I’ve spent nearly twenty years working in civic tech. It feels like with everything going on right now, I should have something to say… This is my attempt to put into words what’s been swirling around in my head during this chaos. This is my perspective, which I know is just a small part of the picture. In particular, I am focused on the US here, and while I’ve worked with many civic tech nonprofits, journalists, academics, and at commercial civic tech firms, I should note I’ve never been a government employee.