Code for America

ORG #28 — Code for America
When Jennifer Pahlka worked in the Obama White House, she saw firsthand how broken the U.S. government's digital infrastructure really was — long forms, outdated systems, and public services that barely worked for the people who needed them most. She launched Code for America to fix it. Instead of waiting for policy to catch up, her team started embedding technologists inside government agencies to modernize everything from food stamp enrollment to criminal record clearing. The results are real: in California alone, their Clear My Record tool has helped process over 144,000 expungements automatically. Skeptics may say this is just patching holes in a broken system — but when those patches make it easier for someone to get benefits, stay housed, or get a job, it matters. Their model has spread to dozens of cities and states, and they’ve trained a new generation of civic technologists. Long-term, Code for America is proving that government can be not just smarter, but more human — and that software, done right, can restore public trust one interface at a time.

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