106 | Jennifer Pahlka on Government in the Digital Age
Jennifer Pahlka served as the U.S. deputy chief technology officer under President Barack Obama and founded Code for America, a nonprofit that works to improve government digital services. In her new book, "Recoding America: Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better," Pahlka takes us beyond the basics to explore why policy implementation goes wrong and what we can do to improve delivery of government services and create better outcomes for the American public.\n\nOn this episode of On the Evidence, Pahlka and Mathematica's Mike Burns discuss "Recoding America," the nexus of evidence-based policy and delivery-driven policy, and how we can close the gap between policy intentions and real-world outcomes.\n\nA full transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.mathematica.org/blogs/jennifer-pahlka-on-government-in-the-digital-age\n\nLearn more about Pahlka's book, "Recoding America: Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250266774/recodingamerica\n\nRead Pahlka\u2019s June 2023 op-ed in The Washington Post, \u201cBetter government tech starts with people. New Jersey shows how.\u201d: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/13/new-jersey-digital-unemployment-insurance/\n\nRead Pahlka\u2019s bio: https://www.recodingamerica.us/