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WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
Technologists for the Public Good is a professional association for tech workers devoted to improving life for us all by building, bettering, and investing in public services. We are a registered 501(c)6 organization founded in 2021. In recent years, our members have worked to administer veterans’ benefits, track early COVID case data, build Medicare websites, lead sustainability initiatives, streamline affordable housing applications, and so much more. Our community includes designers, software engineers, user experience experts, data scientists, product managers, policy analysts, among others – and those just breaking into the field.
WHAT WE DO
WHAT WE DO
We work to create new opportunities for technologists in all levels of government, nonprofit organizations, think tanks, academia, for profit companies, and more and to build better infrastructure within government so that once people are in these jobs, they can do incredible work. We hold networking events, design and tech conferences, dozens of learning opportunities each year, and mentorship programs to connect technologists with peers and experts across the field. This empowers people to connect across agencies, regions, and disciplines, to share best practices and lessons learned, develop new skills, advance their careers, and the field of public interest tech.
We’re devoted to making the industry more inclusive and dynamic. This means building inroads for women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities – and all those who have not seen themselves well represented in tech.
We all share a common goal of using tech to help people and help make the world work better. Here’s how we do it:
We all share a common goal of using tech to help people and help make the world work better. Here’s how we do it:
Evolve the Tech Workforce
Evolve the Tech Workforce
We help our members build new skills, advance their careers, network, collaborate, and act as the bridge to meaningful work, volunteer, and mentoring opportunities.
Build a Bigger, Stronger Community
Build a Bigger, Stronger Community
We bring people together through conferences, mixers, online workshops, and more. We’re devoted to creating a community where people can connect regardless of career level, educational background, or race, religion, and identity.
Improve Working Conditions in the Industry
Improve Working Conditions in the Industry
We champion a healthier public tech sector by leading advocacy efforts – coordinating with other public interest tech groups to make policy recommendations to build power for our members and make tech work better. We fight to create healthy working environments, adopt policies that prevent burnout, and attract new talent to the field.
Build Support for the Field
Build Support for the Field
We amplify stories of the powerful work our members are doing and highlight the need to invest in public interest tech initiatives. We push for diverse and sustainable funding for the field. We encourage local, state, and federal governments to fund in-house tech talent as well as community organizations leading innovative civic tech work.
OUR origin story
OUR origin story
TPG was created after a year-long discovery process that included research, interviews, and landscape analysis among public interest technologists to understand their needs and gaps and challenges in the field. The process was supported by Agile Government Leaders, as well as the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University which provided a fellow to lead the discovery process.
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