2014 National Day of Civic Hacking Final Report

The National Day of Civic Hacking was the largest hackathon in history, engaging more than 10,000 citizens representing government, businesses, nonprofits and individuals who participated in 123 simultaneous civic hacking events in 103 cities across the United States. This report documents this historic event.

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2. 1 In May and June 2014, the largest collaboration of civic hackers in the world took place as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. With 123 events occurring in 103 cities, 40 U.S. states and 13 countries, National Day brought together thousands of technologists, entrepreneurs, developers, makers, organizers, scientists and other citizens to improve their communities and the governments that serve them. The event built on the success of the fi rst year and continued to transform cities around the world. Throughout the weekend (and beyond, in many cases) participants envision and create services, apps and websites that address social and civic problems, like environmental impact, accessibility, transit, homelessness, and civic transparency. While civic hacking events and projects have been happening for years, the fi rst offi cial National Day of Civic Hacking event was convened in 2013 to give these dispersed pockets of innovation a centralized platform under which they could unite. The eff ort brings these local events together by providing a framework for collaboration and a visibility for the impact that engagement and volunteerism can have in our towns and cities. Anyone with ideas was invited to participate or organize local events, which include hackathons, demo days, unconferences, meetups, and block parties. The event leveraged existing frameworks for civic hacking such as Code for America brigade events, City Camps, and Random Hacks of Kindness hackathons. 2014 marked the fi rst year that National Day expanded outside of the U.S. There were 30% more events and 24% more cities—making it the widest-reaching mass collaboration in history. The community is trending toward hyperlocal engagements with more events in more communities that are focusing on local needs, and the result is that we continue to see more multiplied sustained impact coming from the civic hacking community. Learn more about National Day at HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/ABOUT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY National Day of Civic Hacking off ers the chance to bring together some of the best and brightest minds in the technology arena to push forward civic innovation and open idea-sharing. Carol Colett a, Knight Foundation
3. Executive Summary Challenges Events Civic Hacks Appendix Credits CONTENTS 1 6 8 11 15 23
5. 4 Two weeks before National Day, the organizers of the inaugural Civic Hacks North Dakota didn’t even know what civic hacking was. But once they did, it had to come to North Dakota. “We immediately adored the concept of civic hacking,” says co-organizer Corey Mock. “Incidentally I did the most in-depth ‘Googling’ of civic hacking, became the de-facto expert, and then volunteered to host the inaugural event.” Inspired by the ingenuity of young professionals in Grand Forks, and encouraged by events scheduled in the similarly-sized cities of South Bend, IN & Holyoke, MA, Mock and his co-organizers rushed to make an event happen in Grand Forks. “We have world class talent and imaginations in our humble town of 60,000, and wonderful relationships with our neighbors throughout the Red River Valley,” said Mock, who is also the Executive Director of the Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals group. “If there is a community that can coalesce around a project with a short notice, it’s Grand Forks.” In a few short weeks, the organizers partnered with the University of North Dakota and the City of Grand Forks, which plans to make data available for the July 19th event. (Initially scheduled to run alongside other National Day events, the organizers had to push the date back.) Potential challenges include a city maintenance reporting system, trail mapping software—which Hack Fargo has come on board to help out with—and railway crossing status notifications for commuters. Civic Hacks North Dakota is a perfect example of what’s possible when passionate people come together, and we can’t wait to see what they create! PEOPLE OF NATIONAL DAY “TWO WEEKS BEFORE NATIONAL DAY, WE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT CIVIC HACKING WAS.” C O R E Y M O C K
