Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for America, has been making the rounds lately. Good conversations on both the Econtalk podcast [0] (which I know is an HN

Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for America, has been making the rounds lately. Good conversations on both the Econtalk podcast [0] (which I know is an HN favorite) and the Long Now Foundation [1]. Procurement sounds absolutely awful at the federal level; she makes a compelling case for how needed modern software design and development processes are in providing effective and cost efficient government services. [0]http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/05/jennifer_pahlka.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/05/jennifer_pahlka.htm... [1]http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/feb/01/fixing-government-bottom-and-outside/ http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/feb/01/fixing-government-b...