Will we realize it in time for Biden’s big infrastructure investment? TLDR: President Biden has released an ambitious, over $2 trillion infrastructure plan, and the United States will likely soon invest trillions of dollars in rebuilding its infrastructure. $115 billion in the plan goes to fixing our nation’s highways, bridges…

“Important reforms often bubble up from below because the most successful innovations are often the ones that grow out of concrete needs in particular communities.” -Lenny Mendoca and Laura Tyson “Progressive Federalism” Governor Newsom has set an ambitious public technology agenda that has seen a groundswell of support from civic…

Can anyone imagine all of human knowledge? Matt Might has a nifty mind mapping of the PhD process that became internet famous with the tantalizing invocation to do just that. “Imagine all of human knowledge.” I wonder though how easy it really is to answer that question. The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. Every fall, I explain to a fresh batch of Ph.D. students what a Ph.D. is.matt.might.net The gist of…

This post is part of a series created by the California Public Technology Roundtable. Read more about the Roundtable, see a list of all participants, and learn more about our first meeting here. The California Public Technology Roundtable’s recommendations build on a growing body of work by public technologists across…

This post is part of a series created by the California Public Technology Roundtable. Read more about the Roundtable, see a list of all participants, and learn more about our first meeting here. As of March 19, 2019 the top idea in the ongoing “all our ideas” poll surfacing hopes…

This week California Governor Brown will host the historic global climate action summit with other global luminaries this week in San Francisco. The goal is to show the overwhelming groundswell of bottom up climate action from cities, companies and communities. …

Isaac: …and that’s why I’m optimistic this technique will have nontrivial consequences for how we understand the nature of change. Thanks for the opportunity to share it with you. Judge #1: This limit notation is quite nice — rather elegant really. Judge #2: Yes it seems like a solid improvement…

With scarce resources for existing programs, many new local government data science projects rely on low-bono graduate student interns by default. So we sought to explore how we could make those engagements as modular and streamlined as possible. Over the coming weeks we’ll be bringing you firsthand accounts from graduate…

Isaac: …and that’s why I’m optimistic this technique will have nontrivial consequences for how we understand the nature of change. Thanks for the opportunity to share it with you. Judge #1: This limit notation is quite nice — rather elegant really. Judge #2: Yes it seems like a solid improvement…