[RoadBotics](https://www.roadbotics.com/) Co-Founder [Benjamin Schmidt](https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidtbt/) joined us to talk road infrastructure. How do governments make decisions about its management? How might data play a role in that? These questions and more will be answered throughout this episode. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [American Society of Civil Engineers](https://www.asce.org/) - [The Transportation Research Board](https://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/transportation-researc...
Jul 15, 2020•45 min•Ep. 46
United Stats Digital Services Engineering Director [Lisa Chung](https://www.linkedin.com/in/coderlisa/) joined us to talk engineering culture, hiring diversity and inclusion, and vendor best practices. We had the chance to sit down and learn from her in March as she was taking on this leadership role. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Matt Cutts Ted Talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_what_happens_when_a_silicon_valley_technologist_works_for_the_government) - [The Government Fix (book)](htt...
May 18, 2020•25 min•Ep. 45
[Lina Patel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linaxpatel/) of Code for Australia and [Nao Myoshu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nao-m/?originalSubdomain=jp) of Code for Japan join us for a conversation about Tech for Non Tech, a Code for All educational program. We'll talk about what the program is, why it exists, and dig into the details of how it's been shared across the network. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Code for All](https://codeforall.org/) - [Code for Australia](https://codeforaustralia.org...
Apr 01, 2020•49 min•Ep. 44
[Emily Paul](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylenglepaul/) joins us for a conversation about their work as a TechCongress fellow in the area of forensic algorithms. We'll cover that topic area as well as the work they did with Representative Mark Takano to put together the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2019. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [The New Jim Crow](http://newjimcrow.com/) - [New America Publications](https://www.newamerica.org/publications/) - [Route Fifty Newsletters](https://w...
Mar 04, 2020•51 min•Ep. 43
[Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon), [Mohith Rao](https://twitter.com/localtechsupp), and [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch)sit down with returning guest [Emily Fong](https://twitter.com/leahbannon)(they appeared on [episode 16](https://civictech.chat/2018/08/coding-it-forward-civic-technology-fellowship)). We'll talk about the work they're doing in the space where finance and civic tech meet, their community organizing efforts, and their product management practice. ### Resour...
Feb 19, 2020•58 min•Ep. 42
We sit down with [Shannon Sartin](https://twitter.com/sartin_shannon), to learn about their path to becoming a leader in the health care technology space. We'll learn from her experiences, chat through strategies for running teams, and more. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [USDS](https://www.usds.gov/) - [Article with Cobol story](https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/09/meet-executive-bringing-digital-savvy-health-and-human-services/151171/) - [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/) ##### Music Credit: [T...
Feb 05, 2020•31 min•Ep. 41
Join [Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon), [Mohith Rao](https://twitter.com/localtechsupp}, and [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) as they record a live episode streamed on the [Twitch platform](https://www.twitch.tv/civictechchat). They'll discuss a number of topics including the responsibility tech companies have over their platforms, how regulations and agencies interact with large corporations, the inner workings of Code for America Brigade management, and even some sci-fi-e...
Jan 22, 2020•50 min•Ep. 40
[Kelly Taylor](https://twitter.com/ktinboulder), Director of the Colorado Digital service joins us to talk about how the agency came to be, the merits of the digital services model, as well as lessons learned along the way. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Colorado Digital Service](https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/coloradodigitalservice/home) - [Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule (Paul Graham)](http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html) - [O'Reilly Government 2.0 Blog](https://www.oreil...
Dec 18, 2019•44 min•Ep. 39
[Kent Wyatt](https://twitter.com/kwyatt23), co-founder of Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) returns to the podcast. We'll get into how their organization is working to help push government forward, check in on what's been happening over the past year or so, and talk about some trends they've seen along the way. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Engaging Local Government Leaders](https://elgl.org/) - [GovLove Podcast](https://elgl.org/govlove/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warh...
Dec 04, 2019•39 min•Ep. 38
We are joined by [Clark Richey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-richey-6b737/), Chief Technology Officer at FactGem to talk about how organizations handle data, how it might be made useful for a wider audience, and about their experience in this field. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [FactGem](http://factgem.com/){:target="_blank"} - [Data Architecture Summit (Chicago)](https://das2019.dataversity.net/){:target="_blank"} - [O'Reilly Strata Data Conference (New York)](https://conferences.oreilly...
