Civic Innovation
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The City Council has approved three contracts to replace its veteran accounting, payroll and human resources management software. A consulting firm will help with oversight and advisory services. -
The Marin County Digital Accelerator takes an agile approach to gov tech, moving fast to get work done. A recent project found a “single source of truth” to modernize planning and permitting.
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The Bismarck Municipal Court system handled nearly 87,000 new cases from 2020-2024 and saw a 40 percent caseload increase in 2024. Officials are examining what systems might be upgraded to handle the additional burden.
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Plus, a new digital inclusion report ranks worst-connected cities in the U.S.; Boston deploys an interactive map for finding public restrooms; and San Antonio moves forward with innovation zones.
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Chi Hack Night has become a national model for sustainable and successful volunteer civic technology projects.
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Could a future with voting help allay the weighing concerns about whether all ballots are counted properly?
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The effort, based out of The New School, is led by Maya Wiley and addresses equitable models of digital access, digital equity frameworks for online issues, and the ways that smart cities create both benefits and risks for vulnerable communities.
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The city of Riverside, Calif., has reorganized its C-suite, creating two deputy city manager positions and promoting Chief Innovation Officer Lea Deesing to one of two assistant city manager posts.
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Federal grant money that was provided to help thrwart cyberattacks might not be much help for the upcoming midterm elections.
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The department tried an agile, user-centered approach to building its new housing portal. It liked the outcome.
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Plus, Austin hackathon leads to creation of anti-human trafficking app; civic tech project identifies 51 places where sewage flows into the Chicago River; executive director/founder departs from the open gov advocacy group the Data Coalition; and two major gov tech organizations look to hire visual designers.
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New ExpressVote machines are sought to be a universally accessible way for voters to cast a ballot.
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A new best practices guide from messaging platform Twilio seeks to bridge the gap between constituents and elected officials.
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This is part one of a series about the 35 cities that have advanced in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition to create innovative solutions for shared problems faced by municipal governments.
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The companies are pledging that GitHub will operate independently as it joins one of the largest companies in tech.
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Cutting-edge tech could help governments manage the impact of a shifting environment.
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The unemployment insurance sector has been a laggard in adopting modern technology. It is time this trend changes.
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Three technology projects seek to make City Hall more efficient by improving upon the speed of RFPs, position requisition and signature authentication, streamlining city services.
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During its Blockchain Week event, the New York City Economic Development Corp. announced plans for a new blockchain center and an apps competition later this year.
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Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion. What will that mean for the platform, which has become a big part of the work of transforming how government works with technology?
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The two new dedicated networks for first responders from FirstNet and Verizon may more closely connect government and commercial markets, and push innovation out to residents’ smartphones.
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