How to make a city act like a startup

Vivek Kundra, the chief technology officer for the District, begins most of his days this way to keep close tabs on his department’s progress.

Kundra has introduced popular consumer tools to bureaucratic processes, runs his office like a tech start-up and works by the mantra that citizens are "co-creators rather than subjects."

By Kim Hart
Washington Post Staff Writer

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