Code for America just web pages ?
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wjhonson
Jul 26, 2011, 3:30:42 PM7/26/11
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> I can think of a project that would *actually* be useful and useable today
> for city governments.
> And could be done by an intern making 35K a year.
>
> A survey of what software is used by say 100 cities, for say
> payroll, or business licenses, or planning or whatever.
>
> Exactly what do they each use.
>
> Evidently no such survey exists. It's all ad hoc and word-of-mouth.
>
> A survey like that could be used by cities today to compare and contrast.
> Very useful in city planning meetings and for RFPs
Web pages are nice to have, but they don't run a city. What software
is running the city, that's my goal.
> for city governments.
> And could be done by an intern making 35K a year.
>
> A survey of what software is used by say 100 cities, for say
> payroll, or business licenses, or planning or whatever.
>
> Exactly what do they each use.
>
> Evidently no such survey exists. It's all ad hoc and word-of-mouth.
>
> A survey like that could be used by cities today to compare and contrast.
> Very useful in city planning meetings and for RFPs
Web pages are nice to have, but they don't run a city. What software
is running the city, that's my goal.
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