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Sovereign Tech Agency

Tonight in Berlin: Sovereign Tech Agency’s Paul Sharratt will speak at the event, #GovTech & #DigitalPublicInfrastructure hosted by @wikimediaDE & Hertie School's Centre for Digital Governance.

On the panel, Paul will be joined by Ann Cathrin Riedel, Dr. Friederike von Franqué, Sarah Fischer, and Friederike de Weerth to explore how to build and sustain the open digital ecosystems our societies rely on — in the public sector, in industry, and in civil society.

🔗 wikimedia.de/veranstaltungen/g

GovTech & Digital Public Infrastructure
WikimediaGovTech & Digital Public Infrastructure - WikimediaCharting Collaborative Frontiers for GlobalDigital Cooperation
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goern

🏗️ Tracking Bonn's construction projects just got easier! Our Python tool automates downloading & analyzing official reports from opendata.bonn.de 🇩🇪 Transparency FTW! ✅

✨ LATEST UPDATE: Added a visual progress bar to the `download-documents` command (shoutout to the `click` library!). See exactly how fast that data is coming in! 📊

🔗 Dive into the code change here:
codeberg.org/goern/bonn-staedt

#OpenSource #Python #OpenData @BundesstadtBonn #GovTech 💻🔓

opendata.bonn.deOffene Daten Bonn
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Shaun (he/ him)

Technologists for the Public Good (TPG) is collecting stories from the #civicTech community on how federal government actions have impacted them.

"How have federal actions affected you and those around you? And, how might this have affected your opinion of working in public interest tech or career advice you give to others?
Let us know: forms.gle/3zdeBiQwyCBiAxng8
We'd love to hear from if you're a current or former federal employee, family member, caretaker, were affected by federal funding or hiring freezes, lost a grant or contract or your role because of this, or any other situation.”

Google DocsContribute Your ThoughtsWe continue to hear from the community that you want a safe space to share your opinion and offer your point of view, as well as hear the same from others. Open debate on difficult topics makes us stronger as a community and a field, and we’d like to be a platform for the community to be in conversation with itself on issues that affect us all. In this format, we pose a topic and ask anyone across the community to contribute their thoughts. We collect and publish responses featuring differing perspectives. Submit anywhere from a sentence to a few paragraphs on what you think and why. We'd also love to hear from you regardless of how you've been affected – if you're a current or former federal employee, family member, caretaker, were affected by federal funding or hiring freezes, lost a grant or contract or your role because of this, or any other situation.
#govTech#publicInterestTech
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Top Tech Tidbits ♿

Title II Today: Compliance & Accessibility Insights for Monday, April 14, 2025 - Volume 102 🏛️
title2.info/newsletter-04-14-2

The Month's News in Title II Compliance
A Pneuma Solutions Publication
#TitleII, #Title2 #ADACompliance #DigitalAccessibility #WCAG, #WCAG21 #A11y #GovTech #PublicSector

Title II Today: Compliance & Accessibility Insights. The world's leading ADA Title II Compliance publication.

Subscribers: 2,511 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.

Title II Today: Compliance & Accessibility Insights Newsletter. A digitally created image features a businessman in a suit extending his index finger to touch a glowing holographic interface displaying the word 'COMPLIANCE' in bold, capitalized letters. The interface includes various compliance-related icons such as a checklist, a gavel, and interconnected gears, all set against a futuristic blue-toned background with circuit-like patterns. A stylized world map made of blue dots appears below, emphasizing global compliance. In the bottom right corner, a white icon of a government building with a checkmark, along with the words 'TITLE II COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY' and a wheelchair accessibility symbol, signifies regulatory adherence and accessibility standards.
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Brian Greenberg :verified:

⚠️ DOGE’s Rushed Plan to Rebuild SSA Systems Could Be a Disaster

WIRED reports that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is pushing to rewrite the Social Security Administration’s COBOL-based systems in a matter of months — a job that experts agree should take years.

🧠 What’s at stake:

🔹 SSA supports 65+ million Americans — stability is non-negotiable.
🔹 COBOL runs the core logic for Social Security numbers, payments, and entitlements.
🔹 Even small changes could lead to silent system failures or missed benefits.
🔹 DOGE’s team — reportedly made up of young, inexperienced hires — lacks the skill to read COBOL or grasp mainframe architecture.
🔹 Without understanding the legacy code, there’s no safe path to rewriting it.

This is not just a tech migration — it’s a potential house-of-cards collapse. Critical national infrastructure cannot be rewritten with duct tape and hubris. 🧯

#GovTech #SSA #LegacySystems #COBOL #DigitalTransformation #Mainframes #PublicSectorIT #software #programming

wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s

WIRED · DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseBy Makena Kelly
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Paris Marx

Elon Musk’s DOGE is gutting the US Digital Service and its citizen-focused approach to tech development is going with it.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I was honored to speak with Kate Green and Milo from We The Builders to discuss understand how government can build technology differently and what’s wrong with how DOGE thinks of efficiency.

Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/269_do

#tech#elonmusk#govtech
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OpenProject

🇪🇺 Data sovereignty matters – now more than ever.

Public institutions need #secure, #transparent, and #sovereign open source solutions. #OpenProject provides dedicated project management for the public sector — helping governments and organizations across Europe maintain full control over their data.

With integrations like @nextcloud and of course with #openDesk, we’re on a great way.

🔗 Learn more: openproject.org/project-manage

Screenshot from the linked website, showing three case study previews for District Office Enzkreis, FITKO and City of Ravensburg.
#PublicSector#DataSovereignty#OpenSource
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