Recoding America: How Government Fails in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250266774/recodingamericaEzra Klein says "Jennifer Pahlka has written one of the best policy books I’ve ever read."Kirkus Reviews says “An incredibly readable look at the fraught intersection of technological innovation and government bureaucracy.” (starred review)"eye-opening and accessible...empowering...compelling, clear"

Code for America believes that government can work for the people, by the people, in the 21st century. Our networks of change agents in government, civic hackers, and entrepreneurs are reinventing the relationship between citizens and their government.You can complain about how government works, or you can help fix it. Get involved by joining or starting your local Brigade (developers and those who've never coded are both welcome!), by applying for our year-long fellowship to work with a city, county or state around the country, or starting a company in the civic tech ecosystem. If you're local government and you're interested in getting involved, get in touch!

Took a year leave from Code for America to work with CTO Todd Park on the agenda for 21st century government and the Presidential Innovation Fellow program. Helped start the United States Digital Service.

Since its founding in 2010, Code for America has brought 21st century thinking and doing to over a hundred cities around the country, and now around the world through Code for All. We help cities solve problems using design thinking and lean startup practices and show what's possible with modern technology. We believe government needs to work better, and the missing ingredient is us.

Ran the Web 2.0 and Gov 2.0 events for TechWeb, formerly CMP, in collaboration with O'Reilly Media.

Projects: Collaborative Technologies Conference, see ctcevents.com andWeb 2.0, web2con.com

Tiny Media produces targeted, high-value seminars for video game developers.

Ran market group focused on game development for CMP, a major b2b media firm. Responsible for the Game Developers Conference, Gamasutra.com, Game Developer magazine, the Independent Games Festival, and management contract with the International Game Developers Association.