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Pete Peterson on public engagement and, literally, a platform for civic...
Photo courtesy Pete Peterson Davenport Institute’s Pete Peterson has spent the last seven years working with local governments on improving their approach to public engagement. Now, he’s running for...
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D.A.T.A. and opening up Latin America
Photo: D.A.T.A. GovFresh 2013 Civic Organization of the Year, Datos Abiertos, Transparencia y Acceso a la información, or D.A.T.A., shares its work and plans for the future. What is D.A.T.A. and how...
View ArticleHack like Ben Franklin
Code for America’s Catherine Bracy has a great TED Talk on civic hacking and one of America’s greatest civic hackers, Ben Franklin, inspired a brigade of do-good developers across the world. Her Mexico...
View ArticleShould government charge API fees?
There’s a new topic posted on the US Government APIs Google group inquiring about instances of government agencies using pay models for government APIs. My default answer to this is no, that we should...
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Civic hackers: The White House wants you
The White House is now accepting applications for the 2014 Presidential Innovation Fellows program. Deadline is April 7. From the PIF application: The Presidential Innovation Fellows program brings...
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GitHub and the C-suite social
In the early days of Twitter, it was easy and common to dismiss the infant social network as a simplistic tool that served a whimsical and nerdy niche. Today, Twitter has gone from the technorati...
View ArticleHarvard offers $100K government innovation award
Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation will award $100,000 for government public engagement and participation. The Award for Public Engagement in Government is a new component to...
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Calling .gov startups: apply for the 2014 Code for America accelerator
Photo: Ryan Resella / Code for America Code for America is now accepting applications for its 2014 Civic Startup Accelerator program. The program lasts four months and includes, according to CfA,...
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Save the date (May 31-June 1) and hack your city
Source: National Day of Civic Hacking Civic leaders and organizations around the world are preparing for events surrounding the National Day of Civic Hacking, scheduled for the weekend of May 31 to...
View ArticleBuilding a better .gov beta
Recently, a federal agency shared a beta version of its new website for public feedback. I quickly reviewed the site, easily added a few comments (please, no more carousels) with the help of a very...
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GitChat with Gavin Newsom
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is our next GitChat guest. Newsom is also the author of “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government.” For those not familiar...
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