Jennifer Pahlka
Jennifer Pahlka
Jennifer Pahlkais the founder and Executive Director of Code for America. Previously she had worked at CMP Media with various roles in the computer game industry. She was the co-chair and general manager of the Web 2.0 conferences...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
account alone build government processes required technology time
Government technology processes are mind-boggling long and complicated. A procurement process alone is typically two years, and that doesn't account for the time required to actually build the product.
government alternatives neighbor
A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services.
real data differences
Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives,
thinking government confusing
You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.
technology government together
Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.
fighting battle generations
[The Internet generation is] not fighting that battle about who gets to speak; they all get to speak.
sexy bureaucracy
We have to make bureaucracy sexy.
risk tolerate ifs
If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.
community helping neighbor
When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.
girl males feels
When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.
government needs cant
We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.
government people given
Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.
pay bureaucracy contempt
We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something that's working against us.
long challenges negative
A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.