Posts Tagged ‘Reinventors Network’
How the Private Sector Can Serve
On Monday, President Obama released his proposal for the 2016 budget. One of the things that stuck out most to me was his designation of $105 million to expand the U.S. Digital Service (USDS). This allocation would “give 25 agencies their own digital shops” as well as help build out the central USDS team.1 This…
Read MoreOnline TechTable Recap: “Reinvent the Tech Industry’s Social Impact”
The tech industry is growing at an exponential rate. While technology start ups have been booming, there has also been a question of how tech companies can make a social impact at the same rate. Small start ups often have trouble finding time or equity to put toward social good because of pressure from venture…
Read MoreThis Week: Mayor Ed Murray, Former CTO Todd Park, and Reinventing Bipartisanship
This is an exciting and busy week for T4A.org. Today, we are onsite in Seattle for a TechTable with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. Throughout his tenure as a public official, Mayor Murray has been known to reach across the aisle and push for laws that promote social justice and equality. Most recently, he has received local…
Read MoreTo Quarantine or Not To Quarantine?
As Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, the two nurses infected with Ebola in Dallas, TX, have been released from the hospital and declared Ebola free, attention has begun to shift from media fear mongering to more practical questions of how we stop the spread of the disease not only in the U.S. but abroad as…
Read MoreCoding Isn’t Just For Math & Science Classes
Last month T4A.org co-hosted an online TechTable with the Reinventors Network on how to reinvent our education system for a more digital future (full recap here). The panel was in agreement that changes needed to be made to curriculum and school infrastructure, but what was less clear was what those changes should be. One question…
Read MoreOnline TechTable Recap: “Reinvent Tech in Politics”
Technology has changed almost every aspect of our lives. We can summon a car with the push of a button, have a conversation with our smartphone, and track how many steps we take or calories we burn. Yet there’s one area that technology has had difficulty fully disrupting: politics. To be sure, we have definitely…
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