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Jennifer Palka

Founding Board Chair, Recoding America. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

founderexecutiveauthor@pahlkadot ↗recodingamerica.us ↗Wikipedia ↗

Jennifer Pahlka founded the civic tech nonprofit Code for America and served as U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer under President Barack Obama. She is also the author of Recoding America and co-founder of U.S. Digital Response.

What they said3 Shows1

Everything Jennifer Palka said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported

Palka: Healthcare.gov relied on 55 contractors, changing regulations, and zero testing

“On top of that, a crazy architecture, 55 different contractors, a regulation that governed the website changing literally up until the day that the website was supposed to launch, and a lack of testing is not a recipe for success.”

Jennifer Palka Jun 11, 2021 ▶ 28:25 President Barack Obama: How to adapt to changing rules, part 2

MASTERS OF SCALE What-if

Palka: US Digital Service would have failed without the Healthcare.gov crisis

“USGS would not have made it if it hadn't been able to take advantage of the moment of the failure of healthcare.gov.”

Jennifer Palka Jun 11, 2021 ▶ 29:31 President Barack Obama: How to adapt to changing rules, part 2

MASTERS OF SCALE Insight

Palka: Digital reform lasts when government agency staff adopt skills internally

“There isn't really a USDS VA team anymore exactly. There are just good VA people who know how to do digital because it quote unquote like went native there, right? That's sustainability.”

Jennifer Palka Jun 11, 2021 ▶ 32:24 President Barack Obama: How to adapt to changing rules, part 2

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jennifer's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MASTERS OF SCALELEDGER	Founding Board Chair, Recoding America	1	3	100% 1/1	full record on Masters of Scale →