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| Oct 1, 2026 | Colorado Families Can Claim up to $4,473 per Child by Nov. 16 | Key Points:
Up to $4,473 per child or dependent in state tax money is available to qualifying families.
Families can qualify even if they have no income, do not usually file taxes, or have an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)... |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Code for America’s Human-Centered Take on Technology Featured in AMERICA 250 Docuseries | ‘America 250’ Celebrates 250th Anniversary of the United States, Highlights Nonprofit’s Work to Serve More Than 40 Million People OAKLAND, CA, UNITED STATES, July 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Code for America, the leading civic tech nonpro... |
| May 27, 2026 | New AI Tool to Manage Your PDFs! | Posted on May 27, 2026 Seeking Volunteers for an Exciting New Pilot Program
If you’ve ever wondered, “How many PDFs does my agency actually have online—and what do we do with them?”—this is your chance to find out.
One of the biggest challe... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Boston Launches Curb Lab: Bringing New Solutions to Old Streets | BOSTON – February 11th, 2026 – Every day, curbs in Boston take on new needs: accommodating bicyclists and pedestrians, supplying parking, keeping delivery trucks moving, providing accessible drop-off zones, supporting outdoor dining, and ke... |
| Apr 19, 2025 | The IRS Direct File Program: A Taxpayer's Lifeline or a Political Casualty? | In the world of taxes, simplicity is a rare gem. The IRS Direct File program promised to be that gem. It aimed to make tax filing easier for millions of Americans. But now, it faces the chopping block. The Trump administration plans to end ... |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say | Adam Ruben, a vice president at the liberal-leaning Economic Security Project, said “the fix was in from the beginning.”
“It is an outrage to see everyday taxpayers play no role in this decision,” he said. “Cutting costs and saving money fo... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | National Politics | She co-founded the office that became DOGE. Now, she sees ‘irresponsible transformation’ | Q: You’ve made a career of bringing Silicon Valley talent into the public sector to improve the delivery of government services. What have you learned from mixing tech with government?
A: It’s really easy to look from the outside of governm... |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Many Low-Income Families May Not Get The Full Child Tax Credit Because They Won’t File A Tax Return | A young mother and her three year old daughter stand at the front door to their home getty |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Brian Fennessy, Orange County Fire Authority, Amanda Renteria, Code for America, Jiajun Zhu & Dave Ferguson, Nuro, to receive Innovate@UCLA Executive Leadership Awards | This year’s Executive Leadership Awards are like no others. The unchartered needs that arose from a pandemic truly brought out innovative ways that the public and private industry can use technology to respond to a continuing crisis.
LOS AN... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | University of Houston: 3 problems with the 'covidization' of science and research | It has been – and for a while, will be – everywhere. The words: COVID-19, coronavirus and pandemic. According to an article by Holly Else in Nature, "coined in April by Madhukar Pai, a tuberculosis researcher at McGill University in Mo... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 3 energy transition companies with Houston ties pitch at international conference | It's all hands on deck for pioneering technology to advance the energy transition and climatetech, and three companies with a Houston presence just took the national stage to showcase their climate change solutions.
The United Nations' 2021... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Houston makes the grade as a top place to live after college, says new report | For many college students, it's tough to imagine life after college when they're cramming for exams and cranking out research papers. Yet the time does come when they'll venture into the "real world" with their degrees.
Before gra... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Houston expert: Prime times for cyber-attacks and how to stay protected | October is cybersecurity awareness month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Be mindful of timing
Cyber actors target certain t... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from space health to virtual collaboration — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
James Hury,... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Rice University rises with massive $100M gift for innovative new student center | Rice University's Owls are soaring of late, with the school just being named the top in Texas and No. 7 in the U.S. Now, the institution known as the "Ivy League of the South" is the recipient of a mammoth gift aimed at a game-cha... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | City launches public dashboard for tracking COVID-19 in Houston's wastewater | In 2020, a group of researchers began testing Houston's wastewater to collect data to help identify trends at the community level. Now, the team's work has been rounded up to use as an online resource.
The Houston Health Department and Rice... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Code for America Launches Free Mobile-Friendly GetCTC Portal Available in English and Spanish
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| Sep 1, 2021 | Code for America Launches Free Mobile-Friendly GetCTC Portal Available in English and Spanish | |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Houston startup addresses gaps in the gig economy with new app | Two Houstonians are making student side hustles on college campuses a whole lot safer and easier.
When Madison Long and Simone May were undergraduate students at Purdue University, their only option for scoping out basic services — like get... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, 28 companies being named as finalists in... |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Software co. leader shares why he bet on Houston's tech talent with HQ move | A couple years ago, Raj Gummadapu and his executive team moved the Techwave headquarters to Houston from the Northeast in order to access a diverse workforce in a city with a developing tech scene. He's never looked back.
Gummadapu joined t... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Startup taps UH-licensed technology to better optimize rig analytics | A Houston startup has tapped into the know-how of three University of Houston professors to help improve oil and gas drilling operations.
The startup, DrillDocs, has licensed software developed by UH professors Jiefu Chen, Xuqing (Jason) Wu... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | How Houston companies can best learn and navigate startup etiquette | We often rely on frameworks, skillsets, and mindsets – many of which we can acquire in the classroom – to prepare us for a successful career. Even at Lilie, we emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial thinking and design processes. Yet w... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Houston businessman sells online gaming casino in $1.56B deal with fantasy sports tech company | DraftKings, the nationally renown fantasy sports and online sportsbook company (Nasdaq: DKNG), announced it will acquire Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta's Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNOG) in an all-stock transaction valu... |
| Aug 9, 2021 | City of Houston launches pilot program to promote stormwater infrastructure growth | The City of Houston has launched a pilot project that will speed up the permitting process for environmentally friendly stormwater projects.
The Green Stormwater Infrastructure Expedited Permitting Pilot Program, announced August 4, will ap... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Houston hospitals once again dominate annual national rankings | It stands to reason that as home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical complex, Houston would be blessed with outstanding hospitals. New national rankings from U.S. News & World Report show just how true that is.
The ... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Startup founder on how Houston has evolved as a software hub — and why there's no better place to be | It's no understatement to say that Will Womble is incredibly proud to be a Houstonian. The former actor and lawyer first got involved in the startup world by way of Austin — but he always advocated for his hometown.
"Houston is always ... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Houston VC leaders announce SPAC with $175M IPO | A blank check company has hit the Nasdaq today with a $175 million initial public offering.
Mercury Ecommerce Acquisition Corp. announced its IPO of 17,500,000 units at a price of $10 per unit to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market with ... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | From exit to corporate growth — Houston founder talks scaling his sustainable tech | There are several ways for a Houston startup to make an exit — it could IPO, receive massive private equity funding, or even get acquired. It wasn't always in the plan for Robert Kester to have his startup take the acquisition route, but he... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Houston Exponential leader resigns, interim named | Houston Exponential has announced a leadership change, according to a statement from the organization.
Harvin Moore, who has served as president of HX since June 2019, has announced his resignation to the chair of the organization, Barbara ... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | Report: Houston saw a spike in Black entrepreneur-founded companies amid pandemic | It might seem that the formation of startups would have stagnated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet that was anything but the case for Houston startups founded by Black entrepreneurs.
A recent study by economists at Rice University, Boston Un... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | InnovationMap names judges for inaugural awards program | It's been two weeks since InnovationMap announced its inaugural awards program presented by Techwave — and the ecosystem is already buzzing with excitement to find out the top innovative companies in town.
The InnovationMap Awards will hono... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | The growing femtech industry needs more attention — and funds, says this Houston expert | Femtech is a term that is generally given to medical products, software, and technologies that aim to enhance the health and wellbeing of women. But when people think of femtech, things like period tracker apps and pregnancy tests are usual... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | ERCOT announces plan to improve Texas power grid reliability | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently demanded aggressive action from state utility regulators to shore up the power grid.
Now, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is revealing its plan to address improvements.
On Tuesday, July 1... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Houston incubator announces merger with local nonprofit | Two Houston organizations that have partnered for three years to provide a platform for innovation and ideation have announced a more formalized partnership.
