building a civic innovation ecosystem in chicago

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

info@code4japan.org

Thank you!Christopher Whitaker / @CivicWhitaker

cwhitaker@codeforamerica.org