uscm 2012 part 2
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Jennifer Pahlka
@pahlkadotjen@codeforameric
a.org
Making government work better for everyone with the people and power
of the web
What you don’t need:MORE TECHNOLOGY
What you do need:A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Peace Corps for Geeks
2012 Fellows
2012 Cities
access
Neighborhood data collection, the old way...
Shareable software. Shareable practices.
It’s not about the apps.
Interfaces to government can be
simple, beautiful and easy to use.
Better, faster and cheaper.
Show what’s possible and set a higher bar.
Culture trumps strategy
“They were mysterious strangers who came and
taught the city’s staff that they had the magic in them all
along.”-Jeff Friedman
What now?
MONUMMayor’s Office of New
Urban Mechanicscodeforamerica.org/
monum/
2014 Fellowship
The Community is the Capacity:
Work with your Brigade
Above all:
find, activate, support, and connect your change
agents
“…what good governance and good society look like
are now inextricably linked to the digital.”- Tom Steinberg
Aneesh Chopra
Cloud Computing and Mobility Unlock
Potential
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/10/president-national-wireless-initiative-we-re-going-have-our-game-marquette
; “A Dozen Facts About Innovation,” Hamilton Project, August 2011
National Wireless Initiative (Wi3)
Marquette, MI
Digital Infrastructure to Spur Productivity
Wireless, “Gig” Networks Key to Unlock Future GrowthWireless, “Gig” Networks Key to Unlock Future Growth
US-Ignite
Cleveland, OH
Source: http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/published/FINAL_DECISION/140369.htm; Cleanweb Hackathon, Jan 22nd, 2012
Permitting Costs Inhibit Solar Growth
We are Within Reach of $1 a watt cost by 2020We are Within Reach of $1 a watt cost by 2020“Race to the Rooftop”
$12.5M Competition to Lower Costs
“Crowdfunding” Solar Projects
Solar Mosaic
Asian Resource Center (Oakland, CA) raised $100K from 134
investors to install solar; will save $100,000 in energy bills; awarded Dept Energy incubator
grant
Asian Resource Center (Oakland, CA) raised $100K from 134
investors to install solar; will save $100,000 in energy bills; awarded Dept Energy incubator
grant
Competition designed to address $1BN “hidden tax” through permitting costs
Want to Solve Food Deserts through Innovation?
Sanofi US Diabetes and Maya Seeking “Alpha” PartnersSanofi US Diabetes and Maya Seeking “Alpha” Partners
Calling all Mayors! Send a note conveying your passion to solve
this problem to [email protected]
Calling all Mayors! Send a note conveying your passion to solve
this problem to [email protected]
# Households no car & > 1 mi to store, 2006
Low-income preschool obesity rate, 2009
Let’s build a