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    "title" : "The Federal List of #HackforChange Projects |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"The Federal List of #HackforChange Projects","summary" : "You should be on this list—the current federal government participants in the National Day of Civic Hacking. There are 15 agencies participating in the event, primarily in and around the Washington, D.C., area. This is a fantastic compilation of what agencies are doing, but it is not enough. We need more widespread participation across the country. If","date" : "2014-05-15T12:28:30-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tammi-marcoullier" : "Tammi Marcoullier"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-15-the-federal-list-of-hackforchange-projects.md","slug" : "the-federal-list-of-hackforchange-projects","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/15/the-federal-list-of-hackforchange-projects/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eYou should be on this list—the current federal government participants in the \u003ca title=\"civic hack day\" href=\"http://hackforchange.org/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNational Day of Civic Hacking\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are \u003cstrong\u003e15 agencies participating in the event\u003c/strong\u003e, primarily in and around the Washington, D.C., area. This is a fantastic compilation of what agencies are doing, but it is not enough. We need more widespread participation across the country. If your office has a regional presence and has data or ideas for technical and design projects they’d like to contribute, this is a prime opportunity to dip in and see what it is like to work with people outside of government.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlanning events:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Science Foundation (NSF) – Organizing a hackathon at NSF in Arlington.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHealth and Human Services (HHS) – Organizing a health-focused hackathon with the Health Data Consortium.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCensus Bureau – Potentially organizing a hackathon with the Data Innovation DC group.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubmitting a challenge, API and/or data set:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Institutes of Health (NIH) – Providing data sets.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – Providing two data sets: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data set and Consumer Complaint Database. The agency will be drafting a challenge competition around these.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCensus Bureau – Providing data and challenge competitions.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpenFEMA \u0026amp; HUD – Providing a joint challenge and data sets.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSAID – Providing a challenge and API.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall Business Administration (SBA) – Providing a challenge.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNASA – Open Innovation and OCT drafting a challenge each.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGSA’s Data.gov – Connecting data communities with challenges and local leads.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGSA’s 18F – Both offering and supporting a challenge. Also shared their extensive API work.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstitute of Museum \u0026amp; Library Sciences (IMLS) – Providing a challenge.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther support:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeace Corps – Public outreach support and engaging volunteers at the overseas events. Also providing subject matter expertise to some ongoing development work from previous collaborations.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGSA’s Challenge.gov – Coordinating post-event coverage to share results of all federally-offered challenges.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are currently 117 events in 91 cities around the world, with the goal of improving communities and the governments that serve them. Think about how you can contribute. We invite you to join us!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome fun stats – updated 5/15:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\n  This is the latest update:\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    118 civic hacking events\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    164 local organizers\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    18 federal agencies (latest agencies have been EPA and DOT submitting two challenges each)\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    Events in 97 cities, 38 US states and 12 countries\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    82 hackathons\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    44 Code for America brigades\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    10 events in Knight Foundation focus communities\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    6 RHoKs\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    9 [freespace]s\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    4 block parties\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    4 City Camps out of 10 unconferences\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    7 cities with multiple events: Austin, Chicago, SF, Las Vegas, NYC, NOLA, DC\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    Cities where multiple events collaborated into one: Portland, Seattle, San Juan, KC 🙂\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n    Of these, there are potentially seven large events: TCamp, SuperHappyAugusta, the Miami conference, HackforLA, TechLA, BuildforSTL and CitycampKC. Overall, organizers expect upwards of 12,000 participants throughout the weekend.\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}
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