April 18, 2013 by Annie Sorensen
Kansas City Code for America fellows have started working with Kansas City officials in Kansas and Missouri as part of a regional approach—the first joint application to be approved for the program—to create lasting relationships between the cities and entrepreneurs. They also aim to produce web-based entrepreneurial tools for the government to use. With no word yet on what those might be, we thought we … read more
April 3, 2013 by Annie Sorensen
Kansas City Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., together are a 2013 Code for America partner city, and Abhi Nemani, the organization's chief of staff, shared his passion for more connected governments during the final afternoon of our Big Kansas City event last week. "We're trying to show what's possible for governments," Nemani said. The San Fransisco-based nonprofit aims to show cities how to better use the web to increase efficiency, transparency … read more
March 7, 2013 by Annie Sorensen
Kansas City It's been nothing but "research and listening and learning" during the first four weeks of the partnership between Code for America and the Kansas Cities, said Ariel Kennan, one of the three fellows assigned to Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo. Code for America is a non-profit organization that partners with local leaders to change the way cities work through technology and public service. … read more
February 22, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City The three Code for America fellows assigned to Kansas City are organizing an event Saturday in celebration of Code Across America, a multi-day event devoted to civic … read more
February 4, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City A former nonprofit worker, experience designer and software engineer make up the team assigned to the two Kansas Cities for Code for America, a year-long program that aims to help city governments use the web to increase efficiency, transparency … read more
October 25, 2012 by Michael Stacy
San Francisco MindMixer, an Omaha startup that makes a web-based platform for community engagement, is in the homestretch of the inaugural Code for America Accelerator, which concludes with a Demo Day on Tuesday in San Francisco. The accelerator, run by San Francisco-based nonprofit Code for America, is a four-month program designed to give tech-based … read more
October 2, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Code For America today announced that Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan. have been selected as partner cities in its 2013 fellowship. The Code for America (CfA) application was a joint effort between the two cities, spearheaded by the offices of Sly James, the mayor of Kansas City, Mo., and Joe Reardon, the mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City was one of nine communities chosen from a pool of 30 applicants. The program's other 2013 partners are Las Vegas, Louisville, Ky., New York, Oakland, San Francisco … read more
July 10, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha MindMixer last week announced it has been chosen to participate in the first Code for America Accelerator, a four-month program run by Code for America designed to give tech-based civic startups the network and training they need to grow. MindMixer, an Omaha startup that makes a web-based platform for community engagement, was one of seven companies chosen for the program … read more
June 10, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Omaha's shot at becoming one of Code for America's 2012 city partners ended on Wednesday, when the organization announced 10 finalists for next year's project and Omaha was not … read more
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