Civic Platforms and Coalitions Presentation at ICEGov 2012
1. Civic Tech Platforms & Coalitions
(or: Governments That
Work Like The Web)
Andrew Hoppin | @ahoppin
http://nuams.com
(some content courtesy of Nick Grossman)
5. The Architecture of the Web
Standards
HTML
IP
CSS
DNS
HTTP
The Web has an “open architecture”
and serves as a “platform” to build on
6. CLOSED OPEN
architecture architecture
← few many →
apps
USER INTERFACE apps
STANDARDS & APIs
Integrated, Modular,
SERVER
proprietary open source
STANDARDS & APIs
HARDWARE
7. Open Innovation
“The idea behind open innovation is as simple as it
is powerful: the creators of new ideas don’t have to
be within your organization in order to be helpful.”
– John Palfrey, Harvard Law School
creating the
potential for new things to happen
8.
9. “I no longer sit with pitted stomach
wondering where is the bus.
It’s less stressful simply knowing it’s
nine minutes away, or whatever the case”
44% of respondents reported being
much more satisfied
Source: OneBusAway
32. What are the
essential civic platforms?
?? Gov CMS Open311 Transit Weather GPS
EMERGING GROWTH MATURE
33. Supporting Open Innovation in Gov’t
success
identifying
stories &
emerging
lessons
standards
learned
outlining the
core “civic
stack” sharing
software
where are
there gaps? building
practitioner
community
