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Saturday, May 05, 2012

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The open source problem solvers creating government 2.0

Meet the new breed of technologist who's hacking the government at every level to make it work better for you
Code For America links enterprising programmers up with governments struggling to share their data. Photograph: codeforamerica.org
Ben Berkowitz woke up three years ago to find a huge graffiti tag scrawled across his neighbor's wall, which he couldn't avoid seeing through his back window.
"I was calling city hall to try to figure out what the policy was on graffiti removal on private property and it was really hard to get an answer. It was even harder to get it removed," he said.
The more he poked around, the more he realized his experience was reflective of a broader problem./.../

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