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We are a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city.
Overview
Location
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2012
Mentions in press and media 10
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| Jul 9, 2021 | A Code for DC project just automated a source for unreported car crash data. Here’s how technologists did it | The new tech tools continue to launch for pedestrians and cyclists in the DMV looking for safer streets: Developers behind Code for DC‘s Crash Bot project just automated a system for car crash data. Project creator and Women Who Code direct... |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Beginner and expert coders, here’s where you can learn the skills you need | The COVID-19 pandemic has halted many opportunities for the working class, but it hasn’t stopped the ability for professionals to learn new skills. Upskilling has been a popular outlet for tech professionals during this time, and new offeri... |
| Jan 4, 2017 | Regardless of your industry, community matters: Laura Lopez | As the year drew to a close we looked back at all that has happened in #dctech — this post is part of our 2016 year in review series. See the full list here. Love them or hate them, yearly recaps make for a concise way to look back on the y... |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Code for DC’s Chris Given wants you to understand how DC invests in public works | Every year, D.C.’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer releases a Capital Improvements Plan. The Plan is generally more than 400 pages in length, and published as a PDF. But hidden somewhere in that PDF is a lot of valuable information on... |
| Sep 23, 2015 | Code for DC: Tackling civic problems goes way beyond code. Get involved | If you’re a D.C. resident whose primary association with Python is the enormous snake, and who thinks Ruby on Rails would make a great name for a new drink at that hipster bar, you might think Code for DC is not for you. But Justin Grimes a... |
| Feb 23, 2015 | Tech Lady Hackathon: Civic Hacking for Women in Tech | The Washington D.C. Metro Area is full of dozens of organizations dedicated to lowering the barrier for women and minorities in tech. DCFemTech, a collective of DC & Metro area women and minority focused organizations is launching a ser... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | DC’s restrictions on open data? They’re working on it | When D.C. tried to make its open data policy a little more open last month, open government activists were not satisfied. But the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) has weathered the criticism and promised further changes. “It’s ... |
| Sep 25, 2014 | Hear Me Code’s Shannon Turner wants more women in tech | At Hear Me Code, students are teachers-in-training. That’s because Shannon Turner, who founded these free weekend Python classes, learned the language from scratch and is now passing on the torch. “I want to see more women in the field,” sa... |
| 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 ... |
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FAQ about Code for DC
When was Code for DC founded?
Code for DC was founded in 2012.
What has the press written about Code for DC?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Code for DC, among them “A Code for DC project just automated a source for unreported car crash data. Here’s how technologists did it” (Jul 9, 2021) and “Beginner and expert coders, here’s where you can learn the skills you need” (Oct 8, 2020).
Is Code for DC still active?
Yes, Code for DC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 13, 2021.