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Insights & updates on government, tech, and entrepreneurship.
Keynote: Reweaving the Fabric of the City with Data
December 23, 2015
Bowling Alone and Living with Others
December 23, 2015
The world deserves a better presentation software: my pitch
Angels in America - The American Tragedy
November 12, 2015
Connecting the dots - data & delivery
November 10, 2015
Building a Local Open Data Community
October 30, 2015
Talking through Cocktail Party Napkins
My Christmas wish for the open data community
October 29, 2015
Anchoring Open Data in the Community
My Year in LA
October 1, 2015
My friend Jake
Septermber 22, 2015
Data in the City of Angels
What the US Digital Service should learn from Apple for Government as a Platform
August 13, 2014
Two Kinds of Empathy & the Gap in Public Sector Innovation
August 13, 2014
The power of a simple, little light
July 26, 2014
How John Dewey Played a Big Role in the 2008 Election
June 18, 2014
open data as a means with many ends
June 17, 2014
Reframing the conversation around open data
June 6, 2014
Putting the law in the palm of your hand
June 13, 2014
My favorite books of essays
May 8, 2014
Case Studies
Boosting Government Responsiveness with Data Science: Helping ZenCity Make AI Real, and Really Useful for Small Cities
Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA: How building a showpiece unveiled the real challenges of PerformanceStat
Helping Start Startups in Sacramento: Building the Mayor's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sacramento to grow the region's economy
How technology can increase trust between law enforcement and residents: Starting with a simple text reminders, SPIDR Tech's platform now enables realtime communication and feedback between the community and government
Boosting transparency around police use of force: Data collection problems can stifle reform efforts that rely on data, such as the New Jersey effort to create an "early warning" system for abuse
Letting governments build their own workflows on CityGrows: Accessible and affordable workflow automation for local governments to replace paper forms and pdfs in minutes
Abhi Nemani
