Code for America’s flagship Fellowship program connects talented individuals in technology and data science (including software developers, designers and project managers) with local governments and citizens to create new approaches to solving their communities’ trickiest problems. Together, they build tools that enable people from both inside and outside public institutions to collectively solve local problems. During the yearlong fellowship, developers, designers and researchers work alongside local public officials to build digital tools, foster new approaches to problem solving and tackle community issues. Ultimately, Fellows are building a movement for civic innovation within local government, breaking down obstacles to using new technology to address a host of civic challenges.