7. 6 Eff ective open innovation is tightly woven with well-defi ned, impactful challenges. These allow innovators to focus their energy on the heart of the issue at hand, provide a place where diverse perspectives can engage, and remain instrumental in the development of projects with the best potential for sustainable impact. The National Day of Civic Hacking framework features global challenges off ered by government agencies and civic organizations as well as local challenges distilled from community organizations by organizers and participants. 38 global challenges were addressed at the event along with hundreds of challenges at the local level. The global challenges were supplied by a host of organizations, including the Knight Foundation, Code for America, and numerous federal, state and city government agencies. Locally, many participants focused adapted global challenges that were particularly relevant to their community. In Norfolk, less than 15 feet above sea level, people organized around concerns that rising sea levels could obliterate the town in the future. Two projects were created: Original TITAN keeps Norfolk residents up-to-date on sea levels by displaying real-time data on the site sampled every 30 minutes; and Norfolk Flood Maps takes similar data and uses it to model the impact of elevated sea levels in a realistic way. Asheville’s National Day event was Reroute AVL, which focused on multimodal transportation solution challenges. Participants created a number of apps to encourage citizens to explore transportation beyond single-passenger driving, including: AVLRide, which would connect carpooling neighbours; Where’s My Bus?, an app that uses Next Bus data and Google Maps to view bus locations and plan routes; and SafeRoute, which shows data on areas most dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. All global challenges can be seen at HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/CHALLENGES CHALLENGES
8. 7 For Claire Dunn, a content strategist and project manager at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX, organizing a National Day of Civic Hacking event was a no-brainer. “I jumped on it because I believed it was an important thing for Austin to take part in,” she says. “We have a giving and genius community so it was inevitable that’d we’d use it to better our governments and our non-profits.” Austin has been an extraordinary example of the power of collaborative civic hacking, producing successful projects like Bike Share Locator, which prompted the city of Austin to connect with hackers in developing Austin’s bike share program; and Keep Austin Fed, which was recognized in 2013 as a “Champion of Change” at the White House. “Keep Austin Fed is an emotional one for me because I found out about it through a documentary and I reached out to them,” says Dunn. “Then Austin made it an initiative to be a zero-food waste city. I feel good about that one!” Dunn helped organized ATX Hack for Change, Austin’s inaugural ND event, in 2013 and stayed on the organizing team this year. The event leverages partnerships with Open Austin, the City of Austin, and St. Edward’s University to balance civic need with social good. “We reached out to non-profits to identify problems that we can help them solve,” says Dunn. “It makes our event really special. Every challenge is a local challenge—the people here aren’t just opening up datasets. We have stakeholders who are championing the projects and leading them to success.” This year, ATX Hack for Change produced a number of amazing projects, including: Pet Alert, a website that helps people find lost pets; Open311, which displays the most common 311 calls in each area; and The Lucky Penny Fund, which supports the development of orphans and foster children. PEOPLE OF NATIONAL DAY “PEOPLE REALLY CARE HERE. IT’S NOT ABOUT GOING TO WORK—PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE, AND THE EVENT REALLY STRIKES A CHORD.” C L A I R E D U N N
9. 8 There was great diversity in the events of National Day 2014. While the hackathon model remained popular, many cities opened up to other ways to celebrate and promote civic engagement. At Build for STL in St. Louis, MO, organizers ran a hackathon alongside several other creative events. They reached out to various local partners to off er a rooftop community garden tour, a Code for America brigade launch, a free mapping and data social justice workshop, and several tech training sessions and Q&As. In Augusta, 600 people attended Super Happy Augusta, the second annual block party celebrating the intersections of technology, culture EVENTS Events like these pull together creative and technology-driven minds to collaborate and drive discussions on how we can improve people’s daily lives through technology. No idea is too strange or too bold. We want to see interesting ideas and innovation at work. Mayor Fischer, City of Louisville 28 May 2014
10. 9 and creativity. Here there was also a hackathon, but it wasn’t the primary focus. Participants were encouraged to display anything as long as they showed other people how they made it, with activities ranging from forging, 3D printing and robotics; to pitch training and meeting with potential VCs. Kansas City ran its popular unconference, CityCamp KC, with a focus on how startups can help the city thrive. Attendees pitched and voted on session ideas on subjects like open civic data, social media advocacy, Code for America brigades, civic technology and women in tech. Many events also saw a high level of engagement from their local governments, particularly in California. Mayor Eric Garcetti hosted several hundred participants at City Hall for Hack for LA—200 of which were youth. Over $15,000 worth of prizes were handed out, with first place going to a group of four high school students who created Shelter Connect, a free and open- source platform that connects shelters with volunteers, restaurants and other potential resources. Mayors were also in attendance in San Jose, California; Houston, Texas; Chattanooga, Tennessee and Palo Alto, California. All events can be seen at HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/EVENTS
