Kim Hart, D.C.’s Kinetic Tech Czar, Washington Post, January 5, 2009.
… [District chief technology officer Vivek] Kundra has introduced popular consumer tools to bureaucratic processes, runs his office like a tech start-up and works by the mantra that citizens are “co-creators rather than subjects.” …
In October, he launched a contest called “Apps for Democracy” to encourage developers to create applications for the Web and cellphones to give District residents access to city data such as crime reports and pothole repair schedules. …
Some corners of the District bureaucracy have not welcomed some of Kundra’s initiatives. For example, not all of the District’s agencies are eager to make city data about health care, crime rates and police response times available to residents and Web developers. …
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