Ryan Koch
@ryanakoch.com
Host of Civic Tech Chat https://civictech.chat
Nerdy for all things tech, political science, and public policy
Nerdy for all things tech, political science, and public policy
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
We didn’t need or want a silicon based sequel to the gilded age.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We didn’t need or want a silicon based sequel to the gilded age.
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A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
I recently had the privilege to speak with @senongo.bsky.social, VP of Design and Research at Nava PBC. Senongo has a lot of insight into the evolving nature of the practice’s role in Civic Tech.
Check out the conversation over on Civic Tech Chat: civictech.chat/2025/10/evol...
Check out the conversation over on Civic Tech Chat: civictech.chat/2025/10/evol...
Evolution of Design and Research in Civic Tech 💻🥼 - Civic Tech Chat
We’re joined by Senongo Akpem Vice President of Design and Research at Nava PBC. Together we talk about shifts in the direction of the design and research pr...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I recently had the privilege to speak with @senongo.bsky.social, VP of Design and Research at Nava PBC. Senongo has a lot of insight into the evolving nature of the practice’s role in Civic Tech.
Check out the conversation over on Civic Tech Chat: civictech.chat/2025/10/evol...
Check out the conversation over on Civic Tech Chat: civictech.chat/2025/10/evol...
New Civic Tech Chat episode! I was joined by @amandarenteria.bsky.social to talk about good government forms and to let you know about FormFest (a neat event about them)! Check it out over here: civictech.chat/2025/09/form...
FormFest 🧑💻 - Civic Tech Chat
We’re joined by Amanda Renteria CEO of Code for America. We dive into a conversation about what’s needed to make ‘good’ government forms and we let you know ...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New Civic Tech Chat episode! I was joined by @amandarenteria.bsky.social to talk about good government forms and to let you know about FormFest (a neat event about them)! Check it out over here: civictech.chat/2025/09/form...
New civic tech chat out today!
We talked about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs: Genevieve Gaudet and Martelle Esposito.
Learn about their approach to experimentation, leveraging data, and how they advocate for adoption.
civictech.chat/2025/06/pion...
We talked about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs: Genevieve Gaudet and Martelle Esposito.
Learn about their approach to experimentation, leveraging data, and how they advocate for adoption.
civictech.chat/2025/06/pion...
Pioneering Progress: Advocating for Experimentation in Government with Nava Labs - Civic Tech Chat
We’re talking about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs, a philanthropically funded part of Nava PBC: Genevieve Gaudet (Di...
civictech.chat
June 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New civic tech chat out today!
We talked about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs: Genevieve Gaudet and Martelle Esposito.
Learn about their approach to experimentation, leveraging data, and how they advocate for adoption.
civictech.chat/2025/06/pion...
We talked about experimentation in government services with two experts from Nava Labs: Genevieve Gaudet and Martelle Esposito.
Learn about their approach to experimentation, leveraging data, and how they advocate for adoption.
civictech.chat/2025/06/pion...
This was a thoughtful conversation digging into the work Ami Yares and Shannon have been doing to share the stories of Federal workers through @wethesongwriters.bsky.social. Along the way they've hoped to build empathy and give folks an artistic outlet. Listen in here: civictech.chat/2025/05/we-t...
96 We the Songwriters 🎵 - Civic Tech Chat
We’re joined by Ami Yares, songwriter and Executive Director of Build a Bridge, a non-profit that focuses on transforming lives through art-making, and by Sh...
civictech.chat
May 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This was a thoughtful conversation digging into the work Ami Yares and Shannon have been doing to share the stories of Federal workers through @wethesongwriters.bsky.social. Along the way they've hoped to build empathy and give folks an artistic outlet. Listen in here: civictech.chat/2025/05/we-t...
The 2025 Code for America Summit is coming up. Check out this interview I had with their CEO @amandarenteria.bsky.social. We talked about the event, the state of civic tech, some things they've learned in their adventures so far, and more. Check it out here: civictech.chat/2025/05/Code...
95 Code for America Summit 2025 🧑💻🇺🇸 - Civic Tech Chat
We’re joined by Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America to discuss their upcoming Summit event. We’ll cover a bit about the event itself, the state of the c...
civictech.chat
May 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The 2025 Code for America Summit is coming up. Check out this interview I had with their CEO @amandarenteria.bsky.social. We talked about the event, the state of civic tech, some things they've learned in their adventures so far, and more. Check it out here: civictech.chat/2025/05/Code...
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it feels like 500 years have passed since the martial law declaration and that 1000 upsets have happened in south korea since
South Korea's presidential race faces a shake-up as front-runner Lee Jae-myung is found guilty by the top court of violating election law
South Korea Court Finds Presidential Lead Guilty of Breaking Law
South Korea’s top court ruled that presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung violated election law and sent the case back to the high court for final sentencing.
bloom.bg
May 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
it feels like 500 years have passed since the martial law declaration and that 1000 upsets have happened in south korea since
Non-profit tech modernization work is hard, but boy do those small wins feel so fantastic when you get them.