Nov 21, 2019•30 min•Ep. 37
We are joined by [Gwendolyn Washington](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwendolyn-mcdowell-washington-906b9744/), Director of Pro Bono at Rising for Justice, [Kelli Shewmaker](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelshew/), Community Outreach Lead with Code for DC, and [Charles Landau](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesdlandau/), volunteer on the Rising for Justice <> Code for DC project. We'll talk about this partnership, the National Day of Civic Hacking, National Expungement Week, as well as some o...
Nov 06, 2019•38 min•Ep. 36
We are joined by [Dr. Stephen Kleinschmit](https://twitter.com/profstevek), Director of a new Civic Analytics Masters program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We'll talk about how this program came to be, it's relationship with civic tech, and explore some details about the program itself. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Master of Science in Civic Analytics](https://cuppa.uic.edu/academics/pa/pa-programs/master-of-science-in-civic-analytics/) - [The Journal of Public and Non-Profit Affa...
Sep 27, 2019•39 min•Ep. 35
We are joined by three panelists for this episode, including, Asim Ishaq Khan , Deputy Director of Projects at KPITB (http://www.kpitb.gov.pk/), Emcet Oktay Tas, Senior Social Development Specialist at the World Bank (https://www.worldbank.org/), as well as Sheba Najmi, Founder and Executive Director at Code for Pakistan (http://codeforpakistan.org/). We'll be talking about the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Innovation Fellowship, which was formed by a partnership of their organizations. ### Reso...
Sep 05, 2019•51 min•Ep. 34
We are joined by User Experience Designer [Shannon McHarg](https://twitter.com/EfficientIxD) and Content Strategist [Ryan Johnson](https://twitter.com/forestglenroad), who both work at the [Office of Natural Resources Revenue](https://twitter.com/DOIONRR), an agency within the [United States Department of the Interior](https://twitter.com/Interior). We'll talk about an open source project they both contribute to called [Maine Ballot](https://maineballot.org/). ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Mai...
Aug 02, 2019•39 min•Ep. 33
We are joined by two folks from the City of Austin, Texas including [Fara Muscadin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/farahmuscadin/), Director of the Office of Police Oversight and [Marni Wilhite](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marniwilhite/) Head of Product, Communications and Technology Management. We'll engage in a conversation about some work they've been doing to improve the way public feedback about the police there occurs. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Email Austin's Office of Design and Delive...
Jul 18, 2019•46 min•Ep. 32
We are joined by [David Homes](https://github.com/DavidEHolmes), Director of Engineering over at the United States Digital Service. Our conversation will cover a number of topics including technology accessibility, interacting with partners and translating business rules into code, and the mentorship and development of engineers. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Join USDS](https://www.usds.gov/apply) - [Civil Rights Data Collection](https://github.com/DavidEHolmes/crdc) - [School Diversity Report...
Jun 27, 2019•43 min•Ep. 31
Our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) presents a short briefing on the topic of Election Security. This includes a discussion on a report released recently by Stanford University, as well as a couple oft forgotten weak links in election infrastructure security. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Stanford News Article](https://news.stanford.edu/2019/06/05/strategies-secure-american-elections/) - [Politico Article](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/vr-systems-russian-hackers-201...
Jun 14, 2019•6 min•Ep. 30
A little while back Civic Tech Chat hit it's first year of existence. For this special episode, [Veronica Young](https://twitter.com/veronicajyoung) and [Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon) join us for a retrospective conversation looking at the past year in civic tech. We'll find out things that went well, things that didn't go so well, and what lessons they've learned around the way ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [United States Digital Service](https://www.usds.gov/apply) - [Code for ...
Apr 12, 2019•48 min•Ep. 29
[Ryan](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) takes us on a quick dive back into the world of Net Neutrality. We'll discuss the Save the Internet Act of 2019 and what it intends to accomplish. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Text of Save the Internet Act of 2019](https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/Save%20the%20Internet%20Act%20Legislative%20Text.pdf) - [University of Maryland Public Policy School Poll](http://www.publicconsultation.org/united-states...
Mar 14, 2019•8 min•Ep. 28
We talk with [Genevieve Gaudet](https://twitter.com/genevievegau) Senior Designer at (Nava)[https://twitter.com/NavaPBC]. The conversation focuses around the idea of humane tech and how it interacts with the social safety net. You don't want to miss it. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Wild Geese](https://rjgeib.com/thoughts/geese/geese.html) - [Indiana and IBM](http://www.govtech.com/health/Nobody-Wins-in-Indiana-vs-IBM-Lawsuit-Judge-Says.html) - [Civic Tech, #MeToo and Toxic Ecosystems: Invest ...
