About this episode

The episode discusses open source government technology with a focus on Nava's Strata project.

We’re joined by Ed Mullen , Technical Solutions Director and Lauren Ciferri Director of Product, over at Nava PBC . We’ll have a conversation about open source government technology, using Nava’s Strata project as a key example. The chat will dive into importance of open source in the space, maintaining projects like this one, and how one can get involved. Resources and shoutouts: Email Ed Email Lauren Nava’s Strata Nava Strata Github Contributing to Nava Strata Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Koch

Guests: Ed Mullen, Lauren Ciferri

Topics covered

• open source
• government technology
• Nava Strata
• project maintenance
• community involvement

Keywords

• open source
• government technology
• Nava Strata
• Ed Mullen
• Lauren Ciferri
• community involvement
• project maintenance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nava PBC

Products: Nava’s Strata, Nava Strata Github

Books & works: Tumbleweeds

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