GovFresh Signal
GovFresh, Luke FretwellThe official GovFresh newsletter.
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Every government needs a web bot policy
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The more I talk with government and vendor digital service folks about how best to address website bot traffic, the more concerned I get that the default is simply to block or significantly limit...
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In the same way we think of humans accessing a website, as the internet shifts to bot-dominant traffic, governments must now prioritize machines in their digital strategies.
Bots 101
Bots – al...
Paper: California Alpha
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California Alpha was an experimental project conducted by the State of California from December 2019 to March 2020. The 90-day project brought together a team of internal and external digital experts to build a working prototyp...
Using Open Source to Improve Government
PublishPress Podcast interviewed me on a wide range of government and civic technology topics.
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World CityCamp Day 2025
World CityCamp Day 2025 is September 20, 2025.
CityCamp is an unconference focused on collaboration and innovation for local governments and community organizations.
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