#CivicTech
Even #ChatGPT forgets that #civictech exists. Ask it to write a script to fetch the list of books by William Gibson via API. It will first reply "use google books" which requires an API token.
But you can query US Library of Congress and get the results without token.
#govtech #civictech Anyone know if clearme.com (used by LinkedIn) and id.me are somehow the same? The UI is similar. The LinkedIn one seemed to work (took my photo & photo of my driver's license and decided I was me), but IRS's version is just frustration. Anyone who got thru IRSs has to be an imposter because I don't know anyone with that much patience.
ID.me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID.me dc area govtech
CLEAR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Secure♡ 0 ↻ 0
Library of Congress has put up a $20,000 prize for the person to write the best Civics game, +2 two smaller prizes.
https://www.challenge.gov/?challenge=library-of-congress-friends-choice-civics-video-game-challenge
fellow #civictech people! are there any api guidelines for DoD specifically maybe? an nist doc i'm missing perhaps?
Taiwan absolutely crushed Covid in part due to #CivicTech. So many cool apps developed & deployed. Nightclubs stayed open because of an anonymous contact tracing app.
https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-day3-audrey-tang-taiwan/?mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter