Jennifer Pahlka

We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

— Jennifer Pahlka

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to…

— Jennifer Pahlka

If you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

— Jennifer Pahlka

Are we just going to be a crowd of voices, or are we going to be a crowd of hands?

— Jennifer Pahlka

Cities perform most functions in a very Industrial Age model.

— Jennifer Pahlka

Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.

— Jennifer Pahlka

We can't do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.

— Jennifer Pahlka

Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives,

— Jennifer Pahlka

I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as…

— Jennifer Pahlka

If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

— Jennifer Pahlka

In high school, I was sort of friends with the geeks and friends with the socials and everything else and not solidly…

— Jennifer Pahlka

If you are really interested in making government work, you should have the experience of working in government.

— Jennifer Pahlka

When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the…

— Jennifer Pahlka

Everything that works on the Internet depends on a lot of people collaborating, but there's also these rules that you see across…

— Jennifer Pahlka

There is certainly a strong game development community in Texas, centered around Austin, with a significant additional contingency coming over from Dallas.

— Jennifer Pahlka

When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

— Jennifer Pahlka

We have to make bureaucracy sexy.

— Jennifer Pahlka

[The Internet generation is] not fighting that battle about who gets to speak; they all get to speak.

— Jennifer Pahlka

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you…

— Jennifer Pahlka

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government…

— Jennifer Pahlka

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

— Jennifer Pahlka

If there's one thing government needs desperately, it's the ability to quickly try something, pivot when necessary, and build complex systems by…

— Jennifer Pahlka

A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative…

— Jennifer Pahlka

It's really remarkable when you think about what we don't like about government, we, the people created. So if we created it,…

— Jennifer Pahlka

There is a certain generation who have grown up being able to mash up, to tinker with, every system they've ever encountered.

— Jennifer Pahlka