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/

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/