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Blog // Connect Puerto Rico

Code For America To Work With Puerto Rico To Develop Government Solutions

By Wil Payton

Code for America (CfA) programmers will be lending a hand to develop tools to improve government and foster economic development in Puerto Rico. CfA is a non-profit that places developers, designers and researchers with local governments to address civic problems. Under the fellowship program, a one-year residency, participants work with government partners to devise solutions to regional issues. Below is an excerpt from a News is My Business article on this development: Puerto Rico was selected along with nine other cities to host the CfA program. The island competed against 50 other cities, landing one of the coveted spots. This selection...

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Puerto Rico to Host the Code for America Program

By Wil Payton

Puerto Rico has been chosen to host Code for America, a program that brings web professionals together with political leaders to promote openness, participation, and efficiency in local governments. Puerto Rico’s selection to host the non-profit program is a direct result of the Tech Summit Puerto Rico held in June, which featured Code for America representatives as speakers. Below is an excerpt from a News is My Business article of this development: “In the case of Puerto Rico, the group selected to come to work on solutions for our government will be arriving to the island sometime in February,” said Giancarlo González, the Puerto Rico...

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