11. 10 Christopher Whitaker lives and breathes civic hacking. He works with the Smart Chicago Collaborative, acts as the Code for America Brigade captain for Chicago and runs a regular Open Gov Hack Night. Whitaker also has his own consultancy firm, aptly called CivicWhitaker, which specializes in project management, research and writing, digital storytelling and community organizing. Interestingly enough, his passion for collaboration and civic hacking grew out of working in government. “When I first got to my desk for the first time, I turned on my PC, which took about five minutes because it was from 1995. It was kind of nuts,” he says. “So I opened up the system I was using and discovered a DDOS-based system from 1973. I saw this and was floored.” As anyone who’s ever worked in a bureaucratic organization can attest, change—especially technological—often happens at a glacial pace. So Whitaker started working with Code for America and got very involved in Chicago’s civic tech scene, which is extremely active. “I think a lot of Chicago’s success is the community that’s been built here,” says Whitaker. “Open Gov Chicago started in 2007 and once the city released open data, we saw efforts culminate. People started meeting weekly for over 2 years, and we now have civic startups like Data Made being hired by non-profits.” Whitaker is currently involved on the Civic Works project, which incubates projects and offers creators financial support for their efforts. As if he wasn’t busy enough, Whitaker also organized this year’s Chicago in the Loop event, which included a youth hackathon at the Adler Planetarium. PEOPLE OF NATIONAL DAY “I STARTED GOING TO HACKATHONS AND TECHNOLOGY EVENTS TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO DO MY JOB BETTER.” C H R I S T O P H E R W H I TA K E R
12. 11 While websites and apps remained popular projects this year, National Day of Civic Hacking saw a rise in what many would consider unconventional civic hacking—the kind that doesn’t require any coding. In Redding, CA, 20 people led by Rachel Hatch, a research director at the Institute for the Future, started the Edit Your City movement. Wanting to show would-be new citizens and the world that Redding is not the third-most miserable city in America, participants spent three hours overhauling Redding’s Wikipedia page and creating a LocalWiki for community-contributed information. The result was 57 edits, a much more comprehensive portrait of Redding, and a sense of ownership over their city’s image. [freespace], a movement inspired by National Day 2013, saw enormous growth over the past year. Last June, a group of San Francisco organizers facilitated an entire month of civic hacking by securing a month’s lease for just $1 and calling that space [freespace]. Its open-door policy resulted in people from all sociocultural and professional backgrounds teaming up to take on a wide range of projects, such as bike shares and community gardens. [freespace] has hosted over 300 events in San Francisco and has become a global movement, with developments currently in over 26 locations in 18 countries. This year, organizers launched [freespace] labs, “a community incubator for social-impact projects,” which gives recipients design and product education, project management and access to grants to increase long-term project success. Keep Austin Fed is another example of an organization that continues to grow out of National Day. Beginning as a grassroots movement to feed people in need through the collection CIVIC HACKS We live in an age where people around the world are increasingly interested in taking an active role in changing their communities for the bett er, and the possibilities of the impact we can collectively have are really only limited by our imagination and our will to act. It’s just a matt er of gett ing started. Nick Skytland, How hackers are making the world a bett er place
13. 12 and redistribution of unused, consumable food, Keep Austin Fed experienced National Day as an important turning point in the organization. “We not only connected with George and James of GivePulse, who created our first website and plugged us into a social network that encourages volunteering, but we also started thinking about our long-term goals,” says Operations Director, Joseph de Leon. “Up until that time, we just worried about getting that day’s food donations to hungry people.” Over the past year, Keep Austin Fed has doubled its number of volunteers and recipients, and experienced a huge increase in regular and one-time donations. Since January 2014, they’ve recovered over 101,000 pounds of would-be-wasted food! According to de Leon, there are plans to expand the program to other cities once the organization grows a bit more. Hundreds of amazing projects were created this year—more than we could hope to include in this report. Here’s a small snapshot of what was built.
