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Nicole Neditch, online engagement manager in the city administrator's office, takes notes as participants pitch ideas on what data to hack.

Oakland tech community hosts International Open Data Day hackathon in East Oakland

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It is easy to think of hackers as criminals. It’s intuitive, maybe because of Hollywood’s depiction of hackers as invasive, ninja-like evil geniuses, who can download all of your personal data in a few minutes...
Code for America founder Jennifer Pahlka gives the keynote at CityCamp at City Hall.

OpenOakland brigade encourages collaboration between government and community using technology

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Sounds of Christmas music, cheering and motorcycles at the Oakland Parade seeped through the windows of City Hall, but didn’t stop discussions on youth and technology, the freedom of information act and the digital divide...
Steve Spiker and Eddie Tejedas listen to new ideas at OpenOakland's second full meeting at the end of September.

Oaklanders push City Council candidates for increased government transparency

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Born out of Code for America, a non-profit that serves as a kind of digital liaison between governments and residents, OpenOakland is a volunteer-based group of people interested in using technology to make government more...
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Code for Oakland challenges developers to turn public data into an app

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A motley crew of 130 software developers, designers, community activists and concerned citizens converged at the Kaiser center on Saturday to compete for their share of more than $5,000 worth of prize money at the...