chicago's role in the national civic innovation network
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Chicago as civic innovation through leader
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To start with, Code for America isn’t that old
Code for America believes that government can work for the people, by the people in the 21st Century.
We build open source technology and organize a network of people dedicated to making government services simple, effective, and easy to use.
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Brigade started off very small
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Not so small anymore
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We were already here.
OpenGov Chicago – Est 2007 OpenGov Hack Night – 3/2012
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Hey, isn’t that…?
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At that same time, this is happening:
Chicago hires first CTO, CDO, and launches data.cityofchicago.org
The Smart Chicago Collaborative hires Dan O’Neil as the first executive director.
The Apps for Metro Chicago contest ends, hack nights begin.
1871 Opens, Hack Night Moves
We all become very busy people.
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Home Base
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Chicago as part of the national network
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We’re first through the wall
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A civic movement built on Chicago Code
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#CivicSummer #CivicWorks #CodeforAmerica
The Code for America Fellowship in Chicago: $300,000
(Smart Chicago paid the city’s share)
The CivicSummer Program: $250,000
The CivicWorks Grant: $500,000
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Forking the model
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They’re going full time.
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The Regional Brigades
So, it was easy to keep track of 17 captains
Not so much with 53+
The original plan was to make it easier for brigades to get support without HQ becoming a bottleneck
However, in practice the regional brigade pilot has served to be a giant switchboard across the whole organization.
This is a feature – not a bug
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Balance Redeployment
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A network for civic innovation
We lead by example
We build code for others to use
We collaborate nationally
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The Future
More work to do
Not to late to get involved
Come to a hack night
And if you’d like to see a project you can check out http://www.codeforamerica.org/geeks/civicissues
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