for America, we wanted to honor the flag and the diversity it represents using the technology we love. So, …

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Where does community begin? It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves a lot. With nearly all our projects, what we we’re aiming to do in cities is to help them use the Internet to harness the power of cognitive surplus …

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We believe in bringing together smart and passionate people, and motivating them to take on hard problems with hard deadlines; that’s our fellowship — 20 fellows, spending the year tackling some interesting civic challenges. An upcoming event, however, aims to …

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Elsewhere you’d be given a product to market, or maybe even a brand. You’d be given goals like tailoring messaging for an audience segment, optimizing a landing page, or increasing market share 0.001%. And, sure, here you’ll be able to …

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So I’m really excited that Oakland is finally having its own hack day on June 4th: Code for Oakland. The event was inspired by the FCC’s Apps for Communities contest, which was announced by FCC Chair Julius Genachowski in Oakland last month. There’s so much that can be done to make Oakland’s data useful to citizens.  Let’s prove that.

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This week is Public Service Recognition Week, and together with our friends over at GovLoop, we are asking everybody to let the public service men and women in your life know how much you appreciate their work, and give them a (digital) high five for everything they do. Check it out and show some love: http://welovepublicservice.org. They deserve it.

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This year, we’re starting early. Last year, we were overwhelmed by the response for our inaugural application — over 350 submissions! — but just days after the application process closed in the fall, people started asking when 2012′s would open …

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Know someone who is passionate, talented, and eager to make a difference? Nominate them for the 2012 Code for America Fellowship. We’re gearing up for the launch of the 2012 fellowship application, but in the meantime, we wanted to open …

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Today is a day to celebrate the special people in your life. For us at Code for America, we realize that sometimes we speak a different language than most: Hallmark cards don’t tend to come in 1′s and 0′s. So we figured today we’d show our fellow geeks some love and help you all show some love. Enjoy and share some nerdy valentines made by our fellows.

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We’re hosting DataCamps in CfA’s cities this year to build communities around making city data more open and accessible to allow citizens to help cities work better. DataCamp is a event focusing on skill-building and collaborative work on city data. It is an opportunity for interested parties in a city to work together, and build a network of people with shared interested in improving civic communications and information management.

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