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      <h1 class="usa-heading">How we work</h1>
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        Founded in 2012, Civic Tech DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of
        volunteer civic technologists working together to solve local issues and
        help people engage with the city.
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      <h2>What is "civic tech"?</h2>

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        "<strong>The use of technology for the public good.</strong
        ><br />…<br />Civic tech is tech that empowers people to have more
        agency and more of a role in the decisions that affect their lives, as
        well as tech that helps address public challenges and needs."
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        — Civic Tech Field Guide
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      <h2>Who we are</h2>
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        A grassroots network of volunteers of various disciplines working for
        the public good.<br /><br />
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      <strong>We are…</strong>
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        <li>Software developers</li>
        <li>Project managers</li>
        <li>Data analysts</li>
        <li>Product managers</li>
        <li>UI/UX designers</li>
        <li>IT professionals</li>
        <li>Storytellers</li>
        <li>Artists</li>
        <li>Engaged citizens and community members</li>
        <li>…and more</li>
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      <h2>Service areas</h2>
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      <h2>Examples of projects</h2>
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          <a href="https://github.com/civictechdc/ancfinder">ANC Finder</a>
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        <li>Affordable Housing</li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://github.com/civictechdc/rfj_expungement/"
            >Clean Slate Expungement Project</a
          >
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        <li>Chesapeake Bay</li>
        <li>
          <a href="https://github.com/civictechdc/ballot-initiative-dashboard"
            >Ballot initiative</a
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        <li>
          <a href="https://github.com/civictechdc/campaign-finance-explorer"
            >Campaign Finance</a
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        <li>
          <a
            href="https://github.com/civictechdc/us-congress-pizza-flag-tracker"
            >Flag Pizza Tracker</a
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