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GovBytes: Hackathon Roundup in San Francisco

GovTech reports that last weekend developers gathered in San Francisco for a hackathon hosted by IT firm Granicus in partnership with CityCampSF. The hackathon was a day-long event held to promote open data in government. Developers worked on December 10 and 11 with the goal of creating apps to make government data more accessible andRead… Read more »

GovLoop 2011 Charity Challenge: Young Government Leaders (YGL)

GovLoop is committed to giving back to the government community. Just before Thanksgiving, we wrapped up our 2011 Graduate Public Service Scholarship contest where we awarded $5,000 to three graduate students. Then we handed out 500 free lunches and held a scavenger hunt that rewarded 100 gift cards to public employees across the country toRead… Read more »

GovLoop 2011 Charity Challenge: Federally Employed Women (FEW)

GovLoop is committed to giving back to the government community. Just before Thanksgiving, we wrapped up our 2011 Graduate Public Service Scholarship contest where we awarded $5,000 to three graduate students. Then we handed out 500 free lunches and held a scavenger hunt that rewarded 100 gift cards to public employees across the country toRead… Read more »

GovLoop Scavenger Hunt: Browse. Discover Icons. Win!

Ready to celebrate? Thanks to you, there are 50,000 members on GovLoop with whom we can collaborate with and solve government problems together. And if that isn’t reason to celebrate, I don’t know what is! Next Thursday (12/8) we are hosting a 50K Member Extravaganza! We’ll be feeding govies in DC, putting on our dancingRead… Read more »

Feeding Feds and Saying Thanks

Being a government worker is a thankless job in most instances and that’s just not cool. Here at GovLoop we see the great work govies do day in and day out and we want to do something to say thanks. After all you are the people who make our community so great. On December 8thRead… Read more »

GovBytes: App Shows Health Inspection Scores of Restaurants

A new app has been released that identities health inspection records at restaurants in California. Government Technology reports that the new app in Sacramento allows consumers to check out health inspection scores at local restaurants. Called “Sacramento County Food Inspections,” the app shows a person’s current location in Sacramento County, Calif., and the nearby retailRead… Read more »