Feb 14, 2019•45 min•Ep. 27
Our host, [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) talks internet privacy. What is it? Where do we stand? What is this California law that goes into effect this year? Tune in to find out. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB375) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumblewe...
Jan 07, 2019•7 min•Ep. 26
We're joined by [Madeline Hung](https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-hung-357137a6/), Co-Founder of [The Good Country](https://goodcountry.org/) an effort to create a digital country based on shared values. We'll engage in a conversation about how their mission, values, and how the organization operates. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Good Country Index](https://www.goodcountryindex.org/) - [Liquid Democracy](https://www.democracy.earth/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http:...
Dec 21, 2018•34 min•Ep. 25
We sit down with [Alma Rangel](https://twitter.com/almarngl), from [Codeando Mexico](https://twitter.com/codeandomexico) to talk community organizing, responding to crises, and the state of civic tech in Mexico. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Codeando Mexico](https://www.codeandomexico.org/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)
Dec 05, 2018•39 min•Ep. 24
This episode features [Dawn McDougall](https://twitter.com/de_mcdougs), Senior Advisor and former Executive Director of [Code for Philly](https://twitter.com/CodeForPhilly). We hop into a discussion about what it means for Civic Tech to be a movement and we gain some insight into how Code for Philly does community organizing. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)
Nov 21, 2018•44 min•Ep. 23
This episode features [Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon), founder of [Tech Rebalanced](https://twitter.com/tech_rebalanced) and Product Manager at the [United States Digital Service](https://twitter.com/USDS). We talk about her path to becoming a thought leader in the civic tech movement and dig into the weeds of doing product management in government. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Leah's Website](http://www.chipy.org/) - [Code for DC](https://chipymentor.org/) - [USDS](https://www....
Nov 09, 2018•45 min•Ep. 22
This episode features [Ray Berg](https://twitter.com/raymondberg), Software Developer at Braintree and Organizer for the [Chicago Python Users Group (Chipy)](http://www.chipy.org/). Ray runs a free mentorship program through that community that allows folks to power up their skills using the Python ecosystem. We'll learn about how to be better mentors and mentees and about how that program operates. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Chipy](http://www.chipy.org/) - [Chipy Mentorship](https://chipym...
Oct 25, 2018•40 min•Ep. 21
Episode 20! This time we feature a conversation with [Derek Eder](https://twitter.com/derekeder), Founder of both [DataMade](https://datamade.us), a civic tech focused company and [Chi Hack Night](https://ChiHackNight.org), a civic tech volunteer organization in Chicago. We talk through what it's like to engage in civic entrepreneurship. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Councilmatic](https://www.councilmatic.org/) - [My building doesn't recycle](http://mybuildingdoesntrecycle.com/) - [Open Data P...
Oct 13, 2018•45 min•Ep. 20
We welcome [Aaron Snow](https://twitter.com/aaronsnow), Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Digital Service [Canadian Digital Service](https://digital.canada.ca/work-with-us/). We'll learn from his experiences leading civic tech organizations in two different countries. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Code for Canada](https://codefor.ca/) - [C4C and CDS partnership](https://digital.canada.ca/2018/04/19/our-partnership-with-code-for-canada/) - [18F](https://18f.gsa.gov/) ##### Music Credit: [...
Sep 17, 2018•34 min•Ep. 19
For this episode we talk to [Cyrus Sethna](https://twitter.com/c_sethna) about their journey into civic tech. Cyrus works in the [United States Digital Service](https://www.usds.gov/) and is an avid member of [Code for DC](https://codefordc.org/). We delve into that story, truths he's discovered along the way, and we learn about something called 'The National Day of Civic Crafting.' You won't want to miss this one. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [ChiHackNight](https://chihacknight.org/) - [Chica...
Aug 29, 2018•36 min•Ep. 18
Our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) discusses the issue of Net Neutrality. We explore this complex topic talking through what it is, who the players are, and where it stands today. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [FCC Publishes Full Text Of Net Neutrality Rules](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/12/392544534/fcc-publishes-full-text-of-net-neutrality-rules) - [Comcast and Level 3 in Netflix net-neutrality spat](https://www.computerworld.com/article/2469776/web-apps/co...
Aug 22, 2018•10 min•Ep. 17
