Code for America was founded in 2009, since then it has grown into a national tour de force, driving massive government change and spawning other "Code For"’s all over the world. We had a chance at this year's Code for America Summit to sit down with founder Jennifer Pahlka to reflect back on the journey to get here and to look forward to what is next both for Code for America and for her, including a soon to be released book. Yes, you heard it here first! Jennifer Pahlka’s Twitter account https://twitter.com/pahlkadot Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

In our crazy messy world, we need a reality check on open governments! Who better to give us this reality check than writer, digital governance expert and long time open government advocate Alex Howard. We had a chance to sit down with Alex at this year's Code for Canada Summit where we discussed not only the current health of democracy but also brainstormed solutions to strengthen our civic capacity. Alex Howard’s Twitter account twitter.com/digiphile The Digital Democracy Project’s Twitter account twitter.com/DigitalDemocrcy Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

We spoke with Amanda Renteria, Code for America CEO, moments after the conclusion of the 2022 Code for America Summit and discuss what is next for the organization and how the pandemic changed how we see hope in government. Amanda Renteria’s Twitter account twitter.com/AmandaRenteria Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov The Voice of Stories from the Open Gov is Maurice Mendes ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

How can governments more effectively work with civic tech communities to deliver results? Great question, we are glad you asked. This has been a big theme at this year’s Code for America Summit. We sat down to discuss this with Jessica Cole, co-founder and CEO of U.S. Digital Response (USDR), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. Jessica Cole’s Twitter account twitter.com/jessunscripted US Digital Response’s Twitter account twitter.com/USDResponse Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov The Voice of Stories from the Open Gov is Maurice Mendes ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ #opendata #civictech #cfasummit #opengov #govtech

The Code for America Summit has given us two days of incredible sessions, keynotes and community as we explored the future of government service delivery in a post pandemic world. Join us as we sit down to unpack all that we heard, what it means and where we go next. To help us with this analysis we had three friends join us: Jessica Cole’s Twitter account twitter.com/jessunscripted Maya Love’s Linkedin account linkedin.com/in/maya-love/ Tiasia O’Brien’s Twitter account twitter.com/tiasiaobrien Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov The Voice of Stories from the Open Gov is Maurice Mendes ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

It is day two of the Code from America Summit, and the place is a buzz with energy and ideas. Join us as we wander the summit floor and talk with people to find what the summit theme “Building a Path Forward Together” means to them and hear their highlights. We hear from: Maya Love, Data Science Fellow at Coro Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/maya-love/ Maani Stewart, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Alex Howard, Director of the Digital Democracy Project Twitter: twitter.com/digiphile Earnest Salgado, GSI for University of Chicago Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/earnestsalgado/ Krista Canellakis, Digital Service Program Lead at US Digital Response Twitter: twitter.com/kristallakis Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

What’s happening on the ground at this year's Code for America Summit? We wanted to find out, so we wandered around with a mic and asked people two questions: What does the theme of the summit: “Building a Path Forward Together” mean to them? What has been one of the highlights of the summit? Get a window into the best parts of the summit from five people who were there: Michelle Partogi, Service Designer at Code for America Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/michellepartogi/ Matthew Adendroff, Data Science Lead for Open Cities Lab Twitter: twitter.com/opencitieslabza Heather Benninghoven, Strategy Analyst for Benefits Data Trust Twitter: twitter.com/HBenninghoven and twitter.com/BeneDataTrust Hallie Martenson, Development Manager for Benefits Data Trust Twitter: twitter.com/HallieMartenson Felix Gilbert, President of Xcell Twitter: twitter.com/felixgilbert Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Day 1 of the Code for America Summit was jam packed. Join us as we do a breakdown of the key themes and trends and breakdown what this means for the future of civic tech. To help us with this analysis we had two friends join us: Ben Treviño the Brigade Program Director for Code for America and Mohith Rao the Brigade Captain for OpenSTL. Ben Treviño’s Linkedin account linkedin.com/in/ben-trevino-35930a11/ Mohith Rao’s Twitter account twitter.com/localtechsupp Code for America’s Twitter account twitter.com/codeforamerica Richard Pietro’s Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton’s Twitter account twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ #opendata #civictech #cfasummit #opengov #govtech #cfabrigades

