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| 2 | +title: Code for America Summit 2022 |
| 3 | +--- |
| 4 | +Greetings Civic Hackers! |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +This years [Code for America Summit](https://summit.codeforamerica.org/) will be a hybrid event and take place in Washington DC from May 17 to 18, 2022. Code for America is currently [accepting proposals for summit sessions](https://summit.codeforamerica.org/call-for-proposals/). Whether you are a volunteer, government employee, or academic Code for America is interested in hearing about your ideas and experiences and providing a platform for you to share these. I hope you will read more about Summit and consider submitting a proposal. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +What we’re reading and watching: |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +- [On Zealotry and Cryptocurrency in Government](https://mheadd.medium.com/on-zealotry-and-cryptocurrency-b92bbab61bf7) is civic tech luminary Mark Headd’s perspective on Philadelphia embracing cryptocurrency. |
| 11 | +- [Maybe There’s a Use for Crypto After All](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/technology/helium-cryptocurrency-uses.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DPDm4ciPgYCIiG_EPKarskZ9Y33imeAdRbIaczQ_dv1PVSOUd8DhSzr4DCmIgAJ299j7OPaV4M_sCHW6Eko3itZ3OlKex7yfrv5krYYTbtULjUhHB2OApnqZZ6fVuh0WgMwq7BQuZ0iYR7iaoxF9stE2d7ESqKufjjAx19PczXLU2Pr1lrBJwKHG3bjtWe6LkfcQ5NCF2gTHl342k07Ng0K8pAde-kbEZmIJyi9O1XXm94L46pBIkzRZzWnthps73Mrh-Ly6mm1iZKICUJrdf8fe5PKSvJAqs&smid=url-share) is Kevin Roose’s exploration of the Helium network, a not quite legal decentralized long range low bandwidth network used by scooter and other companies. |
| 12 | +- [NYC Mayor Eric Adams pledged to take his first few paychecks in crypto](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/nyregion/eric-adams-bitcoin-cryptocurrency.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DMDmwaiOIEGYWP-kDLIqd5ZtB21jiSQcQEOr4zT_tzyKpUJV11Vw6jv4GelZIOMmM1tYe3FCsQ7q76YIoZo3Xsf3Xrb6B23qG-tBaLd2HqXaSL0HF3OFxjopp6cVr53WgCzqeWDrRy24QqjvpwB5kpRSwSJ3Xf54meAB57MdWNbhna-1N2D7kfAWeP6Ibav7EQcwxSCkbET2d96Qs-69BcOdAUNcXvPkJqOZq-0fhKVDsefMr-DIYxRoPUi7xrrbbOzBWMw8G0zP08f75Gx-VdAnkk1fimLFst_zTO2A&smid=url-share). |
| 13 | +- [Tim Davies looks at the UK Open Government National Action Plan](https://www.timdavies.org.uk/2022/01/31/a-look-at-the-uk-open-government-partnership-2021-23-national-action-plan/) |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Matt & The Code for Boston Team |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## Events |
| 18 | +### [Code for Boston Demo Night 2022](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/code-for-boston-demo-night-2022-tickets-260802315747) |
| 19 | +Code for Boston Demo Night is an opportunity to see what the results of the volunteer work that members have been putting in throughout the year. |
| 20 | +This is a hybrid event, attendees can participate virtually or in-person at the Venture Cafe on the 5th Floor of CIC One Broadway in Kendall Square. Presentations will be both in-person and virtual, with virtual presentations on a projector for in-person attendees. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +### [Code for America: Creating Shared Goals with Emergent Strategy](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/workshop-creating-shared-goals-with-emergent-strategy/1167) |
| 23 | +Starting in February, the Brigade Network will be convening a series of six public, monthly workshops on community organizing and how to create distributed leadership, deliberation, and clear decisionmaking processes. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +## Jobs |
| 26 | +### [City of Boston Cabinet Positions](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6896940091013500928/) |
| 27 | +🌇 [Chief of Planning](ttps://lnkd.in/gDaU7CsK): The first-ever(!) Cabinet-level planning role in Boston, you'll direct all citywide plans and spearhead a vision for a more equitable, resilient, transit-oriented, affordable city. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +👩🏾💻 [Chief Information Officer](https://lnkd.in/gzqVbvBk): You'll run the award-winning 150+ person Dept of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) to deliver mission-critical technology products and services that are simple, beautiful, and easy to use - improving both City Hall and resident quality of life. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +🌱 [Senior Advisor for the Green New Deal](https://lnkd.in/gn9gtXB5): The first position of its kind, you'll champion an all-of-government approach to climate and implement initiatives of Boston's Green New Deal and Just Recovery. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +❤️ [Chief of Human Services](https://lnkd.in/gg7NVkDY): You'll lead the delivery of services for our most vulnerable residents, with a focus on youth, seniors, veterans, folks with disabilities. Noteworthy: the Boston Public Library will sit within Human Services as an innovative channel for tools and outreach. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## [Project Updates](https://www.codeforboston.org/projects/) |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +### Legislative Testimony Platform Project |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +* Digital public testimony for MA legislature |
| 40 | +* Backend with Firebase |
| 41 | +* Front end is React |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### Clean Slate |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +* Got first big PR for version 4 of testing framework merged |
| 46 | +* Continued issues for testing framework |
| 47 | +* Keeping version 3 stable |
| 48 | +* Met with MRCC to talk about website/wordpress/design |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +### Mattapan Mapping |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +* Continuing to refine UX design as well as figuring what they want to use for the backend to display tabular data. |
| 53 | + |
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