by Jason Harper | Apr 16, 2015 | Government Innovation
Join the Code for KC Brigade to envision, plan and code a better Kansas City, June 6-7, 2015. Who We need coders, designers, community organizers, actvists, and makers … anyone who wants to volunteer a weekend to meet other cool people and make a better...
by Jason Harper | Apr 16, 2015 | Government Innovation
They had the ideas, the willing students and the drive to build discruptive apps for the legal profession. What they didn’t have were the technies who knew how to turn those ideas into code. The UMKC School of Law team of Director of IT, Michael Robak; Professor of...
by Jason Harper | Apr 1, 2015 | Government Innovation
Yesterday morning at the charmingly low-tech Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James gave his fourth State of the City Address. As befitting an administration that has made technology adoption a high priority – and not just via the Mayor’s active...
by Jason Harper | Mar 19, 2015 | Government Innovation
Kansas City’s “first skyscraper” was built in 1888 for a million dollars. The 12-story brownstone New York Life building today overlooks Baltimore St. between 9th and 10th streets downtown — a path well worn by the sneakers of schoolchildren on field trips to...
by Jason Harper | Mar 2, 2015 | Government Innovation
Homegrown Apps for Social & Civic Good From using open data to solve water main breaks to improving the way doctors treat patients in underserved areas of the city, all ten presenters at the Civic Apps Showcase are using technology to make Kansas City a better...
by Jason Harper | Feb 25, 2015 | Government Innovation
Civic Tech Forum and Civic Apps Showcase Learn More Created for Code for America’s CodeAcross celebration, the Kansas City, Missouri, Civic Tech Forum and Apps Showcase brought together 29 City Council candidates and civic app developers for an innovation summit...
