Code for America to launch in Miami-Dade County during the Code Across 2015 Hackathon

(MIAMI, February 20, 2015) – The Code for America Fellowship will officially launch in Miami-Dade County on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the Miami Ad School, located at 571 NW 28 Street, Miami, FL 33127. The launch is a part of Code Across, a weekend of civic hacking events hosted by the Code for America network across the world.

The theme for Code Across2015 is Principles for 21st Century Government. The Code Across Hackathon coincides with International Open Data Day. The event is open to the public and will focus on:

• Miami Answers: Create, organize and help answer some of the Miami community’s most commonly asked questions about their government and local neighborhood.
• Open 211: Creating an open-source platform that will serve as a directory for all of Miami-Dade County’s health, human and social services.
• Open 311: Use Miami-Dade’s new 311 API to create new visualizations or apps about civic services.
• Civic Tech Issues Finder: Solve unresolved civic tech Github issues for Miami and cities around the world.

“This is one more sign of Miami-Dade County’s emergence as a hub for technology and innovation,” said Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez.  “As part of our continued efforts at implementing open data policies, the Code for America Fellows will work with us to provide greater transparency in government, using technology to make us more efficient and bring us closer to our residents.”

The Code for America Fellows will be joined by Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez at the Code Across Hackathon. The event is hosted by Code for Miami and is sponsored by the Knight Foundation, a Miami-Dade County Partner in the Code for America Fellowship.