One of the key themes for the Code for America Summit is Diversity Equity and Inclusion but what does this actually mean and how do we do it meaningfully so it's not just window dressing? To help us unpack this meaty and complex topic we enlist the help of three key and entertaining thinkers in the space here at the summit. Due to scheduling, this was recorded in two parts: Part 1: Brian Whittaker is the newly minted Acting Chief Innovation Officer for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He is is well known in Federal tech circles with over 10 years of experience leading IT transformation projects across the government. Angelica "Angie" Quirarte is the Federal Partnerships Director for the Tech Talent Project designed to diversify the tech talent being brought into governments. Part 2 (at the 19:12 mark): Victor Udoewa is the Chief Experience Officer & Service Design Lead for NASA. That's right the organization who put people on the moon, and Victor gives us a teaser of what is coming next. Brian Whittaker’s Twitter account twitter.com/BrianTwittaker Angie Quirarte’s Twitter account twitter.com/abquirarte Victor Udoewa’s Linkedin account linkedin.com/in/udoewa/ Code for America twitter.com/CodeforAmerica Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

We sit down with Octavia Abell, the founder and CEO of Govern for America at the 2022 Code for America Summit. Octavia shares the story of Govern for America and its work to build the next generation of public servants. She also tells us her reflections on this year's summit and how we can build a path forward together. Octavia Abell Twitter account twitter.com/octavia_abell Govern for America Twitter account twitter.com/GovForAmerica Code for America twitter.com/CodeforAmerica Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Every year the Code for America Summit is the must go to event for civic techies and open data advocates from across the continent and around the world. After the pandemic forced us all online, finally we are able to come together for a hybrid in-person and online summit being hosted May 17-18 in Washington, D.C.. For this year's summit we are trying something new. Partnering with Code for America, Stories from the Open Gov will be doing semi-live podcasting throughout the event. Think of this as your window into the summit: a chance to hear from key speakers, get insights from people on the ground and daily analysis of key themes that are emerging. To help kick this off, we are joined by Code for America’s Chief of Staff, Ryan Ko and brand new Director of Communications, Marlena Medford. Join us as we discuss the upcoming summit, giving a peak behind the curtain and highlighting what to look for over the next couple days. Ryan Ko Twitter account twitter.com/ryanko Marlena Medford Twitter account twitter.com/MarlenaMedford Code for America twitter.com/CodeforAmerica Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Derek Alton twitter.com/DerekAlton ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Amanda Renteria is the Chief Executive Officer at Code for America, which is a network of people making government work for the people, by the people, in the digital age. She is also the former Chief of Operations at the California Department of Justice, former Chief of Staff in the United States Senate. And a National Political Director for a large U.S. presidential campaign. But, perhaps most importantly, it is Amanda’s second time on Stories from the Open Gov, which I suppose makes her an official friend of the podcast! And today, we talk a little about the effect of COVID19 on civic tech and the upcoming Code For America Summit taking place on May 12-13 https://summit.codeforamerica.org/ Time stamps: 1:29 - Asking how Amanda's new role as CfA CEO is coming. 5:01 - How was it organizing the first virtual CfA Summit? 12:34 - How did the CfA team choose which proposals for breakout sessions made it to the final program? 16:37 - Amanda talks about using Hopin as their virtual platform for the summit. 20:57 - What are some sessions at the CfA Summit Amanda is most excited about? 22:30 - What's next for the CfA after the Summit? Amanda Renteria Twitter account twitter.com/AmandaRenteria Code for America twitter.com/CodeforAmerica Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Kyle Rowe is the former strategic advisor for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation and current global head of government at Spin. Spin is the micromobility unit coming out of the Ford Motor Company. They provide electric scooters in more than 60 markets in the U.S, very much like so many bike sharing programs. It costs $1 to unlock a scooter and 0.15 cents per minute following that. And today we talk public-private partnerships, open data, and how he plans to advance government collaboration. Time Stamps 1:13 – Open Permits 7:31 – Conditions attached to the Open Permits for dockless parking 10:35 – Public and Corporate response to the conditions 16:15 – Why did Spin adopt a collaborative approach with government? 19:27 – What is a P3? 20:56 – How does Kyle characterize a P3? 22:32 – Why are P3s controversial? 25:03 – How can we ensure that P3s are executed well? 31:51 – What are Kyle’s thoughts on the “War on the Car” rhetoric? 40:23 – Does Spin release its ridership data a Open Data? 46:28 – Rapid fire questions! 51:15 – What is the Pittsburgh Mobility Collective? Kyle Rowe Twitter account https://twitter.com/krowe4 Spin Mobility Twitter account https://twitter.com/ridespin Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_Sadie/Songs_for_Swingers/03_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Today's episode is Part 2 of a spicy reading of the reading of the Kristo Vaher vision paper titled “Next Generation Digital Government Architecture” – version 1.0b dated March 2020. Think of this episode as a kind of audiobook for a government policy document. For those who don’t know, Kristo Vaher is the Chief Technology Officer for the Government of Estonia and his white paper is often cited as a benchmark for what government as a platform is all about. Below you will find links to the images and time stamps to the different sections. You can read the Vision Paper by visiting the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UJ-5wi9wavWzA2n4LhsbONJqdxjUSIgMxKJNaZZslas/edit# Images 1.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-1.0.png 2.