Impact Hub Houston, a global impact innovation incubator, and Sketch City, a nonpr... |
| May 17, 2021 | New Relic : 10 Reasons You Don't Want to Miss FutureStack This Year | Are you ready to hack the future, Data Nerds?
The biggest New Relic event of the year, our can't-miss tech conference for engineers, developers, and IT leaders, FutureStack 2021, is just one week away. The fully virtual 3-day event, sponsor... |
| May 4, 2021 | Three impact areas for a better South Florida: Civic engagement, smart cities, and digital transformation | Facebook
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This is the second of three articles in a series about Public Interest Technology by Code For South Florida Co-Director Livio A. Zanardo. The first is highlighting the departure of the organization’s Direct... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Making accessibility the ‘ethos’ of Baltimore’s social services network | If you’re at Baltimore City Hall and need to access mental health treatment, there are three facilities within a one-mile radius, according to CHARMCare. Seeking transportation to help you get to your destination? CHARMCare can help you fin... |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Behind Her Empire Podcast: Minnie Ingersoll on Building a Business on Maternity Leave | On this episode of the Behind Her Empire podcast, hear from Minnie Ingersoll, partner at TenOneTen Ventures. She's also the co-founder and former COO of Shift, an online marketplace for used cars.
Key Takeaways:
Minnie co-founded Shift in 2... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | How open source could help empower social change | Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto
The world is in a bit of upheaval at the moment; there’s a pandemic and there’s racial and social strife running rampant through the streets of every city. Although you might think the tech sector would be th... |
| Mar 10, 2020 | How the COVID-19 virus is affecting the DC tech community | Maryland’s first confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus were announced last Thursday. Since then, the virus has made its way to other areas in the DMV region, now with confirmed cases in D.C. and Virginia that sprung up over the weekend.
In ... |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 202: Delivery-Driven Government | Lots of people have tried to sum up the differences between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. — but it isn’t so easy to hone in on. Nevertheless, it’s clear that at least some aspects of the west-coast tech approach could benefit a govern... |
| Mar 5, 2019 | Minnie Ingersoll, co-founder of the fast-growing car marketplace Shift, just became a VC in LA | Minnie Ingersoll has already had an enviable career. After 12 years at Google, working as product manager and later principal with Google.org, she co-founded the venture-backed online car marketplace Shift in 2013, then she left to join the... |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Civic technologists: Apply to speak at the 2019 Code for America Summit | Code for America, the national federation of local civic tech brigades, is hosting its annual summit May 29 t0 31 in a three-day push to shine a light on the intersection of government and technology.
The event, happening in Oakland, plans ... |
| Jan 3, 2019 | Civic technologists: Propose a session for the 2019 Code for America Summit | The calendar turned over to a new year, so it’s time to start looking at the events that will make up 2019. Among the highlights for civic technologists across the nation, Code for America is hosting its annual summit on May 29-31 in Oaklan... |
| Jan 2, 2019 | Civic technologists: Propose a session for the 2019 Code for America Summit | The calendar turned over to a new year, so it’s time to start looking at the events that will make up 2019. Among the highlights for civic technologists across the nation, Code for America is hosting its annual summit on May 29-31 in Oaklan... |
| May 6, 2018 | Technical ignorance is not leadership | There is a peculiar pattern that I have noticed among elites in the United States outside Silicon Valley, which is the almost boastful ignorance of technology. As my colleague Jon Shieber pointed out today, you can see that ignorance among ... |
| Jul 4, 2017 | 5 chat services with the potential to change democracy | On the last 4th of July, VentureBeat took a look at five bots that could reshape or change democracy. One year later, we revisit the bot landscape with the same idea in mind.
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Detroit has a poverty rate of nearly 40 percent, on... |
| Jul 4, 2017 | 5 chat services with the potential to change democracy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
On the last 4th of July, VentureBeat took a look ... |
| May 17, 2017 | Philly tech vs. the Democratic machine | At 9:49 p.m. last night, Rebecca Rhynhart tweeted to confirm what was already buzzing on social media: she had unseated three-time incumbent Alan Butkovitz as the Democrats’ nominee for City Controller.