April 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Non-profit tech modernization work is hard, but boy do those small wins feel so fantastic when you get them.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
It turns out that in some places it is possible to hold political leaders accountable. www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/p...
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached - The Korea Times
The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, resulting in his immediate removal from office. The decision to remove the president from office was unanimous, with all eig...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It turns out that in some places it is possible to hold political leaders accountable. www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/p...
I guess this is what squandering generations worth of work looks like.
March 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I guess this is what squandering generations worth of work looks like.
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I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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We’ve got a new episode of Civic Tech Chat out into the world! This time we talked about building accessible web services. @mgifford.bsky.social shared fantastic insights around this work and why it’s important to do. Check it out! civictech.chat/2025/02/buil... #civictech
93 Building an accessible web 🌐 - Civic Tech Chat
We’re joined by Mike Gifford, Open Standards and Practice Lead at CivicActions. We’ll dig deep into what it takes to build accessible web services and why th...
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February 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We’ve got a new episode of Civic Tech Chat out into the world! This time we talked about building accessible web services. @mgifford.bsky.social shared fantastic insights around this work and why it’s important to do. Check it out! civictech.chat/2025/02/buil... #civictech
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FWIW, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISAgov) maintains a list of the 1,374 current federal .gov domains on Github:
github.com/cisagov/dotg...
github.com/cisagov/dotg...
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
FWIW, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISAgov) maintains a list of the 1,374 current federal .gov domains on Github:
github.com/cisagov/dotg...
github.com/cisagov/dotg...
Coming back around to this, I wound up discovering this awesome youtube playlist as a starting point: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Coming back around to this, I wound up discovering this awesome youtube playlist as a starting point: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's January, which means Civic Tech Chat brings something back from the archives. This time it's our conversation covering the book Hack Your Bureaucracy. We discuss a bunch of good stuff you can take into your work in all sorts of organizations. civictech.chat/2025/01/arch...
92 Archives: Hack Your Bureacracy 🏢 - Civic Tech Chat
We reach back into the archives to rerelease this episode. In it we were joined by Marina Nitze to talk about their book Hack Your Bureaucracy. We discussed ...
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January 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's January, which means Civic Tech Chat brings something back from the archives. This time it's our conversation covering the book Hack Your Bureaucracy. We discuss a bunch of good stuff you can take into your work in all sorts of organizations. civictech.chat/2025/01/arch...
Hoping to dive into some linear algebra self study for a bit.
What resources have y’all had success with?
What resources have y’all had success with?
December 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Hoping to dive into some linear algebra self study for a bit.
What resources have y’all had success with?
What resources have y’all had success with?
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It truly is a perfect simplified explanation.
December 15, 2024 at 6:31 AM
It truly is a perfect simplified explanation.
They managed to get more than the 8 votes from PPP to make it happen. This has been a wild thing to watch as a foreigner here. I believe the President is now suspended until the court weighs in. #korea apnews.com/article/sout...
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order
South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration this month.
apnews.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:22 AM
They managed to get more than the 8 votes from PPP to make it happen. This has been a wild thing to watch as a foreigner here. I believe the President is now suspended until the court weighs in. #korea apnews.com/article/sout...
Working in the open is a great way to go for custom app work with government.
When I had the opportunity to work on MilMove, I felt good about us managing to have our work out there in a public repository.
Barring obvious exceptions, like secret squirrel stuff, this should be the way.
When I had the opportunity to work on MilMove, I felt good about us managing to have our work out there in a public repository.
Barring obvious exceptions, like secret squirrel stuff, this should be the way.
December 10, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Working in the open is a great way to go for custom app work with government.
When I had the opportunity to work on MilMove, I felt good about us managing to have our work out there in a public repository.
Barring obvious exceptions, like secret squirrel stuff, this should be the way.
When I had the opportunity to work on MilMove, I felt good about us managing to have our work out there in a public repository.
Barring obvious exceptions, like secret squirrel stuff, this should be the way.
I had a chat with Sarah Schacht about their research into innovation teams. Her work has interesting insights looking back at things that have been done well and ways we can improve such programs in the future.
civictech.chat/2024/12/inno...
#civictech #government #tech #innovation
civictech.chat/2024/12/inno...
#civictech #government #tech #innovation
91 Innovation Fellows 🧑💻 - Civic Tech Chat
We’re joined by Sarah Schacht, Senior Data Fellow at Data Foundation and author of a new report called Innovation Fellowship Career Outcomes. We’ll dive in a...
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December 10, 2024 at 11:58 AM
I had a chat with Sarah Schacht about their research into innovation teams. Her work has interesting insights looking back at things that have been done well and ways we can improve such programs in the future.
civictech.chat/2024/12/inno...
#civictech #government #tech #innovation
civictech.chat/2024/12/inno...
#civictech #government #tech #innovation
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APNewsAlert: BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family after lightning rebel offensive.
December 8, 2024 at 4:18 AM
APNewsAlert: BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family after lightning rebel offensive.
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Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology.
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine
Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer
medicine.washu.edu
December 6, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology.
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....