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The API Briefing: NASA Builds API.NASA.gov to Launch More APIs to Developers
NASA has been busy since we last visited their collection of APIs back in August 2014. NASA has just launched API.NASA.gov where developers can learn to use existing NASA APIs or contribute their APIs...
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The API Briefing: Make It an API – the Census Bureau’s Census of Governments
flySnow/iStock/Thinkstock Serendipity can be a wonderful tool for discovery. I was looking through the Census Bureau site for some business census data when I came upon the 2012 Census of Governments....
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The Emulator Dilemma: Can Mobile Device Testing Be Completed Without Mobile...
Government agencies have created a variety of apps to meet the needs of the public. As you join in on the mobile first trend and begin developing your shiny new mobile application, you will need to...
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CitySDK: Helping Civic Hackers Deliver Local Solutions
Civic hackers are a special breed—their primary motivation is closely tied to the social issues closest to their hearts. Most attend hack-a-thons, engage in civic meetups, and show up at city hearings...
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The API Briefing: Government APIs in a Post-Apps World
nnnnae/iStock/Thinkstock Take out your smartphone and count the number of apps that you have. How many of these apps do you use daily? What about the apps you use weekly? Do you have any apps that you...
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18F’s Style Guide for Open Source Project Documentation
We routinely publish our best practices in the 18F Guides, and today we’re happy to launch a new one: the 18F Open Source Style Guide. The Open Source Style Guide is a comprehensive handbook for...
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Stack Exchange is a network of 130+ Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the site for programmers to find, ask, and answer questions about software development. Founded in 2008, the company...
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The Data Briefing: Help #HackSuicide This Weekend
A month ago, I wrote about the White House’s call for data scientists and app developers to come together to help combat suicide. On December 12, 2015, there will be five hackathons around the U.S. to...
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The Data Briefing: Does the Federal Government Have an Obligation to Educate...
Pop quiz on statistics and data science (answers at the end of the article): 1) I have some data on accidents at railroad crossings. One variable indicates the compass direction a railroad crossing...
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The Data Briefing: Design for Developer Experience (DX) and Data Prosumer...
Recently, DigitalGov devoted an entire month to exploring how good user experience (UX) helps government design better digital products and services. UX is the art and science of understanding how...
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