Alan Butkovitz just called me to conc... |
| Feb 23, 2017 | Google.org is committing $11.5 million to racial justice | There is generally a lack of data in the criminal justice system. At the national level, for example, there is very little data about police behavior and criminal sentencing. That’s why Google.org is re-upping its commitment to racial justi... |
| Feb 20, 2017 | How Social Causes Are Driving Tech Sector Innovation | Today, ethical and sustainable products are king. Nearly three-fourths of Millennials, the demographic piloting this movement, are willing to pay more for sustainable products, according to a recent Nielsen study. Another 91 percent will sw... |
| Jan 10, 2017 | The outlook for Bay Area startup space in 2017 | Kim-Mai Cutler Contributor
Kim-Mai Cutler is an operating partner for Initialized Capital, an early-stage venture firm and was previously a journalist covering technology, finance and policy issues at TechCrunch -- best-known for her long-f... |
| Dec 8, 2016 | Hackathons emerge as an outlet for Silicon Valley to channel its frustration in the wake of the election | While no one knows what Donald Trump’s victory in last month’s election will mean for Silicon Valley, or the technology industry broadly, the President-Elect’s win has crystallized the region’s thinking around at least one problem.
Many tec... |
| Oct 4, 2016 | Chris Alfano made it to Code for America’s National Advisory Council. What’s next? | Code for Philly founder and known hacktivist Chris Alfano landed that spot on Code for America’s National Advisory Council that we told you about last week.
Granted, his odds were pretty decent, as he’s earned recognition as one of the orig... |
| Jul 4, 2016 | 5 bots that could change democracy | You may have heard about the Donald Trump bot army and the Twitter bots that have influenced elections in Latin America, but there are other bots out there, bots that connect citizens to services, bots that plan to crowdsource the election ... |
| Jul 4, 2016 | 5 bots that could change democracy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You may have heard about the Donald Trump bot arm... |
| May 23, 2016 | National Day of Civic Hacking Helps Micro-Businesses In Local Ecosystems | A micro-business can be defined as an enterprise with five or fewer employees. There are thousands of them across the country and they are a key part of what keeps local business ecosystems alive. Almost all companies start out as a micro-b... |
| May 11, 2016 | Mayor Schaaf's top initiatives to bring tech to Oakland | The Mayor will be a speaker at Vator Splash Spring on May 12
At Vator Splash Spring on May 12, we will be honored to have Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf come join us a keynote speaker. (She also joined us last year to discuss diversity on a pan... |
| Apr 21, 2016 | Plans for DataWorks, Delaware’s first civic hackathon, are chugging along | While they’ve got their own website up and running, Open Data Delaware is also busy working on planning Delaware’s first participation in the National Day of Civic Hacking on June 4.
The theme for DataWorks will be how to make doing busines... |
| Feb 2, 2016 | The Mutually Beneficial Relationship Between Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley | Randy Komisar Contributor
Randy Komisar, a general partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is dedicated to partnering with entrepreneurs to create businesses with leading-edge technology. He is also the author ... |
| Jan 27, 2016 | How Denver’s tech scene sees itself | While walking downtown, Healthify Software Engineer Shelby Switzer can overhear in-depth conversations about coding languages. In the evening, there are more events than Rockies Venture Club Executive Director Peter Adams knows what to do w... |
| Jan 6, 2016 | 7 social justice projects tapping the power of police data | This article is a sneak peak at a larger report on how technology is building a 21st-century criminal justice system. The full report will be released later in 2016 by the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal J... |
| Oct 27, 2015 | Slowly but surely, government IT enters the 21st century | Flickr user: Bob Micai reader comments 52 with 39 posters participating
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| Oct 1, 2015 | CyclePhilly wins Code for America Technology Award | CyclePhilly, the app that tracks your bike rides, was one of 12 inaugural winners of the Code for America Technology Award. The awards celebrate innovations in civic technology.
