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  • November 22, 2022

    Mashed Potatoes and Digital Modernization

    So much of the work we do to improve government digital services involves breaking big things down into smaller pieces.

    Civic Tech
  • November 21, 2022

    More Writing, Less Words

    More posts. Shorter words. It’s time to leave the bird site and all the bad habits I picked up there behind.

    Civic Tech, General Discussion
  • February 16, 2022

    Complexity and (Potential) Corruption

    The more burdensome, lengthy, or expensive a government process is, the more opportunities there are for powerful individuals to use their influence to obtain more favorable treatment. Complexity is the fertile ground in which the seeds of corruption can find purchase.

    Open Government
  • February 5, 2022

    On Zealotry and Cryptocurrency in Government

    People that advocate for the use of blockchain technologies or cryptocurrencies in government tend to sound evangelical about it. They are true believers. I can relate to that. But this new enthusiasm for blockchain in government is misplaced. It is a poor foundation for public policy and government operations.

    Cities, crypto
  • March 2, 2021

    Hands Across America

    I’ve always been a hard typer and I’ve not always used proper form. After many years of undisciplined typing, I found myself in a place where every time I typed it hurt. After living with this pain for a while, I decided to get some help and change my habits.

    civic hacking, Development Tools, self care
  • January 31, 2021

    What Lies Beneath

    Procurement challenges don’t end when a government agency selects a vendor to fulfill a contract. In many ways, they are just beginning. If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the world of civic tech for the last 5–10 years then you don’t need to be told that one of the major challenges to […]

    Procurement, Procurement Reform
  • January 27, 2021

    PFC: A Cautionary Tale for Civic Tech

    In a month of chaotic vaccine distribution rollouts, no government’s effort has been more dysfunctional, or controversial, than that of Philadelphia. To spearhead delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to city residents, the City of Philadelphia decided to partner with a young startup called Philly Fighting COVID (PFC).

    Cities, civic hacking, Civic Tech, Open Government, startups
  • December 5, 2020

    On Unbecoming a Hotshot

    My four-year anniversary at my current job snuck up on me a few weeks back. It’s not an anniversary I have a lot of experience with — it’s been a while since I worked somewhere for four years in a row. My professional career has taken me on an interesting journey, and I’ve bounced around […]

    Civic Tech, self care
  • December 3, 2020

    Virtuous Roadblocks and Digital Service Delivery

    If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and […]

    Civic Tech, Open Government
  • November 9, 2020

    Filling up the Civic Tech Toolbox

    It’s sort of a cliche to say it these days, but digital transformation in government is largely not about technology.  It seems like this is an idea that has broad consensus, but much of the work that gets done in and around government technology modernization still views problems solely through the lens of technology. What […]

    civic hacking, Civic Tech
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