Government Works Weekly #1
Welcome to your (first!) weekly (periodic?) roundup of opportunities, events, and information about how government works—and how government can work better—to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities.
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
[JOB] Senior Research Associate, Democracy Fund (Hybrid / Washington, D.C.)
[JOB] Deputy Director, Center for Civic Design (Remote / U.S.)
[JOB] Senior Program Associate, Democracy Program, The Carter Center, Emory University (Hybrid / Atlanta)
[JOB] Program Manager, Strengthening Democracy Initiative, SPLC (Washington, D.C.)
[INTERNSHIP] Student Assistant, Power for Democracies (Remote / Berlin)
[CHALLENGE GRANT] Future Shocks Case Studies, IBM Center for The Business of Government (Deadline: 7 June 2024)
UPCOMING EVENTS – webinars, conferences, and other human things
[22 May 2024 – WEBINAR] Should the USG Establish a Publicly Funded AI Option? (Digital Trade & Data Governance Hub)
[29-30 May 2024 – CONFERENCE] Code for American Summit: Building a new digital age that works for all (Oakland)
[30 May 2024 – LIVESTREAM] Mission-driven government: Shifting missions from a signal of intent to a model of delivery (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose)
[31 May 2024 – CONFERENCE] Media and Democracy Summit (University of Delaware)
EYES & EARS – reading, podcasts, and other good stuff
[OPINION] Those who would trade democracy for economic gain would get neither – “...democracies tend to be better at a whole bunch of things critical to economic flourishing, such as maintaining the rule of law; protecting property rights; providing public goods (education, public health, infrastructure); ensuring policymakers are accountable to all citizens (not just their cronies); and resolving disputes via compromise rather than violence.” (Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 14 May 2024)
[PODCAST] Justin Milner on the Power of Objective Evidence – “I think what people might be surprised to learn… is how intentional most federal agencies are… thinking about how to tie some of the work that they’re doing in building a knowledge base about what is effective and using that to inform policymaking.” (Evidence in Action Podcast, Urban Institute, 15 May 2024)
[SUBSTACK] The U.S. government is overhauling all its websites. Here’s how. – “The government is undertaking a massive overhaul to update and standardize more than 10,000 web pages used by more than 400 million people, businesses, and organizations every year.” (YELLO by Hunter Schwarz, 15 May 2024)