The winners, chosen from a pool of 150 applicants, accepted th... |
| Sep 28, 2015 | City Hall web developer Gabriel Farrell wasn’t always this boring | Product Hunt emailed us last summer. Subject line: Automate your life. But honestly? We don’t want to. We just want to live our lives … like humans. Tech culture can be so focused on work and efficiencies that it makes us forget everything ... |
| Sep 14, 2015 | DC Office of Open Government director pulls no punches in TransparencyCamp keynote | The keynote speaker at the Sunlight Foundation’s eighth TransparencyCamp was unapologetically critical of the District’s open government record. She was also on its payroll.
On Saturday, Traci L. Hughes, D.C.’s very first Office of Open Gov... |
| Jun 24, 2015 | Sean Parker Allots $600 Million To The Sean N. Parker Foundation | Sean Parker, the tech billionaire, best known for his leading roles at Napster and Facebook has donated more than $600 million to the Sean N. Parker Foundation to date. But up to now he’s been tight-lipped with the press about those contrib... |
| Mar 19, 2015 | How The White House Is Leading The National Effort On Civic Innovation | Maury Blackman Contributor
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| Mar 5, 2015 | 10 Code for America civic hacking projects you should be following | Code for America is making an impact. While best known for placing tech-savvy Millennials in local governments to help fix civic problems, CfA’s largest project is its Brigades.
With 105 Brigades worldwide consisting of about 16,000 members... |
| Feb 18, 2015 | YC-Backed Transitmix Cuts The Paper Out Of Bus Route Planning | YC-backed Transitmix, which is in the middle of the three-month accelerator program, is building a business out of helping city planners make smarter choices when configuring bus routes. The fix? An online mapping tool to speed up the proce... |
| Feb 4, 2015 | You don’t need to code to be part of Code for Philly | One of more than 50 Code for America brigades in the country, Code for Philly is a volunteer group of coders, organizers and developers working within the Philadelphia area to help with personal and government projects. The group meets week... |
| Oct 20, 2014 | How civic-minded hackers, investors are making cities better [Technical.ly Podcast] | Now that technology is passed the phase where everyone except the publisher of Harper’s understands that the digital economy isn’t going anywhere, the sector is understanding its role in shaping local communities IRL.
Here in Brooklyn, we’v... |
| Oct 14, 2014 | DC investor hits the Heartland, seeking innovators [Technical.ly Podcast] | This month, our Technical.ly Podcast is all about civic innovation, so naturally it features a couple of D.C. voices.
Steve Case, the investor who recently wrapped up a tour of the American Heartland by bus, told us about the silent tech hu... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | Celebrating civic innovation [Technical.ly Podcast] | A more connected citizenry, a more efficient government, a more distributed network of successful startups.
Those are the lofty, big-picture goals from this month’s Technical.ly Podcast.
First we hear from Steve Case, currently touring the ... |
| Sep 9, 2014 | Help Code for DC with these 14 civic hacking projects | Founded by government employees Matt Bailey, Justin Grimes and Leah Bannon, Code for DC has a distinctly self-aware bent.
When the local Code for America brigade first convened in October 2012, Grimes had a question for those who showed up ... |
| Jul 10, 2014 | Code for America backs 5 new startups ready to improve government | Code for America’s accelerator program is announcing its third class of startups aimed at improving government.
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The five new startups come from California, Michigan, and New York. They are developing i... |
| Jul 10, 2014 | Code For America Announces Five Companies For Accelerator Program | SeamlessDocs used to focus their product on enterprises, but CEO Jonathan Ende realized they could make a larger impact if they worked with local governments.
SeamlessDocs takes any PDF and converts it into a “smart”, dynamic document. It c... |
| Jun 24, 2014 | Tim O'Reilly wants tech heroes to change government (interview) | Tim O’Reilly created a tech media empire at O’Reilly Media while advocating free software and open source. His life’s work earned him a Visionary Award from Silicon Valley tech association SVForum.
In his acceptance speech, O’Reilly said he... |
| Jun 4, 2014 | Coming Soon to Detroit’s Blight Fight: People’s Property Dashboard | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In January, Xconomy reported on the Motor City Mapping project to survey the city’s entire 139 square miles—nearly 400,000 parcels of land—and identify blighted properties in ... |
| Jun 4, 2014 | The big takeaway from the Silicon Valley 'Oscars:' Be responsible, not greedy | The SVForum honored four of the most successful tech heroes last night with its annual Visionary Awards.
