This post is written by Jake Levitas, a civic designer, organizer and activist. How Hacking City Policy Can Improve the Public Realm Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by …
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Towards a Procurement Strategy
May 7, 2013 in CfA Staff, Commentary, News, Peer Network
What enables innovation? This is an oft-asked question. Some argue it’s the aggregation of divergent viewpoints, or the density of the creative class; others say it’s the proximity to academia or industry. A less common, but no less important question …
Visualizing the Future of Government
May 3, 2013 in Guest Post, Hackathon, News
I believe that the future of government is one of increased transparency and collaborative problem-solving. What gets us there is creating a culture of participation, in which citizens across industries contribute their expertise to help solve our shared difficult problems. …
Open Data Policy Evolution: San Francisco
April 30, 2013 in Guest Post, News, Open Data, Open Gov
This is reposted from the Sunlight Foundation Blog. Since the release of Sunlight’s Open Data Policy Guidelines last June, Chicago, Madison, Montgomery County, and Utah have all enacted open data laws, and the states of Hawaii and Ohio are both in …
First Steps with Civic Analytics
April 25, 2013 in #meta, Data, News, Open Data, Peer Network
Called “a geek squad of civic-minded number-crunchers” by the New York Times in a recent profile, the predictive analytics team led by City of New York’s Chief Analytics Officer Mike Flowers is pioneering new approaches in the field of civic …
A New Age in America
April 25, 2013 in #meta, Accelerator, Civic Startups, News
Changes Afoot Last year, when we (Code for America) began officially supporting civic startups, we created a program to support companies building tools that help government work more effectively and transparently. We call it the Code for America Accelerator. Ever …
