Thoughts
Ideas, opinions, observations.
Every government needs a web bot policy
Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.
Bot gov
Optimizing digital government for AI and other machines.
Government websites are dead. Long live government websites.
AI will expedite government services moving from aesthetic design to machine-readable data.
Taking stock, gratitude
My civic tech retrospective.
Fork in the code
Repository bureaucracy and how the general public can help preserve government technology assets.
Briefs
Topics compressed for easier download.
Open data
A brief-ish explainer of open data.
Open source AI
A brief-ish explainer of open source artificial intelligence.
American Dynamism
A brief-ish explainer of Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism.
New web accessibility law
A brief-ish explainer of the new web accessibility law for state and local governments.
Direct message
Chats with our contacts.
Amy Paige Kaminski
Author, catalyst, & champion for public engagement with space, science, & technology
Signal
What's on our radar.
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
By: GovFresh
Posted: July 21, 2025
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
By: GovFresh
Posted: July 21, 2025
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
By: GovFresh
Posted: July 21, 2025
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
By: GovFresh
Posted: July 21, 2025
Demos
Product demonstrations.
Project ScanGov
Project ScanGov co-maintainer Luke Fretwell gives a demo of the latest updates.
ca.gov
State of California UX Design and Web Development Manager Artem Khomishen gives a demo of ca.gov.
Data.gov metrics dashboard
Data.gov Product Manager Tim Lowden demos the new metrics dashboard.
Papers
Deep dives.
California Alpha
How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.
Open civic organizations
A deep dive on open civic organizations.
Research
Notes and deep work.
OpenACR
GovFresh research notes on OpenACR Editor.
AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook
GovFresh research notes on the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook.
Declaration for the Future of the Internet
GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.
Public AI
GovFresh research notes on public artificial intelligence.
Open Source AI Definition
GovFresh research notes on the Open Source Institute's Open Source AI Definition.
Podcast
Talking with the people at the intersection of design, technology and democracy.
Hack to the Future with Emily Crose
Government's history, relationship and evolution with hackers and hacking.
