A group of the 2018 Civic Digital fellows. (Courtesy of Coding it Forward) Coding it Forward fellowship changes participants’ minds about federal service, survey shows A survey by the Partnership for Public Service shows how the Civic Digital Fellowship impacts fellows' future career plans. Dec 4, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
Blocks! Chains! (xresch / Pixabay) Why does blockchain make people so mad? The technology is a poster child for hype, shiny object syndrome and government tech solutionism. Sep 11, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
At the Civic Digital Fellowship’s 2019 demo day. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop) How to get more young people involved in civic tech, according to young people A panel of Coding it Forward's summer 2019 Civic Digital Fellows reflected on this question at the program's demo day. Aug 12, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(Getty Images) Here’s how technology vendors can navigate the legislative branch A new white paper from Future Congress aims to lay out the rules of the road for vendors and civic hackers who'd like to help Congress function… Dec 31, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(Getty Images) What the government innovation community needs, according to its members A better way to talk about what it is they do, for one. Oct 16, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
With no work to do, furloughed feds flock to hackathon Hackers get to work at the Code for DC Shutdown Hackathon on Oct. 14. (Photo: Leah Bannon) Furloughed feds in D.C. have been sitting idle for nearly… Oct 14, 2013