Strangeloop: From Coder to Bureaucrat

A presentation given with Kaitlin Devine at Strangeloop 2018. This covers our work to implement the first open data law in the United States and discusses the challenges of modern software development within a bureaucracy.

Transcript

1. From Coder to Bureaucrat How we implemented the first U.S. open data law Kaitlin Devine (@kaitlinbdevine) Becky Sweger (@bendystraw)
2. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw How much did the U.S. federal government spend last year?
3. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw
4. That’s approximately... 2,225 Fort Knoxes 4 Apple, Incs $12,200 per person 26.5 Jeff Bezos’
5. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw A nation’s budget is the most accurate gauge we have of its priorities.
6. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw
7. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Missing Medicare
8. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw USAspending.gov: 2015
9. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Health and Human Services is one of the agencies that does not require a Place of Performance Code. You will need to contact someone from HHS. We do not have an HHS point of contact for you. From the helpdesk...
10. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw
11. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Inserting yourself
15. Me
19. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Machine Readable Freely Licensed
20. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw
21. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Myth Busting
22. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw We Can’t Do That! Demos not memos Myth Busting
23. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Creating a Data Standard
24. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Many Dollars to Many Dollars
25. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw We Know How to Fix This
27. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw We Have To Do That! (Don’t) Myth Busting
30. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw It’s a Technical Problem Big data, blockchains & other snake oil Myth Busting
31. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw
32. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw About That Data Standard...
33. Img: The Best Way to Build Big is to Start Small, by Kane Baccigalupi for 18F
34. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Scaling
35. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw From Critic to Convert Scaling
36. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Be a Hype Man Scaling
37. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Build cross functional teams Scaling
38. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw You don’t have to be a l337 hacker or 10x programmer
39. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Pair Program Scaling
40. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Getting Involved
41. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Getting Involved Be a Squeaky Wheel
42. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Getting Involved Join the Bureaucracy
43. Thank You! Questions? Kaitlin Devine / @kaitlinbdevine Becky Sweger / @bendystraw
44. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Build for change Steady as She Goes
45. The end?
46. Further reading
47. @kaitlinbdevine @bendystraw Passing the DATA Act Inserting yourself Propose cutting this and covering Kaitlin’s part of the story in prior slide