We're joined by Christopher Whitaker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwhitaker/), Executive Director of the Alliance of Civic Technologists (ACT) (https://www.civictechnologists.org/) to talk about the organization and it's upcoming membership drive. ACT seeks to fill the vacuum left by the sunsetting of the old Code for America Brigade Network program. We'll talk about how the volunteer space, how they plan to operate in it, and their vision for the future.

### Resources and Shoutouts:
- Alliance of Civic Technologists (https://www.civictechnologists.org/join)
-  ACT Discord (https://discord.gg/EM6ywtMhkP)

##### Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

89 Alliance of Civic Technologists 🏛️💻

We're joined by Aure Schrock (https://aschrock.com/), academic editor and writing coach at their company Indelible Voice and author of the book Politics Recoded. We'll talk about the book and their insights on Code for America, a technology forward non-profit in the civic technology space.

Resources and Shoutouts:
- Politics Recoded https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549455/politics-recoded/
- Indelible Voice http://indeliblevoice.com/
- Code for America https://codeforamerica.org/

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

90 Politics Recoded 🗳️

We're joined by Sarah Schacht (https://smartercivic.squarespace.com/), Senior Data Fellow at Data Foundation and author of a new report called Innovation Fellowship Career Outcomes. We'll dive in and talk about this report, their research, and the innovation fellowship space.

Resources and Shoutouts:
- Innovation Fellowship Career Outcomes (https://contact-us-a9fb0e.zapier.app/)
Music Credit: 
- Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

91 Innovation Fellowships 🧑‍💻

We reach back into the archives to re-release episode 84. In it we were joined by Marina Nitze (https://twitter.com/MarinaNitze) to talk about their book Hack Your Bureaucracy (https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/). We discussed tactics you can use to get things done in all sorts of organizational environments.

Resources and Shoutouts:
- Hack Your Bureaucracy (https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/)
- Recoding America (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61796680-recoding-america)
- Power to the Public (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55421550-power-to-the-public)

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

92 Archives: Hack Your Bureaucracy

We're joined by Mike Gifford (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgifford), Open Standards and Practice Lead at CivicActions (https://civicactions.com/). We'll dig deep into what it takes to build accessible web services and why that effort is so important.

Resources and Shoutouts:
- Accessibility Chapter of the Web Almanac (https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/accessibility)

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

93 Building an accessible web

Our host, Ryan Koch, does a breakdown of infinite scrolling. We talk about what this design technique is, why it gets used, and the potential effects it could have on folks using applications.

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol


94 Infinite Scrolling

We're joined by Amanda Renteria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-renteria/), CEO of Code for America to discuss their upcoming Summit event. We'll cover a bit about the event itself, the state of the civic tech ecosystem, and the impact that event could have on the space.

Resources and shoutouts
- https://codeforamerica.org
- https://summit.codeforamerica.org/

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol 

95 Code for America Summit 2025

We're joined by Ami Yares (https://www.amiyares.com/) songwriter and Executive Director of Build a Bridge (https://buildabridge.org), a non-profit that focuses on transforming lives through art-making, and by Shannon, a User Experience designer with over 20 years experience including time across 3 Federal agencies. We'll talk about their initiative called We the Songwriters (https://www.wethesongwriters.org), which connects federal employees with songwriters to share their stories.

Resources and Shoutouts:
- Friends of USAID Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/artist/33NtIX8ae3eovd3AQtMEKO?si=S2IhqKRHSFqAA1xKH3Ts8Q&nd=1&dlsi=54817e06c5dd427b)
- Song: USAID (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlFaXtVW4VM)

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

96 We the Songwriters

We're talking about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs, a philanthropically funded part of Nava PBC: Genevieve Gaudet (Director) and Martelle Esposito (Partnerships and Evaluation Manager). Learn about their approach to experimentation, leveraging data, and how they advocate for adoption.

Resources and shoutouts

-   Keep up with the Nava Labs team (make sure to select the "Nava Labs" checkbox): https://www.navapbc.com/nava-newsletter
-   Nava PBC website: https://www.navapbc.com
-   Nava Labs’ work, including the AI tools for Caseworkers project: https://www.navapbc.com/labs
-   AI appropriateness checklist: https://www.navapbc.com/toolkits/ai-public-sector-challenges
-   Feel free to reach out to the Nava Labs team any time at labs@navapbc.com

97 Pioneering Progress: Advocating for Experimentation in Government with Nava Labs

We're joined by Brett Ferrin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-ferrin-8504b8346/) VP of Sales at Traffic Logix. Together we have a conversation about how technology and data can be used to proactively improve traffic safety. If you're into data, urban planning, or transportation, this is an episode for you.

Resources and Shoutouts:
-   Traffic Logix: https://trafficlogix.com/
-   Vision Zero: https://www.cdc.gov/transportation-safety/vision-zero/index.html

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

98 Proactive Traffic Safety

We are joined by [David Homes](https://github.com/DavidEHolmes), Director of Engineering over at the United States Digital Service. Our conversation will cover a number of topics including technology accessibility, interacting with partners and translating business rules into code, and the mentorship and development of engineers.


### Resources and Shoutouts:
- [Join USDS](https://www.usds.gov/apply)
- [Civil Rights Data Collection](https://github.com/DavidEHolmes/crdc)
- [School Diversity Report](https://schooldiversityreport.com/#/)
- [US Web Design System](https://designsystem.digital.gov/)
- [Section 508 Compliance Site](https://www.section508.gov/)


##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

31 Learning from USDS Engineering Director David Holmes

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