Digital Communities represents a collaborative network of local government leaders and private sector technology partners who have a common purpose to deploy technology to its full potential to expand economic opportunity, protect the environment, increase governmental efficiency, enhance emergency planning and response, improve educational opportunity and foster citizen engagement and involvement in the governance process.
An advisory board sets the national program agenda which will assist local government leaders in exploring and sharing emerging best-practices and innovative technology deployments helping to solve these vital challenges facing cities, counties and regions.
The Alliance for Innovation is an international network of progressive governments and partners committed to transforming local government by accelerating the development and sharing of innovations. The Alliance Business model is predicated on a community of practice model with vibrant member interaction and synergy, open exchange of knowledge and ideas, creation of new partnerships and business relationships, and provision of products and services that support networking and innovation by members. The end results are better local government organizations and better communities.