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.0.png 3.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-3.0.png 4.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-4.0.png 5.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-5.0.png 6.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-6.0.png 7.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-7.0.png 8.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-8.0.png 9.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-9.0.png 10.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-10.0.png 11.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-11.0.png 12.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-12.0.png 13.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-13.0.png 14.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-14.0.png 15.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-15.0.png 16.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-16.0.png 17.0 https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-17.0.png Time Stamps 0:58 – (4.0) From Monoliths to event driven microservice architecture 3:19 – (4.1) Problem Statement 11:50 – (4.2) Service Oriented Architecture 21:38 – (4.3) X-Road 30:16 – (4.4) Microservices 1:15:49 – (4.5) X-Rooms 1:33:21 – (4.6) Fact Registries 1:47:46 – (4.7) Key Takeaways 1:51:16 - Conclusions Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_Sadie/Songs_for_Swingers/03_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Today's episode is Part 1 of a spicy reading of the reading of the Kristo Vaher vision paper titled “Next Generation Digital Government Architecture” – version 1.0b dated March 2020. Think of this episode as a kind of audiobook for a government policy document. Part 2 will be published in the coming weeks. For those who don’t know, Kristo Vaher is the Chief Technology Officer for the Government of Estonia and his white paper is often cited as a benchmark for what government as a platform is all about. You can read his vision paper by visiting the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UJ-5wi9wavWzA2n4LhsbONJqdxjUSIgMxKJNaZZslas/edit# Time Stamps 1:37 – Abstract 9:09 – (1) Problem Statement 19:58 – (1.1) The Story 23:06 – (1.2) The Big Picture #1 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-1.2-Big-Picture.png 25:57 – (2) From Silos to Proactive Services #1 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.0-From-Silos.png 34:52 – (2.1) Conway’s Law 42:12 – (2.2) Domain Driven Design #1 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.2.png 59:50 – (2.3) Business Process Modelling https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.3-1024x507.png 1:08:31 – (2.4) Interoperability Catalogue #1 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.4-1.png #2 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.4-2-1024x495.png #3 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.4-3.png #4 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-2.4-4-1024x317.png 1:27:16 – (2.5) Key Takeaways 1:30:51 – (3) From Websites to Intelligent Virtual Assistant #KrattAI 1:39:35 – (3.1) Next Generation Seamless Citizen Experience #1 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-3.1-1.png #2 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-3.1-2-1024x510.png #3 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-3.1-3-1024x470.png 1:55:55 – (3.2) Cross-Border Citizen Experience 2:01:24 – (3.3) Fallback Routine 2:04:49 – (3.4) Key Takeaways #1 - https://reopengov.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-3.4.png Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_Sadie/Songs_for_Swingers/03_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Jessica Levesque is the Executive Director for the Crypto Currency Certification Consortium and Vice President of Education for Empowered Law. Jonathan Reichental is the CEO of Human Future, a professor at a number of universities, the former Chief Information Officer for both O’Reilly Media and the City of Palo Alto as well the author of Smart Cities for Dummies Today, we discuss Blockchain and Government and how this mysterious technology can help track your tax dollars, publish research papers, authenticate art, and prevent voting fraud. Time stamps: 1:20 – Salespitch… How can Blockchain Technology help governments? 10:37 – When will Blockchain Technology start working like magic? 22:42 – What are the advantages for the government to use Blockchain Technology instead of simply using a database? 25:06 – Blockchain is “Trustless,” but not in the way you think. 29:37 – How Blockchain Technology can accurately track tax dollars 33:52 – Blockchain and voting 39:36 – How do you teach an old dog new tricks? Crypto Currency Certification Consortium Twitter account twitter.com/LearnMoreWithC4 Jonathan Reichental Twitter Account twitter.com/reichental Jessica Levesque Twitter account n/a Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_Sadie/Songs_for_Swingers/03_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://www.facebook.com/freemusicfor... https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic original video: https://youtu.be/EgqcGo7ha9A https://linkvertise.com/49870/StrollinDownBigBandMp3

aimee whitcroft (lower case "a" and "w" is how she writes her name) is the Open Data lead for the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency as well as an advisory Board member for the Open Data Charter. Derek Alton is a fellow at Newspeak House in London, England, a public servant for the Canadian government, and President for the Canadian Open Data Society. Both share a passion and keen ability at transforming how government governs. And today we explore this question: "What is the problem with Open Data" Time stamps: 1:34 - What is the Problem with Open Data? 13:30 - Do we need to change how we talk about data? 16:48 - Are documentaries moving the needle when it comes to data? 31: 18 - Open Data as filmmaking analogy, part 1 37:55 - Is it important for everyone to know that Open Data is a thing? 41:22 - Open Data as a filmmaking analogy, part 2 44:56 - Are large private companies becoming the government of the future? 48:53 - Contextualizing what the Coronavirus has done for the Open Gov & Open Data movements. aimee Whitcroft Twitter account twitter.com/teh_aimee Derek Alton Twitter Account twitter.com/derekalton Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro ReOpenGov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

