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Folks who believe in 18F and want it to continue the work it is doing: please please PLEASE actually write to your legislators and let them know that you are th

Folks who believe in 18F and want it to continue the work it is doing: please please PLEASE actually write to your legislators and let them know that you are their constituent, that you are a tech worker, and that you support it. Unless you do, they will think that it is some niche issue that the general public doesn't care about. When that happens, the only things legislators have to base their decisions on are: 1) Their own (non-existent) expertise in software development and procurement. 2) Their advice of whatever experts they can find. 3) The outcome of this hearing by the House Oversight Comittee: https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/18f-and-u-s-digital-service-oversight/ https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/18f-and-u-s-digital-serv... and follow-up hearings And what #2 really means is lobbyists, paid for by these same contractors. They will present themselves as the voice of the industry and unless a bunch of actual software engineers speak up, legislators would have every reason to believe them. So please, find your congresscritter and let them know that you care about this: http://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/ http://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/ Especially do this if you live in the district of one of the members of the house oversight committee: https://oversight.house.gov/subcommittee/full-committee/ https://oversight.house.gov/subcommittee/full-committee/ - Carolyn Maloney of NY-12, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and the east side of Manhattan - MARK DESAULNIER CA-11: Just west of Berkley - William Lacy Clay of MO-1, Greater St Louis - Stephen Lynch of MA-8, Boston and South Shore - Jim Cooper of TN-5, Nashville and some areas to the west - Gerald E. Connoly of VA-11, suburbs between Arlington and Manassas - Matt Cartwright of PA-17: Scranton, Schuylkill, and Munroe - Tammy Duckworth of IL-8: Northwest Chicago - Robin Kelly IL-2: South East Chicago - Brenda Lawrence MI-14: A weird gerrymander northish of Detroit but also the lake coast - Ted Lieu CA-33: A wide swath of pacific coast near Venice Beach - Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ-12: Princeton, Trenton, and environs - Brendan F. Boyle PA-13: North and Northeast of Philadelphia. - Peter Welch for the entirety of Vermont - Michelle Lujan Grisham NM-1: Albuquerque and areas southeast of it. - Trey Gowdy SC-4: Spartanburg and Greenville area - Mark Meadows NC-11: Asheville and the blue ridge mountains - Jim Jordan OH-4: a weird gerrymander northwest of Columbus and south of Cleveland - John Mica of FL-7, north of Orlando - Michael Turner of OH-10, north of Cincinnati - John Duncan TN-2: Jefferson city and area around it. - Tim Walberg MI-7: Rural area and suburbs south-west of Detroit. - Justin Amash MI-3: Grand Rapids and rural areas between it and Lansing. (frame all arguments from a libertarian perspective) - Blake Farnthold TX-27: Corpus Cristi, Lockhart, and a bunch of gulf coast. - Cynthia Lummis, for the entirety of Wyoming - Thomas Massie KY-4: A weird gerrymander north of Lexington and south of Cincinnati - Ron Desantis FL-6: Daytona Beach area - Mick Mulvaney SC-5: Rock Hill and rural area north of Columbia - Ken Buck CO-4: the eastern 3rd of the state - Mark Walker NC-6: Greensboro and rural areas north of Durham & Winston-salem - Rod Blum IA-1: Cedar Rapids and the areas in the northeast of the state. - Jody Hice GA-10: Rural area between Atlanta and Augusta - Steve Russel OK-5: Oklahoma City, Seminole, and a bunch of rural area around that. - Buddy Carter GA-1: The southeast corner of the state and atlantic coast - Glenn Grothman WI-6: rural area north of Madison and Milwaukee - William Hurd TX-23: El Paso and all the area between it and San Antonio - Gary J. Palmer AL-6: A weird gerrymander of the rural area surrounding Birmingham - Paul Gosar AZ-4: Prescott and the western border of the state. - Scott Desharlais TN-4: The south-central part of the state. Areas Northeast of Chattanooga. - Eleanor Holmes Norton: DC - Stacey E. Plaskett: US Virgin Islands

