35 million Americans receive a traffic or misdemeanor citation every year. Only 6.5% of courts offer any online resolution.
At the Code for America Summit, @mallis joined the Justice Management Institute and the City of New Orleans to share an open source platform that lets people resolve their case without ever setting foot in a courthouse. Built on Drupal because the infrastructure of justice should be owned by the public.
#CivicTech #AccessToJustice #OpenSource #GovTech #Drupal #CfASummit
What happens when civic tech meets collective hope?
At the recent Code for America Summit, Chad Capellman walked through the “Tree of Becoming” and saw what gov tech can look like: human, hopeful, and built for the public good, by the people and for the people.
Read his reflections:
https://lnkd.in/gBquszjy
#CfASummit #techforgood #publicservants #publicservice #civictech
I could write a long-winded attempt at encapsulating my big take-aways from the Code for America 2025 Summit that covers everything from civic considerations for AI, cyber security, applying lessons from past crises to new ones, tools for tackling PDF accessibility remediation to advice from José An
The best part of #cfasummit last week may have been seeing old friends, new faces and old colleagues in new contexts (Ie not on zoom!)
Before I forget, I had an Aranet #CO2 monitor with me the entirety of #CFASummit. Hallways and main stage was 800-1000, breakout rooms were 1000-1200. Given how crowded it was there, not bad!
(450 is outside, 500-700 inside is amaze level of ventilation, the worst reading I’ve seen is 4500+ inside a car with 3 people with AC blasting and recirculating. 😅)
Rebecca says you have to identify the policy levers you have available to you - regulations can take 2 years, guidance can take a year, legislation can take the whole term! How many of them can you reasonably use? #CFASummit
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Lynn says sometimes you need to bring in a powerful person to get stuff through! That will give you the opportunity to deliver something and prove yourself to the naysayers, even if they’re mad at first. But you need that opportunity. #CFASummit
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To get stuff done, Rebecca says you have to build the relationships, especially with career staff. How can your efforts further their interests? What motivates them? They can help you get stuff through if things get hard.
And when the project is done, the relationships can still be nurtured to further culture change! #CFASummit
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When passing suggestions to policy folks, Pooja has seen that presenting user-informed research to an open-minded partner can be convincing. Lynn points out many of them have never done user-centered research and talked to people first-hand. They just don’t have the information. “Don’t let lawyers bamboozle you!” Finding a lawyer who will say yes is so valuable. #CFASummit
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Pooja points out that you have to look at the incentives to have agencies collaborate instead of fracture apart. Lynn says you have to show, don’t tell, if you’re proposing change. For state-run federal programs like SNAP or WIC, what are plays that the states can do that maybe don’t require the feds? #CFASummit
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When working at the policy and implementation level, you have to make sure you’re talking with people who have real authority. #CFASummit
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