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June 16, 2016

Emanuel Feld talks about his visualization of government GitHub organizations

By Melody Kramer

What does the global government open source community look like? That’s the question that Emanuel Feld, a civic technologist in Washington DC, wanted to answer when he created a visualization showing how government repos on GitHub are connected and interrelated.

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June 15, 2016

Two agencies participating in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator pilot

By Amy Wilson , Clara Tsao , Bob Ballance , Chris Cairns

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are the first two agencies to participate in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator Pilot.

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June 14, 2016

Prototype early, prototype often: A lesson from the DATA Act

By Greg Boone

The DATA Act is a “tremendous undertaking …[to] standardize how federal agencies report their spending data.” It has the potential to provide unprecedented insight into how the federal government spends money, and it comes with a statutory deadline. Any delay in implementation is a delay in cost savings and transparency, so we’re trying to help the government deliver on the promise of the DATA Act in a timely manner.

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June 7, 2016

Building better by building together with the Federal Election Commission

By Leah Bannon , Noah Manger

How do you work iteratively and in the open in government? How do you transform an agency’s digital presence with agile and user-centered design? We’ve learned a lot about this as we’ve worked alongside our partners at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on beta.fec.gov, and we want to share some of those lessons here.

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June 2, 2016

Open data democratizes innovation

By Robin A. Thottungal , Kris Rowley

Thanks to the President’s Executive Order requiring that agencies make data open, we are democratizing access to data. Open data has empowered citizens to track trends and make informed personal decisions. And increasingly, American citizens are using government data to drive action and solve problems in their communities.

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