The government, especially the senior leadership, recognized this gap and invited us, the civic technologists, not to take over the government, but to work with the government. I always say I don’t work for the government; I work with the government, bringing the spirit of the movement—working with the people, not just for the people—into the halls of power. I accepted this on the condition of radical transparency; that is to say, everything I do, the process needs to be open to the public.