madgar 10y ago
> - Carolyn Maloney of NY-12, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and the east side of Manhattan Sorry but I live in Congresswoman Maloney's district and this is not an accurate description of her district [0]. In Brooklyn, NY-12 includes Greenpoint and only a sliver of Williamsburg. Brooklyn Heights and most of Williamsburg falls in NY-7 (Nydia Velazquez). In Queens, which you left out entirely, NY-12 includes Long Island City, Astoria (minus Ditmars/Steinway) and parts of Woodside. In Manhattan, NY-12 extends to areas that are decidedly not "east side," namely Midtown and half of Chelsea. Oh, and it also includes Roosevelt Island, but everybody forgets about Roosevelt Island. Getting these things right is hard, especially with redistricting every 10 years, so I recommend linking to a congresscritter lookup page instead [1]. Certainly better than bungling the very first entry in a big list of representatives and their districts. [0] https://maloney.house.gov/about/new-yorks-12th-congressional-district https://maloney.house.gov/about/new-yorks-12th-congressional... [1] http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
- esbranson 10y ago
  > Sorry but I live in Congresswoman Maloney's district and this is not an accurate description of her district [0]. Respectfully, does any government agency release congressional district maps as Google Map overlays? Or are such things limited to congressmen who, e.g., represent the most affluent neighborhoods of New York? (I note there is only one such person given in the list, which would make your recommendation ineffective.)
  - madgar 10y ago
    My recommendation was a zip code to congressperson lookup tool. I linked to one such tool hosted on house.gov. Did you find it unsatisfactory? As to your weak attempt to make this about class, I'll point out West Virginia's congressional district Google Maps overlay: http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/Vote/Districts/Pages/Districts_Congressional.aspx http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/Vote/Districts/Pages/Distric... Or is West Virginia too rich for you? I can find more, I just google searched that and found it in 30 seconds. It seems you don't have the time to do your own research but you do have the time to make inflammatory comments.

madgar 10y ago

> - Carolyn Maloney of NY-12, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and the east side of Manhattan Sorry but I live in Congresswoman Maloney's district and this is not an accurate description of her district [0]. In Brooklyn, NY-12 includes Greenpoint and only a sliver of Williamsburg. Brooklyn Heights and most of Williamsburg falls in NY-7 (Nydia Velazquez). In Queens, which you left out entirely, NY-12 includes Long Island City, Astoria (minus Ditmars/Steinway) and parts of Woodside. In Manhattan, NY-12 extends to areas that are decidedly not "east side," namely Midtown and half of Chelsea. Oh, and it also includes Roosevelt Island, but everybody forgets about Roosevelt Island. Getting these things right is hard, especially with redistricting every 10 years, so I recommend linking to a congresscritter lookup page instead [1]. Certainly better than bungling the very first entry in a big list of representatives and their districts. [0] https://maloney.house.gov/about/new-yorks-12th-congressional-district https://maloney.house.gov/about/new-yorks-12th-congressional... [1] http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

esbranson 10y ago
> Sorry but I live in Congresswoman Maloney's district and this is not an accurate description of her district [0]. Respectfully, does any government agency release congressional district maps as Google Map overlays? Or are such things limited to congressmen who, e.g., represent the most affluent neighborhoods of New York? (I note there is only one such person given in the list, which would make your recommendation ineffective.)
- madgar 10y ago
  My recommendation was a zip code to congressperson lookup tool. I linked to one such tool hosted on house.gov. Did you find it unsatisfactory? As to your weak attempt to make this about class, I'll point out West Virginia's congressional district Google Maps overlay: http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/Vote/Districts/Pages/Districts_Congressional.aspx http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/Vote/Districts/Pages/Distric... Or is West Virginia too rich for you? I can find more, I just google searched that and found it in 30 seconds. It seems you don't have the time to do your own research but you do have the time to make inflammatory comments.