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Celebrate Women’s History Month with these innovative leaders

Nimble AMS

This year, the United Nations declared the International Women’s Day theme to be “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” Recently, Luppi led the Nimble AMS implementation project at the DC Bar, overseeing a successful software adoption. Happy Women’s History Month !

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers. In comparison, organizations in the District of Columbia and Wisconsin, which secured the second and third most funding, only received $75 million and $35 million respectively.

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Slides: DC's Innovative Data Catalog

Forum One

Our Web Executive Seminar last month featured a terrific case study by District of Columbia CTO Vivek Kundra on the DC Data Catalog -- an archive of over 200 data feeds. Under Kundra's leadership, the District is using simple technologies to become, arguably, one of the most transparent metropolitan governments in the nation.

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation. However, these traditional models are breaking apart.

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Loco for Local: Regional Examples of Open Government

Forum One

Rather, most attention goes to large government transformation initiatives, and many of the "wins" have been those that operate on a national scale. Transportation: DC's Real-Time Parking Guide and Edmonton's Transportation App. Idea Crowdsourcing Sites: District of Columbia , New York , Edmonton, and San Francisco.