Field Digital Agenda Draft 0.1

From agenda to action

Opportunities

These are pieces of work that could materially advance the Agenda if they attract the right owner, partners, talent, or funding.

They are possible bets being shaped in public, not promises. Committed is a stage an opportunity reaches when someone takes responsibility for moving it forward.

The strongest opportunities can also become wedges into broader reform. Potential Recoding America catalyst roles show how we might help move a field-owned idea toward action, without turning that role into a promise.

  1. 01Exploring
  2. 02Scoping
  3. 03Proposed
  4. 04Committed
  5. 05In progress

What could happen next

Open opportunities

01

Scoping

Open-source kernel for state unemployment insurance

Explore a shared, modular service layer that states could adopt around unemployment insurance, reducing repeated procurement and making it easier to improve the claimant experience without replacing every underlying system at once.

Build government’s capacity to deliver Build shared public digital infrastructure
Advances Purpose-fit digital infrastructure Workforce

What it could unlock

A practical path for states to share reusable components, delivery knowledge, and investment while modernizing at their own pace.

What would help

Find states and delivery partners willing to scope a first shared kernel.

Government partnerDelivery capacityFunding

Potential RA catalyst roles

BuildOrchestrateFundProve
02

Exploring

Startup accelerator for public-sector infrastructure

Explore an accelerator for teams building foundational products and services that public agencies repeatedly need, pairing patient support with government design partners and help navigating the public market.

Build shared public digital infrastructure Align funding, procurement, and oversight with delivery
Advances Purpose-fit digital infrastructure Incentives for outcomes

What it could unlock

A stronger market of reusable, public-interest infrastructure instead of one-off solutions rebuilt agency by agency.

What would help

Identify an operator, funders, and government partners who could shape a first cohort.

FundingLead organizationGovernment partner

Potential RA catalyst roles

OrchestrateFundBuild
03

Exploring

Build hands-on AI capacity inside congressional committees

Explore whether congressional committees could pair embedded technical practitioners with serious model access and wraparound support to expand committee capacity and give staff firsthand experience of what AI makes possible.

Build government’s capacity to deliver Use AI to redesign work and right-size procedure
Advances Workforce Right-sized procedure

What it could unlock

More capable committees today and a grounded institutional understanding of how AI changes legislative, oversight, and policy work.

What would help

Bring together committee leaders, technical practitioners, and support organizations to design a first placement.

Government partnerTechnical talentTechnology partnerDelivery capacity

Potential RA catalyst roles

OrchestrateBuildProveFund

Help shape the work

Have part of the answer?

The Workbench will make it possible to challenge an idea, offer evidence, identify a partner, or help move an opportunity toward the Committed stage.

Help shape the Agenda