{"product_id":"recoding-america-why-government-is-failing-in-the-digital-age-and-how-we-can-do-better-9781250266774","title":"Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn more about \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Pahlka's work at recodingamerica.us. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The book I wish every policymaker would read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEzra Klein, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bold call to reexamine how our government operates--and sometimes fails to\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom President Obama's former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust when we most need our government to work--to decarbonize our infrastructure and economy, to help the vulnerable through a pandemic, to defend ourselves against global threats--it is faltering. Government at all levels has limped into the digital age, offering online services that can feel even more cumbersome than the paperwork that preceded them and widening the gap between the policy outcomes we intend and what we get. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it's not more money or more tech we need. Government is hamstrung by a rigid, industrial-era culture, in which elites dictate policy from on high, disconnected from and too often disdainful of the details of implementation. Lofty goals morph unrecognizably as they cascade through a complex hierarchy. But there is an approach taking hold that keeps pace with today's world and reclaims government for the people it is supposed to serve. Jennifer Pahlka shows why we must stop trying to move the government we have today onto new technology and instead consider what it would mean to truly recode American government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Pahlka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250266774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Pahlka\u003c\/b\u003e is the former deputy chief technology officer of the United States and the founder of Code for America, a nonprofit that believes government can work for people in the digital age. Pahlka is the winner of a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, among others, and has been selected by \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the people who have most shaped technology and society in the past twenty-five years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40887790633075,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":36.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_afd8b508-0385-4078-845b-d936201c0c47.jpg?v=1689686385","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/recoding-america-why-government-is-failing-in-the-digital-age-and-how-we-can-do-better-9781250266774","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}