ELGL at Code for America Summit 2018 Recap In late April, WhatWorksCities announced they were giving away five spots to attend the Code for America Summit in Oakland. The challenge was simple: submit an idea that you (as a city staffer) would like to tackle with the civic tech community. The five most inspiring ideas … Continued
Lessons from Code for America and the International Hispanic Network Conferences by Nick Kittle, Chief Innovation Officer, Adams County, Colorado LinkedIn | Web | Twitter This past week I had the privilege of attending two great gatherings of diverse thought leaders in government. Despite the vastly different missions and styles of the conferences, the messages were … Continued
By Eric Reese, Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University One of the core services for nearly all local governments is public safety. With several recent high profile incidents involving police use of force and violence targeting law enforcement, many public safety officials in the United States are grappling with how to engage the public. … Continued
Join us on Wednesday November 12 for another installment of the Innovation Webinar Series. This time we’ll be joined by MuniRent a start up that is striving to bring the sharing economy to local governments. Read on to register and learn more.
Big thanks to Garrett Jacobs and the staff at Code for America for participating in our innovation webinar series. It was one of our best attended webinars and if anyone is interested in following up with Knope award winner he said you can email him. #ELGLinnovation Garrett Jacobs from Code for America gave a great … Continued
Inspiring. Wake Up Call. Better than a Latte Not many organizations have done more to bring government into the digital age than Code for America. This week, Garrett Jacobs from Code for America gave us a first-hand look into the work of Code for America. Code has accomplished a lot but it’s clear that we … Continued
Second in the Innovation Webinar Series is Code for America, a non-profit focused on helping government use technology to make government services simple, effective, and easy to use. Code for America will be chatting about two of their initiatives, Open Data and the Digital Front Door. Check out the details below. Register for the Code for … Continued
ELGL is excited to announce a webinar series all about innovation! Check out the lineup of speakers and mark your calendars for these great learning opportunities. Innovation! Innovation is a popular buzz word especially in local government and there seem to be speakers, classes, seminars and more, extolling the virtues of innovation or telling organizations how … Continued
