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Breaking the wall in Chicago
Photo: Josh*m Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wall. Over the past few years, the civic innovation movement has grown tremendously. It’s exploded really. Ten years ago, who would have imagined that...
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NYC chief urban designer to speak at CivicMeet Oakland Nov. 7
NYC Chief Urban Designer Alex Washburn will share his insights at CivicMeet Oakland on November 7, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., SoMar. Washburn is the author of “The Nature of Urban Design; a New York...
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.gov designer: Lou Huang
.gov designer is a regular GovFresh feature profiling the people behind public sector design. Who Lou Huang Fellow, Code for America Creator, Streetmix When did you first become interested in design?...
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The State Department’s mobile site is now responsive
m.state.gov In a peculiar approach to web design strategy, the U.S. State Department has upgraded its mobile website, m.state.gov, to a responsive design. Typically, responsive web design is leveraged...
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Code for The Philippines: Help urgently needed
The Philippines after October 2009 typhoon. (Photo: IFRC) By now you’ve no doubt heard of the horrific consequences of super Typhoon Haiyan which has devastated the Philippines. In addition to an...
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Darrell Issa may have just lost the open government vote
Todd Park (Photo: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Chris Smith) With a single subpoena to one of the most admired public servants in America, Congressman Darrell Issa has managed to rankle...
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OpenOakland 1.5: A year and a half in review
Oakland (Photo: Luke Fretwell) As we close out the year, I wanted to reflect on a few things to put our work in perspective and also to lay out the vision for where we want to go in the new year. 2013...
View ArticleGovernment contracting: Business size and the implications of cheating
Acquiring government contracts is hard work. So, when some businesses hear that there are set-aside federal contracts that are awarded specifically to small businesses, is it any wonder that some...
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Continuing San Francisco’s national leadership on open data
Port of San Francisco (Photo: Luke Fretwell) Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will take its final vote to approve my update to our city’s groundbreaking open data law. My open data...
View ArticleCivic values
This morning I received the Citizinvestor newsletter that included a well-thought out and strong values statement, important for any company, but especially those focused on serving the public sector....
View ArticleWhy no one uses your government data
Publishing government information is about much more than simply throwing 0’s and 1’s over the firewall. It’s about building ecosystems and communities. It’s about solving shared challenges. It’s about...
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Government contracting: An example of cheating and the solutions
Photo: House Oversight and Reform Committee As discussed in the previous post, there have been some issues in the U.S. government lately with government contracting. Due to businesses misrepresenting...
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An API strategy for the U.S. government
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park with President Obama (Photo: White House) I was asked to provides some thoughts on what is next for the U.S. government’s application programming interface...
View ArticleWhat I learned doing the GovFresh Awards
Tomorrow, we’ll announce the winners of the 2013 GovFresh Awards, and I’m really excited, but the whole process didn’t come without some hiccups, and I wanted to share these with the community, what I...
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2013 GovFresh Awards winners
Congratulations to the 2013 GovFresh Awards winners and thank you to everyone who participated in the process, including the incredible judges, as well as CivicActions and NuCivic who support my work...
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The politics of physics (and healthcare.gov)
Photo: U.S. Health & Human Services Since last October the U.S. media, in full orgasmic throng, has been barking madly over the fate of the Healthcare.gov rollout. There has been overwhelming and...
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GovFresh WP: building a government WordPress theme
Despite the fact that millions of websites around the world today are powered by low- and no-cost open source content management systems, nearly all small city governments remain trapped in the 90s....
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Inside the new BART.gov
Photo: Steve Rhodes Listen Bay Area Rapid Transit Web Services Manager Timothy Moore discusses the recent upgrade of its flagship website, BART.gov, including a Drupal migration, embracing agile...
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Startup.civ: StreetCred
Nick Selby, co-founder and CEO, StreetCred (Photo: Code for America) ‘Startup.civ’ is a regular GovFresh feature highlighting the startups powering the civic movement. What StreetCred Software, Inc....
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Piqua sets the civic example for cities of all sizes
Photo courtesy of Piqua, Ohio. GovFresh 2013 Small City of the Year Piqua, Ohio, is a shining example of the old adage “small is beautiful.” With its multi-pronged approach to engaging citizens, Piqua...
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