Michael Gifford (he/him)
Open Standards and Practices Lead, CivicActions
Mike Gifford is the Open Standards & Practices Lead at CivicActions. CivicActions supports large US Federal Government websites through open-source. A long-time maintainer of the Drupal CMS and a prolific GitHub contributor, Mike builds specialized tools designed to help public agencies achieve more accessible sites.
He is a regular participant at FOSDEM, the world’s largest open-source gathering, where he meets with Digital Government leaders from around the world. Mike also sits on the Board of the Digital Services Coalition, which supports a group of over 50 companies that support the modern, agile governent digital services.
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AI Is Rewriting the Rules. Who Controls the Outcome? Open Source, Digital Public Goods, and the Fight for Digital Independence
Governments are rapidly adopting AI systems that reshape how decisions are made, services are delivered, and power is exercised. Most of these systems are controlled by external vendors, built on proprietary models, and run on platforms that governments cannot fully inspect or replace. See More.