Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. Image 2: Code for Hawaii, Bytemarks. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. The project is designed to be available to citizens 24 hours a day and aims to increase the government's communication efficiency. How can people fight back? Through technology!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Hafa Adai" is used frequently, pronounced "half-a-day," it means hello or goodbye, kind of like aloha in Hawaii. It's actually hard to get local cuisine in the restaurants, far easier to get Japanese food.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

There are local government based nonprofit programs like Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio, and ARC Broward. There are statewide programs like Texas Center for the Visually Challenged and Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii. How Accessible Technology Works. in Sparks, Nevada.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. In addition, the study found that Executive Directors of color mostly lead local or regional organizations, not national organizations. These percentages are even worse for nonprofit boards!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2018

Consider the volcano situation that has been occurring for many months in Hawaii. By working with local government bodies and community foundations, legal aid can help to ensure insurance claims are filed correctly, protect local residents from fraud, and more. Perhaps length of time. Perhaps not.

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