The winners were venture capitalist Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Jessica Jackley, cofounder of Kiva and ProFounder; Tina Seel... |
| May 19, 2014 | How Chattanooga reminds Code for America fellow Giselle Sperber of BK | Giselle Sperber, a Code for America fellow now working in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wrote us a letter home to the borough.
Dear Brooklyn,
It’s been four months since I left and while I miss you a lot I’ve been up to some cool stuff.
I joined ... |
| May 16, 2014 | ‘I became a Philadelphian because Philly is not mainstream tech’ [Links] | Why I became a Philadelphian [P’unk Ave blog]: “When I go to a tech meetup I hear about ways people are trying to creatively solve the city’s problems, not create the next billion dollar sell-out app. I can see the impact of my work and the... |
| Apr 5, 2014 | Hack Your Summer | Contributor Contributor
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| Feb 23, 2014 | Code for America Hosts CodeAcross in San Antonio | By LAURA LOREK
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| Feb 17, 2014 | Philly Codefest // Hive76 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art [EVENTS] | Here’s to one week without snow.
This week: Philly celebrates Code Across America, Hive76 takes to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and technologists try to solve accessibility problems.
Philly Codefest: Part of Code Across America 2014, this... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | Esri Enables Federal Agencies To Open GIS Mapping Data To The Public | A debate in the technology world that’s been simmering for years, about whether mapping vendor Esri will allow public geographic information systems (GIS) to access government customers’ data, finally has an answer: The mapping software gia... |
| Dec 24, 2013 | Guest Post: Nick Grossman - Winning on Trust | This is a post Nick did around his User First keynote. It’s great and I wanted to feature it to the AVC community today. The comments thread at the end is also running on Nick’s blog and at usv.com so you will see commingled comments from a... |
| Nov 1, 2013 | Github to White House: Open source your HealthCare.gov code and let us help | Healthcare.gov has been referred to by the national press as “excruciatingly embarrassing,” “a poster child for the federal government’s technical ineptitude,” and “a mess.”
Since it launched almost three weeks ago, HealthCare.gov has stymi... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Code for America Coming to San Antonio | By ANDREW MOORE
Reporter with Silicon Hills News |
| Sep 11, 2013 | Enigma Launches A New Developer Program That Gives API Access To Civic-Minded Hackers | It’s been a very busy few months since the Enigma team took home the Disrupt Cup back in New York, and co-founder Hicham Oudghiri took the stage here in San Francisco today to deliver an update on the company’s trajectory… and unveil a new ... |
| Jul 29, 2013 | Best Tech Events This Week (Inside Bitcoins, 500 Startups DemoDay, Dating Disrupted, Voting Hackathon, Civic Hack Night, Young Tech Summer) | This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysgu... |
| Jul 22, 2013 | Best Tech Events This Week (Real Estate Tech 2013, Ed Tech Summit, Hardwired, Wearable Tech Expo, CommonBond Summer Social, Decoded Fashion, NY Gaming, NY Video) | This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysgu... |
| May 31, 2013 | Code for America’s Jen Pahlka goes to Washington | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As that old adage goes, “if you can’t beat ’em, j... |
| May 24, 2013 | List of top Bay Area accelerators and incubators | If you want to find one, they're everywhere!
So you have the basics of your startup figured out, but you need a little help getting off the ground? You need a little acceleration, you say? You live in the Bay Area and you need information o... |
| May 20, 2013 | Best Tech Events This Week (Internet Week, Webutante Ball, OpenCo, New York Times Job Fair, Webby Awards, NYU ITP) | This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysgu... |
| May 14, 2013 | What Coding and Great Wine Have in Common | Not every coder job involves working in a blue chip tech company or Silicon Valley startups.
As British technologist, Conrad Wolfram said in a TED talk on teaching math with computers: “In the real world math isn’t necessarily done by mathe... |
