building a civic innovation ecosystem in chicago
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Building a
Civic Innovation
EcosystemChristopher Whitaker クリストファー・ウィテカーCode for America & Smart Chicago
@CivicWhitaker
Hello from Chicago!
Chicago: A civic innovation powerhouse
Quick Question:
質問
VS
20th Century technology vs 21st Century problems
Chicago’s
OpenGov Hack Night
My work today:
Chicago’s recent wins
Largelots.org - an app that lets residents buy
vacant lots for $1 (¥121)
Expunge.io - an app that helps residents
expunge their juveline record
Foodborne Chicago - an app that listens to
Twitter for reports of food poisoning
Chicago’s Civic Innovation Ecosystem
City of Chicago
“Data”
Smart Chicago
Collaborative
“Institutional Support”
OpenGov Hack Night
“People”
Code for America Brigade Network
Ecosystem: Data as Fuel
@ChicagoCDO
Ecosystem: People
Chicago’s Civic Innovation Ecosystem
City of Chicago
“Data”
Smart Chicago
Collaborative
“Institutional Support”
OpenGov Hack Night
“People”
City Health
Department +
Smart
Chicago
=
Foodborne
Chicago
Teamwork
Englewood
(Community)
+
City of Chicago
=
Largelots.org
Youth Organization +
Legal Aid Foundation +
Smart Chicago
=
Expunge.io
Ecosystem: Institutional Support
Funds for tech talent
$
Funds for infrastructure
Support for big projects
Institutional Memory & Knowledge
- Over 400 posts on civic
innovation
- Over 300 videos on
YouTube
- How to guides
- Three books
- Lessons Learned
Ecosystem: The Mega-Network
A wide knowledge base
?
mRelief: Ecosystem in Action
mRelief.com
- An app that lets
people in Chicago
know what social
services they
qualify for
Step One: Ideation at Hack Night
The Mayor’s office came to OpenGov Hack
Night with this problem and discussed it with
participants and came up with ideas.
OpenGov
Hack NightPoint of Entry
Step Two: Institutional Support
After they had a prototype, the team talked with
Smart Chicago who gave them $10,000 in
funding. (1201270.00 Japanese Yen)
OpenGov
Hack
Night
Smart
Chicago
Step Three: Engaging the network
Just before the launch, they consulted with
Code for America’s health focus area team
Hack
Night
Smart
Chicago
Code for
America
mRelief
Chicago’s Civic Innovation Ecosystem
City of Chicago
“Data”
Smart Chicago
Collaborative
“Institutional Support”
OpenGov Hack Night
“People”
Code for
America
“Network Hub”
How you can get involved
code4japan.org
@CodeforJP
#codeforjapan
https://github.com/codeforjapan
