Civic Innovation
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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. -
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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The County Council signed off on $34 million in contracts to update the enterprise resource planning system, which manages a variety of processes. A councilman wondered if it might streamline other county functions.
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Georgia’s new, faster voter registration system is now running across the state, an upgrade that election officials said Thursday will ensure security and shorter wait times at polling places.
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Plus, more about Kansas' $15 million of federal funding for digital equity; U.S. senators reintroduce digital equity legislation, $180 for digital equity heading to libraries, and more.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with cities to use visualizations to make urban heat island data more accessible. For Washington, D.C., this work led to a virtual reality experience.
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Plus, the Net Inclusion 2023 event brought together digital equity stakeholders; the final awards were announced for the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program; and Missouri launched a survey to guide broadband efforts.
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Raimondo stressed that the federal government needs local digital inclusion practitioners to help it bridge the digital divide, making a trip to San Antonio specifically for the event.
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An official from the U.S. Treasury Department says that 20 other states have applied for similar funding, and more announcements are coming, “to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.”
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A recent study found that formality in government communications increases engagement, but does this idea contradict the best practice of using plain language to make government more accessible?
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The state of Indiana is working to improve its workforce through a collaborative effort that spans across the public, nonprofit, private and education sectors to meet evolving workforce needs.
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The state will now offer constituents a digital tool to help people who are blind or have low vision navigate physical government locations and digital services in an effort to improve accessibility.
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Plus, Colorado launches a statewide program to get more people signed up for the Affordable Connectivity Program; Georgia is announcing expanded broadband funding; Connecticut suffers an Internet outage; and more.
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The Georgetown University-based program plans to use the money to support its ongoing work, specifically around helping government boost access to public safety net benefits.
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When viewers in and near East Palestine reached out via TikTok, expressing fear and concern over the derailment, she decided to put together a few resources for residents to conduct their own testing.
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Atlanta’s local government and its economic development authority recently unveiled a free online networking operation aimed at connecting small businesses to larger corporations and suppliers.
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A request for proposals seeks a vendor for a mental health-focused mobile app available around the clock, with evidence-based screening tools for assessments and emergency contact numbers for crisis situations.
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Plus, more states are holding in-person events to stoke citizen participation in their connectivity work, President Biden's long-delayed fifth FCC commissioner nominee gets a hearing, and more.
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The deal brings two relatively small companies together: a provider of government surveys with a seller of budget simulation tools for residents. The move follows a recent funding round for Polco.
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The city of Philadelphia has launched an interactive dashboard to make the city’s campaign finance data available and accessible to members of the public, the media, researchers and candidates.
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The city's collaboration with the Valdosta State University communication department is geared toward increasing the city's online visibility and fostering more community involvement.
