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POSTCODE.IO — Conference Report: From the Chambers to the Cloud - Connecting Citizens and Local Governments
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Conference Report: From the Chambers to the Cloud - Connecting Citizens and Local Governments. On March 10th, Reed Duecy-Gibbs presented on PostCode’s work at the Lou Frey Institutes Spring Symposium in Orlando. In early March we were invited to present PostCode’s work at a conference hosted by the University of Central Florida’s.
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POSTCODE.IO — A Time of Transitions
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A Time of Transitions. June marks a time of transition for PostCode. We’re now 6 months into the work of creating a civic tech business. In the world of Bay Area startups (which we try to avoid comparing ourselves to too much) we’re quite old. But as a company we’re still quite young. As such, we’d like to give an update about the path we’ve traveled so far and where we’re headed. These mentors and advisors include:. Tim O’Reilly and Ron Bouganim, our Advisory Board. Eugene Kim, our organizational mentor.
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Thoughts from PostCode’s Female Founders. Found that in three pitch competitions and two controlled experiments “investors prefer entrepreneurial pitches presented by male entrepreneurs compared with pitches presented by female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitch is the same.” Even in 2014, it’s still fairly uncommon for startups to have female founders—as this tweet. Female founders at PostCode a chance to reflect on their experiences in tech. Did you always have an interest in tech? My da...
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Webinar: Managing Public Records Requests. Ldquo;Where Oakland is right now is the future.”. John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany. And we encourage you to watch the full video. Karen and Richa opened the discussion by recapping how RecordTrac grew out of Oakland’s needs and the Code for America Fellowship. Karen emphasized how the creation and adoption of RecordTrac in Oakland. Was part of broad and deliberate changes in process. While these values are ideals, open government advocates are ...
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POSTCODE.IO — Proposition 42: A win for transparency, a challenge for local governments
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Proposition 42: A win for transparency, a challenge for local governments. Through our work at PostCode. A Funding Challenge for Local Governments. Ldquo;local governments could incur additional costs—potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually in the future.” As a result, cities and other local agencies, many of which are cash-strapped already, will need to find ways to cut costs by improving the efficiency of their processes for responding to public records requests. Of the history of the P...
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POSTCODE.IO — Open source code helps governments share information with citizens
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Open source code helps governments share information with citizens. Before open data, there was FOIA. Beginning in 1967, the federal Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA. Empowered the public to request access to government documents. Unfortunately, some branches of government quickly began to push back, and within the decade the infamous phrase. Can neither confirm nor deny" had been devised to avoid releasing information. That cities face during the process of responding to requests, but in many places th...
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POSTCODE.IO — The RecordTrac Video is Here!
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The RecordTrac Video is Here! If you’ve been to the PostCode website recently you may have noticed that we have a new video for RecordTrac up. Reed Duecy-Gibbs assembled and edited the video along with the some great story boarding from Tamara Manik-Perlman. Please share a link to the video with anyone and everyone who’s interested in making the public records request process more transparent and efficient. Let us know how you liked it on Twitter or by email. You can watch here, at postcode.io/video.
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POSTCODE.IO — City of Oakland Honors RecordTrac
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City of Oakland Honors RecordTrac. Pictured standing, from left to right: Lauren Angius (Program Analyst for the Public Ethics Commission), Deidre Scott (Citywide Records Manager), Cris Cristina (2013 Code for America Fellow and PostCode Founder), Mai-Ling Garcia (City Administrator Analyst), Karen Boyd (2013 Code for America City Partner and Assistant to the City Administrator), and Councilmember Libby Schaaf. The development and deployment of. GovFresh 2013 Civic App of the Year. Our team at PostCode i...
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Welcome to NextRequest, the Open Public Records Portal. We believe providing information and data to the public is a core government function in the 21st century - and one that can often be significantly streamlined to the benefit of everyone. We work towards this goal everyday. NextRequest will help improve this process with each record request it manages! Learn more about NextRequest at. Or follow on Twitter @nextrequest. Thanks, and keep in touch! Andy, Tamara, and Reed (PostCode).
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POSTCODE.IO — Civic Tech Super Bowl (Part 2): CityCamp NC & NDOCH
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Civic Tech Super Bowl (Part 2): CityCamp NC and NDOCH. During the weekend of May 30 - June 1 there were a number of national civic tech events and conferences: Transparency Camp. And the National Day of Civic Hacking. Over the past weekend Andy Hull travelled to Raleigh, North Carolina to participate in CityCamp NC. City Camp NC brings together the strong open government, civic tech, and open source communities from around North Carolina and its Research Triangle. By a team lead by Wake County employees,...
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