Thread by @digiphile

Watching @cwardell talk about equity in pandemic relief & delivering ARP funds to families through a mobile-friendly website.

This @WhiteHouse defines equity as "the consistent & systematic fair, just, & impartial treatment of all individuals":
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
#FWD50

@cwardell @WhiteHouse Per @cwardell at #FWD50, @WhiteHouse achieved equitable delivery of American Rescue Plan funds directly to families with a mobile-first, bilingual website.
90% receiving direct deposits.
He says 3 million kids are kept out of poverty each month this way.

https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1408468117207097345

@cwardell @WhiteHouse This work is critical, says @cwardell, not only for how we respond from this pandemic, but for how we deal with future challenges; not just as America, but as a global society.

(He's right: equitable service delivery of relief in pandemics shift the arc of life & death)

#fwd50

Now listening to @jrminton talk with @acroll about his 2.5 year term of civil service, starting in 2016, building out Login.gov under @POTUS44 & then @POTUS45.

He says being relentless in government is absolutely necessary for delivering great outcomes.

#FWD50

Best way to get better outcomes is to have leaders within agencies who expect staff to report citizen outcomes, says @jrminton: They want to understand how users are getting the services they need;
As long as those are the metrics being discussed at tables, better results.
#fwd50

@jrminton Listening to @laurelucchesi speak about digital democracy & open government en Francais, & remembering when France hosted the @opengovpart Summit.

France, Netherlands, & New Zealand are all now ahead of the USA on algorithmic transparency: opengovpartnership.org/stories/algori… #opengov #FWD50

If @cwardell & I had been at #FWD50 together in person, I would have asked him about the status of the Police Data Initiative, 5 years on, & US commitments to @opengovpart: medium.com/@ObamaWhiteHou… I hope Americans hear much more about open justice in 2022

https://mobile.twitter.com/digiphile/status/1452697393548431360

Now listening to @JoyBonaguro speak at #FWD50. She was the first chief data officer (CDO) for San Francisco, & is now California CDO – a state bigger than a lot of nations. (Way cool.)

Her thinking on balancing delivery + governance is brilliant: medium.com/@joybonaguro/w…

#FWD50