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Pittsburgh Code For America Fellows Working In City Hall

Pittsburgh's three Code for America fellows are working with goverment personnel to improve the functionality of City Hall.

Code for America fellows are a group of young, tech-savvy individuals who travel throughout the country working to improve the accessibility and delivery of public services. In Pittsburgh, they’re collaborating with officials in City Hall to implement more efficient software to ease the daily tasks of city workers and Pittsburgh residents.  2015 Code for America Fellows Patrick Hammons and Shelly Ni stop by Essential Pittsburgh to explain their mission here in the Steel City and describe their newest creation, “Beacon.

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