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Sxsw march12 2011

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Suggestions on fixing government from the first few months of Code for America

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  • 2. A New Kind of PublicService
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  • 4. We recruit leading web and tech professionals, as well as recent graduates from top-notch schools who have a passion for public service.
    2011 Recruitment
    362 Applications
    20 Fellows
    5.5% Acceptance
    2011 CfA Fellows
  • 5. http://c4a.me/earlyapp
    [email protected] @pahlkadot @codeforamerica
  • 6. Cross-Sector Collaboration
  • 7. Fixing government
    #1: Stop reiventing the wheel
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  • 9. Fixing government
    #2: Make data useful for government
  • 10. Wheres My Bus App?
  • 11. Fixing government
    #3: Let citizens fill the gaps
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  • 13. adopt-a-hydrant
  • 14. Fixing government
    #5: Make bureaucracy sexy
  • 15. Fixing government
    You have to understand your bureaucracy to use it against itself.
    - Chris Vein
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  • 21. Fixing government
    #6: Leverage demographics
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  • 26. Fixing government
    #7: Listen to millennials
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  • 29. @codeforamerica @[email protected]