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Procurement 101

Learn the basics of competitive procurement in local government.

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Engage the community to shape a new affordable housing strategy

How Boulder, CO Used Community Engagement to Shape a New Affordable Housing Strategy

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Hire engineers

Learn how to build the right process for hiring engineers.

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Understand how governments buy technology

Learn how governments analyze and buy the technology needed to deliver digital services.

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Research and act on user needs

Learn strategies to discover what the people who use your digital services want and give it to them.

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Be responsive and engage with your community

Learn how to build inclusive, transparent and interactive community participation in the 21st century.

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Use data to make sure your small business process works

Use data to hone in on specific problems with your processes or services and solve them. This guide will help you leverage existing data to map out your small business start-up process and find the gaps where it should be improved.

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Launch a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

You should start small when you build technology to save money, meet deadlines and make sure you're making something your users will want. This guide will help you scope a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that will help you start projects the right way.

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Start a Brigade

Code for America Brigades are local volunteer groups that bring together community members to help make government work better for everyone.

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