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The Passionate Minority
As the debt ceiling gets a little higher, and schools around the country continue to struggle with budget cuts, Chrystia Freeland has proclaimed that 2011 will be “The Year We Gave Up On Government.”...
View ArticleThe EDU Iconathon: Boston
This Saturday, Code for America will be hosting another Iconathon with the City of Boston! Held in collaboration with The Noun Project, Boston’s event will focus on designing new icons for Education:...
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A Data Liberation Walkthrough
Last time I wrote about how to build a US-wide farmers’ market API in under an hour. Today, I want to walk through a larger challenge to highlight some of the tools & techniques we are using at...
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Open Government and the Bully Pulpit
Last week in Honolulu, the Mayor got on a bus. And while this may seem like a small thing, it’s just the latest example of how mayors and municipal leaders are using the weight of their offices to...
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Re-thinking Government Tech as Civic Products
Government is an enterprise of people serving people. This isn’t news, but it is often overlooked as we try to determine how to make our government more responsive to the needs of the people it serves....
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Community Engagement: Lessons from Boston
Around the country, folks are making the road by walking when it comes to civic innovation and they’re forming new relationships in the process. At Code for America, we get excited when people...
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Unlocking the Power of the Code for America Fellowship & Brigades
Code for America is many things: an international volunteer organization, a fellowship program, a permanent staff organized into teams, a peer network of government practitioners. How do all of these...
View ArticleCode for Boston Unites Local Organizations to Address Youth Employment...
Weekly hack nights provide a welcoming atmosphere where different organizations and community members come together to use technology and build new tools that address civic issues. National Day of...
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