The last decade has seen the organic growth of the web as a platform, enabling near-frictionless community-building, social communication, and collective action. But the institutions citizens support to represent our collective will and achieve our common goals have been left behind, largely by their own design. Today, several factors are converging to make recrafting of government possible, and a key ingredient are the very hackers and designers who see the enormous opportunity to build a "citizen Internet."
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2. 3. 4. CAP study
Millennials, ages 18 to 32, have more confidence in government and
rate its performance higher than do older adults.
Young adults are also strongly receptive to a reform agenda that
would strip away wasteful spending and focus on improve- ments in
the delivery of government services.
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The best of intentions
Presidential Records Act (1978)
Paperwork Reduction Act (1980)
Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972)
Procurement Processes
13. 14. The best of intentions
Internet Startup
Agile
Evolving
Short cycles
Test-driven
Leverages existing platforms
Government IT
Full spec
Static
Long cycles
Tested at end
Independent of existing platforms
Integrated with legacy systems
15. 16. 1993
17. 2005
18. 2007
19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. adopt-a-hydrant
25. 26. Wheres My Bus App?
27. THE GREATEST LIE SPOKEN BY PEOPLE LIKE ME TO PEOPLE LIKE
YOU
28. ELECT ME AND ILL SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS
29. Cities in crisis
84% of cities face significant financial difficulties
92% expected to have trouble meeting citizens needs
What would you cut?
Source: ICMA
30. 31. 32. 33. The Boston Project
34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. The Citizen Internet
40. 41. "You need to understand your bureaucracy in order to use it
against itself.
- Chris Vein
42. A New Kind of PublicService
43. 44. We recruit leading web and tech professionals, as well as
recent graduates from top-notch schools who have a passion for
public service.
2011 Recruitment
362 Applications
20 Fellows
5.5% Acceptance
2011 CfA Fellows
45. Cross-Sector Collaboration
46. 47. Fellows Program
48. Progress Report
49. February Awesome Sauce
444 Interviews
68 Events
4 Datacamps
3 Ignite Talks
12 projects in development
In front of 3000+ people
12-15 news articles
A big pot of love
50. 51. SEAAPI.com
52. HearNear.org
53. 54. Septa.Mobi
55. PhillyApi.com
56. 57. Boston Rebranding
After
Before
58. 59. dcfoodshed.appspot.com/
60. 61. 62. Opportunity now
63. http://c4a.me/earlyapp [email protected]@pahlkadot@codeforamerica
64. CfA Summer Internship
http://c4a.me/interns11
