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Jennifer Pahlka

Jennifer Pahlka (born 1969) is the founder and Executive Director of Code for America. She served as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer from June 2013 to June 2014 and help found the United States Digital Service. Previously she had worked at CMP Media with various roles in the computer game industry. She was the co-chair and general manager of the Web 2.0 conferences.

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Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.

Government, Right, Supposed, Technology, Things, Together

We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.

Cant, Effective, Government, Needs

Are we just going to be a crowd of voices, or are we going to be a crowd of hands?

Crowd, Crowds, Hands, Voice, Voices

A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.

Causing, Challenges, Long, Negative, Rules

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

Confusing, Easier, Government, Process, Thinking, Turbotax

When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

Communities, Community, Helping, Helps, Neighbor, Strengthen

When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.

Begin, Feels, Girl, Males, Pushes

[The Internet generation is] not fighting that battle about who gets to speak; they all get to speak.

Battle, Fighting, Generation, Generations, Internet

We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

Motivation, Inspiration, Government, Fix, Citizenship

A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services.

Alternatives, Cheaper, Government, Neighbor, Services

Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.

Government, Layer, Layers, Like, Ocean, Vast

We have to make bureaucracy sexy.

Bureaucracy, Make, Sexy

Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives.

Ability, Data, Differences, Make, Real

We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something that's working against us.

Bureaucracy, Contempt, Pay, Say, Word

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

Ask, Given, Government, People

If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

Ifs, Innovate, Risk, Tolerate