Though new information and communications technology (ICTs) have facilitated unprecedented access between citizens, governments and key decision-makers, public trust in government remains at near-historic lows. Low voter turnout rates and rising dissatisfaction with the democratic ...
Code for America held their 4th annual summit last week, for the first (but not the last) time in Oakland. I went down with with PlaceSpeak CEO Colleen Hardwick. Digesting the lessons of the conference ...
Last week PlaceSpeak product manager Hugh Stimson attended the Canadian Open Data Summit and the International Open Data Conference, both of which were held in Ottawa this year. One of the things I’ve come to realize ...
PlaceSpeak’s Hugh Stimson will be attending the 2014 Code for America Summit in San Francisco between September 23 and 25th. This annual Summit is when the Code for America civic innovation community gathers in person for three ...