Year: 2017
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California’s Agile Development Pre-Qualified (ADPQ) Vendor Pool
Ad Hoc was selected for the California’s Agile Development Pre-Qualified (ADPQ) vendor pool. Here’s how the California Department of Technology describes the selection: The California Department of Technology has announced the selection of 13 vendors who are now part of the State’s expanded Agile Development Pre-Qualified (ADPQ) vendor pool. Along with 11 companies that were…
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Subcontract Award: Hospital Quality Reporting
Ad Hoc won a subcontract award for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The prime contractor, Bellese, is relying on Ad Hoc to provide all User Experience Research for the project, including four full-time researchers. This allows Ad Hoc to build its capacity in this area and build out a larger team. bellese-hqr-award-notice My role was to…
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A New Set of Voqal Grants in Chicago
Today Voqal announced a series of new grants here in Chicago. Here’s a snip from their press release: The Voqal Fund is pleased to announce six new grants to organizations working in the Chicago area to enhance the community and strengthen social equity. The grants to Chicago Filmmakers (Chicago Digital Media Production Fund), BYP100, Illinois…
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Cohorts: incisive research on government digital services
I conceived and launched Cohorts, a service of Ad Hoc that allows us to conduct incisive research with groups of relevant people to make government digital services work better for all. Here’s some snips from the launch blog post: There are two components to Cohorts — finding the right people and conducting the right research. On…
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Photo: Twitter: Revolution in 140 Zeichen?
Today marks the debut of the German film, “Twitter: Revolution in 140 Zeichen?“. See a photo I took at 18:27.
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CMS WDS / Healthcare.gov
I managed a suite of user-facing products on Healthcare.gov, the health insurance exchange website operated by the United States federal government under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, during the Open Enrollment period of 2016. Today I turned over the reins on the project to a colleague here at Ad Hoc. Here are some…
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Documentation: JOCSC Proposed Merger of Jenner and Ogden, Community Meeting #1 Notes
Tonight I documented this public meeting https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rVqFeKq1ZyTUcjPXfHzrv6VthRPXcQI6dYEzlrokbi4/edit#heading=h.a3vkv34qn97v Preface This is the first of three scheduled meetings on the Proposed Merger of Jenner and Ogden schools. More information here, including the “Jenner/Ogden Community Steering Committee Analysis of Options and Recommendations for The Jenner Academy of the Arts and The Ogden International School”. Setup The meeting is…
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Photos: Trump Immigration Ban Protest at O’Hare During ORD Camp
Today I participated in and documented the protests at O’Hare International Airport to protest the unjust immigration ban attempted by the Trump administration. Here’s the complete album and a group shot: Since I bolted to O’Hare, a fellow member took over my ORD Camp session— an open meeting of AA: Here’s my ORD Camp pic…