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Todd Park, the U.S.’s chief technology officer, calls for all “bad-ass” coders to serve a short stint in the federal government doing computer programming. Here is more from Techcrunch.

Happy Memorial Day!

Good Links

Reuters: State budgets spring new, smaller holes

Bond Buyer: When is a GO bond not a GO bond?

Marketplace Radio: How will California find a fair mix of spending cuts and tax increases? Radio interview with Governor Jerry Brown

WaPo: Vallejo, California, once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerity

Bloomberg: Detroit is rightsizing its public resources

Bloomberg: Philadelphia schools struggling to find fiscal balance and improved achievement

Information Week: Top 14 government social-media initiatives

@Twitter Talk

Good folo on Atlantic City tourist stabbings & shameful practice of exporting the homeless in NJ. philly.com bit.ly/JLcgPg

— Jane Roh (@Jane_Roh) May 24, 2012

In MD: “it’s hardly unreasonable for local governments to share in pension costs just as they share salary costs” bsun.md/KUXeCN

— Pension Dialog (@PensionDialog) May 23, 2012

MSRB is considering restricting underwriter contributions to bond campaigns. These should be banned outright.

— Bond Girl (@munilass) May 24, 2012

As the City Turns? Bravo!Harrisburg soap opera: Stay focused on assets and call for an investigationpennlive.com/editorials/ind…

— Bill Cluck (@hbgbill) May 25, 2012

Hippie Capitalism: How An Impoverished U.S. City Is Building An Economy On #Co-ops.#coops2012 Read article:ow.ly/b7JPq

— Intl. Year of Coops(@CoopsYear) May 25, 2012