What’s New in Civic Tech: Baltimore Offers New Internships Plus, Dayton, Ohio, rolls out a police transparency portal for public info; Howard County, Md., announces a new robust digital equity initiative; and a Florida sheriff’s office deploys tech to find wandering seniors. May 27, 2021 • Shutterstock Baltimore is launching a new initiative to place high school interns with tech companies, many of which have a public interest or civic tech focus. The new internship will span six weeks and include all paid positions. To make it happen, Baltimore is partnering with a local equity-focused workforce coalition called Baltimore Tracks, a computer science education nonprofit called Code in the Schools and the Baltimore public school system itself. In this first year, 12 interns will work at 10 firms from June 28 to Aug. 6.