14. 13 HappyGov An online citizen satisfaction platform from Hack4Colorado that allows users to map 311 service requests and rate the issues that matter to them. HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/PROJECTS/HAPPYGOV Report LA Water Waste A mobile website from Hack for LA that allows users to report wasteful water use (broken hydrants/sprinklers, improper lawn watering, etc.) and get notifi ed of reports in their community. SUPRMASV.COM/PROJECTS/220/REPORT-LA-WATER- WASTE-1 AdoptMe! AdoptMe! is an app created at the Palo Alto Apps Challenge to enable volunteers, fosterers and staff in animal shelters and rescue groups to easily share information about adoptable pets. PALOALTOHOMELESSPETS.DRUPALGARDENS.COM VolunteerHub A website and mobile app incubated at Maine Civic Hack Day that allows non-profi t organizations to advertise, approve, coordinate and track volunteers for their projects. HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/PROJECTS/VOLUNTEERHUB @MBTA_Alerts A series of Twitter accounts for each service created by Calvin Metcalf at Code for Boston that keep riders up to date on transit delays and statuses. METRO.US/BOSTON/NEWS/LOCAL/2014/06/04/ CODE-FOR-BOSTON-CODER-BREAKS-MBTA-SERVICE- TWITTER Enabled City A user-friendly, crowdsourced map created at the Palo Alto Apps Challenge of accessible places in Palo Alto. All places will be entered and verifi ed as accessible by citizens. HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/PROJECTS/ENABLED-CITY Hundreds of amazing projects were created this year—more than we could hope to include in this report. Here’s a small snapshot of what was built. All submitted projects can be seen at HACKFORCHANGE.ORG/PROJECTS GOVERNMENT NON-PROFITS ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBILITY TRANSIT
15. 14 Heavy rain didn’t stop 600 people from taking over Augusta’s Broad Street for the second annual Super Happy Augusta, a block party celebrating the intersections of technology, culture and creativity. “It didn’t dampen our spirits, but it did dampen the road outside,” says co-organizer Grace Belangia. The “festival of experiences” encouraged participants to display anything as long as they showed other people how they made it, with activities ranging from forging, 3D printing and robotics; to pitch training and meeting with potential VCs. Co-organizer Eric Parker describes it more succinctly as a “Maker Faire for entrepreneurs.” Super Happy Augusta is one of National Day’s most vibrant and cultural events. While a hackathon is run during the block party, it’s not the organizers’ primary focus. But too many organizers, says Parker, think that the value of their communities is just economic. “The mistake so many cities make when they’re trying to create an innovation community is thinking it’s all about economic development,” says Parker. “By taking a cultural approach and embracing the weirdness, we in turn embrace technology and taking chances.” Belangia and Parker are extremely active in Augusta’s tech scene, which is on the rise: the city was recently ranked #10 in the growth of information-related jobs. While Belangia is an event planner and TedX organizer, Parker is an architect and entrepreneur. Together, they’re two co-founders of The Clubhou.se, a “hackerspace” that aims to be a self-sustaining creative technology cooperative. PEOPLE OF NATIONAL DAY “WE’RE DOING A LOT TO TREAT TECH AS ONE LARGE COMMUNITY OF INNOVATORS AND ARTISTS; ONE THAT’S NOT JUST ABOUT BUSINESS.” E R I C PA R K E R & G R A C E B E L A N G I A
16. 15 15 15 APPENDIX Events Challenges Sponsors and Partners Organizers 16 18 21 22
17. 16 EVENTS UNITED STATES Akron, OH - Akron Civic Hackthon Albany, NY -National Day of Civic Hacking in Albany NY Albuquerque, NM - ABQ Civic Tech Day Anchorage, AK - Alaska hAKathon Ann Arbor, MI - City Camp Ann Arbor Arlington, VA - Northern Virginia National Day of Civic Hacking Asheville, NC - Reroute AVL Athens, GA - Hack for Athens Atlanta, GA - Atlanta National Day of Civic Hacking Augusta, GA - Super Happy Augusta Austin, TX - [freespace] Austin, ATX Hack for Change, Hack 4 Austin Baltimore, MD - Hack for Baltimore Bangor, ME - Maine Civic Hacking Day Berkeley, CA - Berkeley National Day of Civic Hacking Birmingham, AL - Code for Birmingham Boston, MA - RHoK Boston: Hack the Hub Burlington, VT - Burlington, Vermont Hackathon Charlotte, NC - Code for Charlotte Hack-a-thon Chattanooga, TN - Hackanooga Chicago, IL - Chicago Hack Day, National Day of Civic Hacking Chicago Loop Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Civic Hacking Columbia, SC - Hack for SC Columbus, OH - Civic {} Hacks, Hack Columbus Dawsonville, GA - Dawson County National Day of Civic Hacking Dayton, OH - Dayton “Spread the Word” Mini-Hack Denver, CO - Hack 4 Colorado Detroit, MI - Detroit Startup Drinks – Open Data Edition / Data in Detroit Fort Myers, FL - Fort Myers Hackathon Fort Wayne, IN - Fort Wayne Hackathon Fresno & Clovis, CA - Hack for Change Fresno County Grand Forks, ND - Civic Hacks North Dakota Harpswell, ME - Code for Maine Holyoke, MA - Hack for Western Massachusetts Honolulu, HI - Hack to the Future Houston, TX - Houston Hackathon Indianapolis, IN - Indy Civic Hack Day Irvine, CA - National Day of Civic Hacking Website Meetup Jersey City, NJ - Jersey City Hackathon Kansas City, MO - City Camp KC 2014 Lafayette, LA - Lafayette Historical Preservation Hackathon Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas National Day of Civic Hacking Lexington, KY - Lexington’s National Day of Civic Hacking Lincoln, NE - LNK Civic Hack Day 2014 Long Island/Hicksville - Los Angeles, CA - Hack for LA, #TechLA Technology and Innovation Conference Louisville, KY - Hack for Change Louisville Macon, GA - Middle GA National Day of Civic Hacking Madison, WI - National Day of Civic Hacking Madison Manchester, NH - Hack Free or Die Miami, FL - Code for Miami Demo Day, eMerge Americas Milwaukee, WI - National Day of Civic Hacking Milwaukee Minneapolis, MN - Hack for MN Nashville, TN - Hack for Change Nashville New Haven, CT - #Code4Conn New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Tech Charette; NOLA Hack for Change New York City, NY - City Camp NY; Developers for Good; The Feast x National Day of Civic Hacking Oakland, CA - Oakland Answers Omaha, NE - Omaha Community Tech Party Orlando, FL - National Day of Civic Hacking Orlando Palo Alto, CA - Palo Alto Apps Challenge Philadelphia, PA - #hackforaccess Philadelphia
18. 17 Pittsburgh, PA - Open Pittsburgh Open House Portland, OR - Northwest Portland Hackathon; Southwest Portland Hackathon Providence, RI - National Day of Civic Hacking: Wikiathon Raleigh, NC - CityCamp NC Red Oak, TX - Change Tomorrow Redding, CA - #HackReddingCA Reno, NV - National Day of Civic Hacking in the #LittleBiggestCity Rochester, NY - Rochester Hackathon Rockville, MD - Food Data Jam Rome, GA - Rome, Georgia National Day of Civic Hacking Sacramento, CA - Code for Sacramento Salt Lake City, UT - Open Salt Lake San Antonio, TX - Alamo Civic Hackathon San Diego, CA - Open City Project San Francisco, CA - [freespace] San Francisco; Code for San Francisco; Hacking Earthquake Resilience; MacroCity; National Day of Civic Hacking SFUSD Teen Work Permit Process; San Francisco National Day of Civic Hacking at SF State; Social Journalism Hackathon San Jose, CA - Code for San Jose’s Redeploy Party Savannah, GA - TAG Savannah: National Day of Civic Hacking Seattle, WA - Hack for Change Seattle South Bend, IN - Community as Capacity St. Louis, MO - Build for STL Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee Unconference Tampa, FL - Hillsborough Hackathon Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Civic Hacking Meetup Virginia Beach, VA - National Day of Civic Hacking: Hampton Roads, Virginia Washington, DC - Challenge Cup; Health Data Code-a-Palooza; Lean Data Product Development with US Census; Transparency Camp; White House “We the People” Civic Hackathon CANADA Edmonton, AB - Hack YEG Toronto, ON - RHoK Toronto Whistler, BC - (Inter)National Day of Civic Hacking at Brown Owl Social Club AUSTRALIA Melbourne, Australia - RHoK Melbourne Sydney, Australia - RHoK Sydney OTHER Bangalore, India - Counter Surveillance: DiscoTech & Hackathon Barcelona, Spain - [freespace] Barcelona Brisbane, Australia - RhoK Brisbane Butare, Rwanda - [freespace] Rwanda Chengdu, China - China-US Open Innovation Unconference Dammam, Saudi Arabia - [freespace] Dammam Glasgow, Scotland - Open Glasgow Hackathon Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany - [freespace] Ludwigshafen am Rhein Nova Mambone, Mozambique - [freespace] Nova Mambone Paris, France - [freespace] Paris San Juan, Puerto Rico - Caguas Civic Gathering and Civic Action; Code 4 Puerto Rico Tacloban, Phillipines - [freespace] Tacloban