The Canadian Open Data Society (CODS) is a grassroots movement of passionate people on a mission to raise the awareness of open data in Canada and advocate for its use in all sectors. And today we we discuss its roots and future with three of its Board Members: - Reena Shaw, Data Scientist with Agile Blockchain and Steering Committee Member for the Toronto Machine Learning Summit. - Herb Lainchbury, CEO of Dynamic solutions and founder of Open Data BC. - Derek Alton, a fellow at newspeak house and Canadian public servant. Link to launch event https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadian-open-data-society-cods-launch-invitation-tickets-122733556371 Time stamps: 1:05 - What is the Canadian Open Data Society and what are its origins? 5:01 - The steps that led to the evolution of the BC Open Data summit into the Canadian Open Data Society 9:58 - Tracey Lauriault’s role in creating the Canadian Open Data Society 11:17 - Formalizing the Canadian Open Data Society steering committee 18:24 - The exciting future of the Canadian Open Data Society 21:30 - Tapping the untapped potential of the Open Data community 29:00 - Beefing about bad Open Data sets 36:42 - What is Open Data’s role in society? Canadian Open Data Society Twitter account twitter.com/opendatasociety Reena Shaw Twitter Account twitter.com/monsoonsavant Herb Lainchbury twitter.com/herblainchbury Derek Alton twitter.com/derekalton Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Civic Tech Toronto is a diverse community of Torontonians interested in better understanding and finding solutions to civic challenges through technology, design or other means. And today I am joined by three of their organizers: - Skaidra Puodziunas, who is a public servant with the Ontario Government. - Curtis McCord, who is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information - John Spragge who is a software engineer for Manifold Eye Software. In this episode we discuss the state of Civic Technology – particularly as it applies in Toronto. We explore topics like the funding and sustainability of projects, the integration of projects with governments, how civic tech will have to adapt to COVID19, and one of my personal favourites, how can we make Civic Tech sexy and bring more attention to the community? Time stamps: 1:27 – What is Civic Tech and Civic Tech Toronto? 7:28 – How can we bring more attention to the Civic Tech movement? 19:11 – How can we make Civic Tech sexy? 27:06 – How can we sustain Civic Tech projects? 34:20 – What role should government procurement play in the Civic Tech community? 45:55 – Do public service job descriptions need to change? 52:38 – Thoughts on the role that organizations like Code for Canada play in the Civic Tech community 55:31 – How important is it for projects to be integrated in government initiatives in order to keep 9-to-5ers interested? 1:01:16 – How has COVID19 changed Civic Tech Toronto? Civic Tech Toronto Twitter account twitter.com/CivicTechTo Skaidra Puodziunas twitter.com/skaidrap Curtis McCord twitter.com/cwm_ John Spragge twitter.com/johnspragge Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Amanda Renteria is the former Chief of Operations at the California Department of Justice, former Chief of Staff in the United States Senate. And a National Political Director for a large U.S. presidential campaign. And, back in May of 2020, she became the new Chief Executive Officer at Code for America, which is a network of people making government work for the people, by the people, in the digital age. But, her roots are as a teacher in her small hometown. And today she will tell us about how we can teach governments new ways on how to govern. Time stamps: 1:34 – Characterizing the relationship between members of the bureaucracy and elected officials. 5:12 – Talking about closing the feedback loops in government 7:35 – Amanda tells us the most important government processes that need to change. 10:50 – Amanda’s thoughts on how to rebuild trust between the government and public. 11:53 – Hackathons: Overused gimmicks or valuable exercises? 16:53 – How can we make Civic Tech projects sustainable? 18:58 – How can we bring more eyeballs to the Open Gov, Open Data, and Civic Tech movements? 25:20 – Teaching the media’s and public’s that government needs to experiment. 28:08 – Code For America’s involvement in the Pandemic recovery phase. 32:26 – If Code For America was granted 3 wishes, what would it wish for? 38:51 – Amanda’s thoughts on social injustice. Amanda Renteria Twitter account twitter.com/AmandaRenteria Code for America twitter.com/CodeforAmerica Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/