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
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Hello from Chicago!
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Chicago: A civic innovation powerhouse
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Quick Question:
質問
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VS
20th Century technology vs 21st Century problems
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Chicago’s
OpenGov Hack Night
My work today:
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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
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Chicago’s Civic Innovation Ecosystem
City of Chicago
“Data”
Smart Chicago
Collaborative
“Institutional Support”
OpenGov Hack Night
“People”
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Code for America Brigade Network
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Ecosystem: Data as Fuel
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@ChicagoCDO
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Ecosystem: People
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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
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Ecosystem: Institutional Support
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Funds for tech talent
$
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Funds for infrastructure
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Support for big projects
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Institutional Memory & Knowledge
- Over 400 posts on civic
innovation
- Over 300 videos on
YouTube
- How to guides
- Three books
- Lessons Learned
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Ecosystem: The Mega-Network
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A wide knowledge base
?
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mRelief: Ecosystem in Action
mRelief.com
- An app that lets
people in Chicago
know what social
services they
qualify for
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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
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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
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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
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Chicago’s Civic Innovation Ecosystem
City of Chicago
“Data”
Smart Chicago
Collaborative
“Institutional Support”
OpenGov Hack Night
“People”
Code for
America
“Network Hub”
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How you can get involved
code4japan.org
@CodeforJP
#codeforjapan
https://github.com/codeforjapan