Civic Tech Chat

We are joined by two folks from the City of Austin, Texas including [Fara Muscadin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/farahmuscadin/), Director of the Office of Police Oversight and [Marni Wilhite](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marniwilhite/) Head of Product, Communications and Technology Management. We'll engage in a conversation about some work they've been doing to improve the way public feedback about...

We are joined by [David Homes](https://github.com/DavidEHolmes), Director of Engineering over at the United States Digital Service. Our conversation will cover a number of topics including technology accessibility, interacting with partners and translating business rules into code, and the mentorship and development of engineers. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Join USDS](https://www.usds.gov/appl...

Our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) presents a short briefing on the topic of Election Security. This includes a discussion on a report released recently by Stanford University, as well as a couple oft forgotten weak links in election infrastructure security. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Stanford News Article](https://news.stanford.edu/2019/06/05/strategies-secure-american-elect...

A little while back Civic Tech Chat hit it's first year of existence. For this special episode, [Veronica Young](https://twitter.com/veronicajyoung) and [Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon) join us for a retrospective conversation looking at the past year in civic tech. We'll find out things that went well, things that didn't go so well, and what lessons they've learned around the way ###...

[Ryan](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) takes us on a quick dive back into the world of Net Neutrality. We'll discuss the Save the Internet Act of 2019 and what it intends to accomplish. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Text of Save the Internet Act of 2019](https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/Save%20the%20Internet%20Act%20Legislative%20Text.pdf)...

We talk with [Genevieve Gaudet](https://twitter.com/genevievegau) Senior Designer at (Nava)[https://twitter.com/NavaPBC]. The conversation focuses around the idea of humane tech and how it interacts with the social safety net. You don't want to miss it. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Wild Geese](https://rjgeib.com/thoughts/geese/geese.html) - [Indiana and IBM](http://www.govtech.com/health/Nobody...

Our host, [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) talks internet privacy. What is it? Where do we stand? What is this California law that goes into effect this year? Tune in to find out. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB375) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warh...

We're joined by [Madeline Hung](https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-hung-357137a6/), Co-Founder of [The Good Country](https://goodcountry.org/) an effort to create a digital country based on shared values. We'll engage in a conversation about how their mission, values, and how the organization operates. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Good Country Index](https://www.goodcountryindex.org/) - [Liqu...

We sit down with [Alma Rangel](https://twitter.com/almarngl), from [Codeando Mexico](https://twitter.com/codeandomexico) to talk community organizing, responding to crises, and the state of civic tech in Mexico. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Codeando Mexico](https://www.codeandomexico.org/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_...

This episode features [Dawn McDougall](https://twitter.com/de_mcdougs), Senior Advisor and former Executive Director of [Code for Philly](https://twitter.com/CodeForPhilly). We hop into a discussion about what it means for Civic Tech to be a movement and we gain some insight into how Code for Philly does community organizing. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchi...

This episode features [Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon), founder of [Tech Rebalanced](https://twitter.com/tech_rebalanced) and Product Manager at the [United States Digital Service](https://twitter.com/USDS). We talk about her path to becoming a thought leader in the civic tech movement and dig into the weeds of doing product management in government. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Le...

This episode features [Ray Berg](https://twitter.com/raymondberg), Software Developer at Braintree and Organizer for the [Chicago Python Users Group (Chipy)](http://www.chipy.org/). Ray runs a free mentorship program through that community that allows folks to power up their skills using the Python ecosystem. We'll learn about how to be better mentors and mentees and about how that program operate...

Episode 20! This time we feature a conversation with [Derek Eder](https://twitter.com/derekeder), Founder of both [DataMade](https://datamade.us), a civic tech focused company and [Chi Hack Night](https://ChiHackNight.org), a civic tech volunteer organization in Chicago. We talk through what it's like to engage in civic entrepreneurship. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Councilmatic](https://www.co...

We welcome [Aaron Snow](https://twitter.com/aaronsnow), Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Digital Service [Canadian Digital Service](https://digital.canada.ca/work-with-us/). We'll learn from his experiences leading civic tech organizations in two different countries. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Code for Canada](https://codefor.ca/) - [C4C and CDS partnership](https://digital.canada.ca/2...

For this episode we talk to [Cyrus Sethna](https://twitter.com/c_sethna) about their journey into civic tech. Cyrus works in the [United States Digital Service](https://www.usds.gov/) and is an avid member of [Code for DC](https://codefordc.org/). We delve into that story, truths he's discovered along the way, and we learn about something called 'The National Day of Civic Crafting.' You won't want...

Our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) discusses the issue of Net Neutrality. We explore this complex topic talking through what it is, who the players are, and where it stands today. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [FCC Publishes Full Text Of Net Neutrality Rules](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/12/392544534/fcc-publishes-full-text-of-net-neutrality-rules) - [Comcast a...

We sit down with (Chris Kuang)[https://twitter.com/chris_kuang], (Emily Fong)[https://twitter.com/emolyfong], and (Frankie Devanbu)[https://twitter.com/FrankieDevanbu] of Coding it Forward, a civic technology fellowship program put together by students, for students. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Coding It Forward Website](https://www.codingitforward.com/) - [NYT Piece: Why America’s Black Mothe...

We're joined by a panel of folks from [Open Savannah](https://twitter.com/opensavannah) for a conversation about how their brigade started, how they communicate, and how they approach community organizing. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Open Savannah Website](https://opensavannah.org/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts...

We dive into a discussion with [Drake Hougo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhougo/) and [Sean O'Bannon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-obannon/) Co-Founders of Pulse, a platform meant to help improve civic engagement between consitutents and legislators. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumble...

We engage in a conversation with [Kalen Gallagher](https://twitter.com/kalengallagher), School Board Member, and candidate for the San Jose City Council. We talk policy, civic tech, inclusion, and what it's like to be a candidate for office. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Kalen's Campaign site](http://www.kalengallagher.com/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarch...

This week we talk to [Amenity Applewhite](https://twitter.com/amenity), Product Manager with the [City of Austin](http://www.austintexas.gov/). We chat about traversing through skill learning, facing adversity, and modernizing services delivery at the city. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Susan Fowler](https://www.susanjfowler.com/home/) - [Austin Alpha site](http://alpha.austin.gov/) ##### Music...

This week we talk to [Kent Wyatt](https://twitter.com/kwyatt23) founder of [Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)](https://twitter.com/ELGL50) about the 'why' that drives him forward, the ELGL organization, and the [GovLove podcast](https://twitter.com/GovLovePodcast). This podcast swap seeks to help build bridges between the local government professional community and the civic tech movement....

Civic Tech Chat was at The [Code for America](https://codeforamerica.org) Summit in Oakland California! This week we feature a series of 18 interviews with folks at the event. We talk about what they're working on, what civic tech means to them, and critically... what brigade sticker they fancy. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lone...

We'll take a listen to a lightning talk that our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) gave at the Code for America Summit in Oakland California last Friday (06/01/2018). The talk is focused on the idea of citizen technologists running for office making use of Ryan's own story as an example. It hopes serve as a point of inspiration for folks like you to take on a run of your own. ### Res...

Ryan, our host, discusses the [K-12 Computer Science Framework](https://k12cs.org/) a community driven policy guide for education policy. We'll talk at a high level about what it is, why it's important, what's in it, and how it can inform policy makers. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Website](https://k12cs.org/) - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Document](https://...