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I'm in agreement. The problems of government are best solved by pairing civil servants, the ones who know how to run the country, with enthusiastic, well-funded
by petepete 7y ago
I'm in agreement. The problems of government are best solved by pairing civil servants, the ones who know how to run the country, with enthusiastic, well-funded teams.
The end goal should be open, accessible projects built with open accessible tools.
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/ https://gds.blog.gov.uk/
- monocasa 7y agoAnd here in the states we have the USDS and 18F doing great work. The just need more funding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F
- atlasunshrugged 7y agoDo you have any knowledge about how Code for America is doing? My understanding is that they're more on the citizen engagement side of things and have built a few cool solutions. Maybe we need more orgs like that (or need to contribute more resources to them)?
- AlexanderNull 7y agoCode for America continues to grow and release their apps in new areas of the country. They've got their annual summit in Oakland next week (29th) and they'll be looking to get more director level folks involved because of the current growth.