19. 18 Consumer Complaint Database Challenge By US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) No longer will consumer complaints only be known to the individual complainant, bank, regulator, and those in the public willing to pursue this information through the Freedom of Information Act. Instead this data-rich window into consumer fi nancial issues will be… Build a (Cyber)Security Appliance By Luke Berndt Use a low cost embedded linux platform, like BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi, and install Suricata on it. Create a guide that explains how to do it. Bonus point for triggering fl ashing lights or something physical, every time an alert… Creating Cyber Courseware By Luke Berndt DETER is an online testbed used for cyber research and education. A number of colleges and universities are using it to provide students hands on exercises. This courseware is then being shared back with the community. Help out the community… Peace Corps Opportunities Interface By Jazmian Allen Create a fun, engaging and easy-to-use interface with the numerous and diverse Peace Corps volunteer opportunities that helps the user fi nd the right opportunity for them. Interactive API Explorer By OpenFEMA - US Department of Homeland Security Create an Interactive API Explorer using OpenFEMA APIs that will allow developers to explore, test, and debug API calls. The OpenFEMA API is based on the oData specifi cation. The Interactive API Explorer will make it easier to access FEMA’s data,… City of New Haven Real-Time Bus Tracking Challenge By Zack Beatty Publish a GTFS-reatime data feed for a municipal shuttle bus. Local Homeless Management Information System Data By NJ Sherman Every county/metropolitan area has developed a plan to “End (or reduce) Homelessness” and they have an HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) full of data on homeless people. These things were required by HUD some years back and all datasets should… Open Elections By Sara Schnadt Write scrapers for historical election results with OpenElections! Help us make new civic data infrastructure! USPTO Innovation Challenge – Patent Application Publication Notifi cation System By US Patent and Trademark Offi ce A patent is a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, off ering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the… USPTO Innovation Challenge – Trademark Notifi cation System By US Patent and Trademark Offi ce A trademark is a brand name or logo that identifi es one seller as the source of particular goods and services. Entities register their trademarks with the USPTO to obtain nationwide protection for their brands. The Trademark Status & Document… Highway Performance Monitoring System Challenge By Federal Highway Administration - US Department of Transportation Create a process using publicly available HPMS data from the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) to: 1) Illustrate variation among reported travel data (in Annual Average Daily Traffi c or AADT) road link segments, particularly at State boundaries, and if possible,… CHALLENGES
20. 19 Safety Data Challenge By White House Safety Data Initiative Knit the safety data from http://safety.data.gov into a map and communicate a total view of safety in a community. Coastal Inundation in Your Community By NASA Through the use of data, visualization, citizen engagement, and simulations, you can help people understand their exposure to coastal inundation hazards and their increased vulnerability due to population increase and sea level rise. Easy Access to Location Aff ordability Data By United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Develop apps that leverage the newly published Location Aff ordability Index API to make neighborhood- level location aff ordability data easily accessible to consumers, planners, policymakers, and researchers for a variety of diff erent applications. Clustering and Visualizing Rights Statements in DPLA By Mark Matienzo Identify an easy to understand way to identify and explore similarities between diff erent rights statements found in descriptions of digitized items discoverable through the Digital Public Library of America. Asteroid Detection Network By NASA Asteroid Grand Challenge Engage citizens in the detection of Near Earth Objects (NEO’s). Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) By Environmental Protection Agency Support the EPA in developing an application leverage the prevention, control, and mitigation eff orts of communities in reducing harmful algal bloom in local waterways. Truck Loading Planning Tool By Technology Association of Georgia Create a simple tool which the Food Bank staff can use to manage the loading of orders for delivery onto trucks. Routing Planning Tool By Technology Association of Georgia Architect, and if possible demonstrate, a solution to better meet the Food Bank’s routing needs. Such a solution will likely take advantage of existing logistics software/platforms. Product Sourcing CRM By Technology Association of Georgia Develop a requirements document, and if possible to create a demo, for a “CRM”- like system for the Product Sourcing department to use in managing its sourcing activities. Internal Systems Review By Technology Association of Georgia Conduct a review of ACFB’s internal systems and make recommendations about how they could be improved. Upgrade current online ordering portal By Technology Association of Georgia Modify current online ordering portal portal to run natively in SQL Server 2012. Replacement for “OESynch” tool By Technology Association of Georgia Architect and prototype a compatible open source replacement for OESynch. Improved Management Dashboards By Technology Association of Georgia Propose an approach for how the Food Bank could make its dashboard preparation work more effi cient, more eff ectively communicated, and easier to compile and share. Agency Website Tools By Technology Association of Georgia Architect and outline a platform which would allow all of ACFB’s agencies to easily create and maintain a website, with common basic functionality and usability. A tool for SNAP clients to buy local produce By Technology Association of Georgia Architect and mock up an approach which meets the needs of this use case. Prototype “Agency Mobile App” By Technology Association of Georgia Build a simple application for mobile devices, that would enable mobile access to systems and information that agencies use on a regular basis.
21. 20 Agency Case Management and Record Keeping Create a tool to assist in agency case management and record keeping. Second Generation Online Ordering Portal By Technology Association of Georgia Mock up the user interface and organization of a next generation web portal. Agency Web Forum By Technology Association of Georgia Challenge Description: Create a web portal for social service agencies (particularly agencies of the Food Bank) to communicate and share information among themselves. The challenge is to mock up and demonstrate such a portal. Use cases Sharing general information with… Talent Ideation Challenge By Knight Foundation Conduct a brainstorming/ ideation session to determine how cities can better attract self- employed and freelancing workers. Self-Employed Support Networks By Knight Foundation Develop a social technology to connect and grow networks of self-starters and freelancers that will allow them to network with each other, learn from each other’s experiences and serve as a social support system. Networking Distributed Project Teams By Knight Foundation Identify potential approaches that freelancers, contractors, or temporary workers could take to approach work projects collaboratively with others. Develop a platform that could support this approach. Career Hacking Tools By Knight Foundation Develop an application to help individuals identify the opportunities they have as a fl uid and independent working in their community. Innovative Access to Education Data By Department of Education Help the Department of Education understand how to write appropriate and eff ective APIs to increase access to fi nancial aid programs. Share ideas on how these open write APIs could spark innovation and better access to these programs. Digital Front Door/Digital Divide Challenge By Code for America Help create a baseline of how well municipal sites across the country are performing as the digital “front door” to government in municipalities. Open Data Challenge By Code for America, Sunlight Foundation and Open Knowledge Foundation How’s open is your city, actually? Give your city it’s open data report card. Review the accessibility and usability of your city’s open data with the US Open Data Census. This is a great opportunity for attendees of varying technical… Census Reporter By Census Reporter Help make it easier for journalists to write stories using information from the U.S. Census bureau.
