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TED Video: Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government – Code for America
Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can — and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments — and their neighbors.
Jennifer Pahlka is the founder of Code for America, which matches software geniuses with US cities to reboot local services.
Full TED Video: http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government.html
(Many thanks to David Nelson for sharing this. It could be a good topic for the upcoming BarCamp. http://matr.net/article-48533.html )
Dozens of Cities Show Interest in Code for America http://matr.net/article-43166.html
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