Education & Outreach

Most people aren't full-time watchdogs and don't have time, interest, or reason to stay abreast with what goes on in government. Apathy amongst citizens has grown over time, but a curiosity remains as to How "government" works.

There are millions of public employees, and their work is incredibly valuable, even essential. Yet too often "the system" of government as a whole seems unnecessarily rigid and complex, even for those inside "the system." MoreQuality seeks to learn more about how government operates and does business, and we seek to help make this information more abundant and available.

MoreQuality seeks to support civic education through social media, websites, and meetups with citizens within communities.

An educated population is essential in our democratic society. MoreQuality works on tools to help citizens get and stay informed so they may effectively engage in communities and with government.

Public Service

When it comes to transparency, public agencies and nonprofits could use additional help, as small agencies do not have budgets for technology staff or enough resources to take on 'additional work' like publishing and analyzing data. As a 501(c)(3) organization, MoreQuality aims to bridge this gap by helping public and nonprofit organizations with technology, data, or social media needs as a free public service.

MoreQuality wants to ease the burdens of government by assisting with technical aspects of publishing data. At the same time, we can help provide opportunities for citizens to gather, discuss issues, and make sense of data so that it may be actionable. What is the purpose of tracking so much data unless we use it to improve our situation? Thinking about Systems can give us a higher resolution understanding of the very real challenges we face. We work with technologists to debug our public system.

Are you a public agency or nonprofit in need of technical answers or assistance?

Get in touch!

• How do I share my data online?
• How do I make better use of my data?
• What does my data really mean?
• How can I make it actionable?
• What tools can I use to connect people within my organization?
• How I can use technology and social media tools to reach the people we're trying to serve? How can they reach us more easily?

Innovate in the Open

As a nonprofit public benefit organization, all written materials we develop have Creative Commons licenses. All software we develop is open-sourced on Github.

Transparency is not merely a keyword or a new requirement to fulfill for public organizations. In government, at times there are issues with data, sometimes caused by workflow processes leading up to or occurring coming from a data system. Data systems are simply tools that modern day workers have to manage a modern day workload based on less modern governance operating procedures.

Often, data is not easily used in decision making processes. Take the example of a vehicle's dashboard. At a glance, you would see in real(enough)-time how fast you're going. Despite the amount of data tracked, most organizations do not have sufficient understanding, expertise, and/or time to see a dashboard view of their data to help drive their organizations forward in an open way.

When public agencies are comfortable with their own data and systems, they will be more capable and wiling to share data and interact with the public in more meaningful ways.

MoreQuality helps public agencies reach citizens effectively. Correspondingly, we support citizen participation with government and community nonprofits. Citizens working with government and government investing in the collective intelligence of the community is great idea. As an more open society, we can better share knowledge, our most valuable asset.