22. 21 SPONSORS ORGANIZING PARTNERS CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES COMMUNITIES Intel Knight Foundation Socrata Yahoo Google SecondMuse, Code for America, Innovation Endeavors ChallengePost, Institute for the Future, RHOK, Smart Chicago Collaborative, Sunlight Foundation, Indiegogo, The Khadem Foundation, YourMapper, Maker Cities, 18F, GovFresh, The Phuse, Public Good Software White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Census Bureau General Services Administration (GSA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Housing and Urban Development (HUD) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Administration (SBA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Department of Transportation (DOT) United States Patent and Trademark Office Smithsonian Institution Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Communications Commission Peace Corps Hundreds of community leaders, event organizers, volunteers, local sponsors, municipal governments and participants National Day 2014 was made possible through the support of our extraordinary sponsors & partners. SPONSORS & PARTNERS
23. 22 ORGANIZERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Mark Zuckerman, Jonathan Kurten, Murray Clark, Michelle Todd, Naomi Grey, Emma Woolley, Matt Herron, Allen Buck, Anastasia Diamond- Ortiz, Anna Lukasiak, Aaron Hartwig, Andrew Jawitz, Amy Ngai, Anna Mathai, Alexander Schurig, Ash Roughani, ATX Hack for Change, Brady Cannon, Beth, Beth Ritter-Guth, Bryan Fuselier, Becca Grandstrand, Ben Grove, Bruce Haupt, Brittany Heyd, Brian Norris, Bradley Holt, Brendan Babb, Bret Richmond, Bethany Ross, Bruce Stronge, Bob Viglietta, Bret Walker, Burt Lum, Lyre Calliope, Charlie Auvermann, Chad Foley, Catherine Geanuracos, Chris Harrison, Chase Southard, David Davidall, Claire Dunn, Corey Mock, Michelle Koeth, Code for San Francisco, Luke Crouch, Colin Lee, Patrick Conant, Corinne Warnshuis, Chris Snyder, Chris Shipley, Cassie Spillman, Dave Caraway, Daniel Hoffman, Johnny Diggz, David Johnson, Dan Neumann, David Rauch, Daniel Swartz, Devon Walshe, Denice Ross, Erica Barton, Emily Elmore, Erica Lauer Vose, Erik Paulson, Eric Parker, Edward Vielmetti, Eric Whitmore, Gaurav Saxena, Garrett Wilkin, Matthew Groener, Trish Ellis, Tom Kelleher, Heather Miner, Hailey Pate, Harlan Weber, Iaranzadi@gmail.com, ilana lipsett, Matthew Kirby, Jase Wilson, Jason Best, Jill Bjers, James Cha, Jeff Reichman, Julio Feliciano, Jonathan Holth, James Costa, Jordan Mau, Jeannie Mock, Jonathan Leek, Ramphis Castro, Jonathan Reichental, Jason Schaefer, Jacques Woodcock, Karl McCollester, Kaleb Clark, Kelly Sutphin-Borden, Kalen Gallagher, Kelly McCarthy, Kelly Storm, Lisa Hagemann, Luis Ibanez, Lilly Kam, Elizabeth Lorang, Latisha Looker, Lindsay Patross, Lowell Pratt, Lucas Shaffer, Lilia Tamm, Luigi Montanez, Maria Yousuf, Mark Giles, Matt Cloyd, Melvin Hall, Mark Headd, Mark Leech, Matthew Leiphon, Matt Richardson, Monica Thompson, Lauren Naymie, Nina Baliga, Steven Clift, Noel Hidalgo, Dave Hines, Nathalie Rayter, Nole Walkingshaw, Cameron Crow, Paul Barham, Pete Cohen, Patrick Haggood, Peter MacDonald, Paula Ngov, Patrick Smith, Randall Arnold, Rauhmel Fox, Richard Bookman, Remy deCausemaker, Bob Gradeck, Rachel Hatch, Randy Hill, Ryan Kelly, Rebekah Monson, Ryan Quinn, Rachel Scott, Rachel Sherman, Rebecca Stavick, Reuben Stern, Sam Bloch, Sarah Elbadri, Seth Wainer, Stephen Finney, Sharath Chandra, Alok Sharma, Shawn Looker, Sean Murphy, Sophie Lamparter, Sharon Paley, Sri Ramya, Stuart Lynn, Seth Vincent, Swetha, Stanley Zhen, Tait Wayland, Tung Ly, Tyrone Grandstrand, Thanasi Giavas, Tamsin Hull, Theresa Luu, Tyler Pitchford, CodeMontage, Victoria Farrand, Michial Green II, Warren Baucom, William Bushey, Xavier Leonard, Xiaowei Wang, Michael Schnuerle, Zack Beatty ORGANIZERS Nick Skytland, Ali Llewellyn, Todd Khozein, Neisan Massarrat, Michael Brennan, Jake Grandy (SecondMuse); Hannah Young, Kevin Curry (Code for America); Celestine Johnson (Innovation Endeavours) LEADERSHIP & CORE ORGANIZING TEAM
24. 23 23 This report was written by SecondMuse & The Phuse. The design and layout was also created by The Phuse. The report was made possible through funds by Intel and the Knight Foundation. Thank you for helping us change the face of civic hacking.