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Articles tagged 'open government'
How we can unite the balkanized NYC civic hacking community
When I moved to NYC four months ago, I already sorely missed my civic hacking community I left behind in Austin. I only knew a few folks here, and there was a lot to get acquainted with. I did know at least one thing might be familiar: the local civic tech hack night. But I couldn’t find it.
Projects and management
We need to overhaul our project management. To get there, and to work in the open, let’s start by clearly defining the problem, the fundamental challenges, and our circumstances. At Open Austin, our projects are for public good and made in the open. Compared to many open source projects that are often for developers, by […]
ProtoCity
Helping citizens prototype and actively build their future city
Array of Things
How things big and small can be made accessible through a common network and identifiable as an array of networked devices.
Open Austin
Leading organizational efforts on projects, onboarding new members, and helping the organization succeed
Fresh for Less
Helping communities in need of healthier food options to gain access
eDemocracy
Increase and improve the transparency and fairness of democratic processes and institutions at home and abroad
Go Grow Atlanta
We helped urban farmers and gardeners access and engage in the drafting process of Atlanta’s first Urban Agriculture Zoning Ordinance
Open Ghana
Reintroducing opportunity to Ghana’s mining blights by enabling the public to report injustices, announce improvements, and invite international attention and investment