Civic Innovation
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The myAurora 311 Open Data Portal gives residents a detailed look at the city's non-emergency call traffic, service trends and response, and is part of a broader push to make city operations more transparent. -
Officials will refresh the site to eliminate customer issues including a delayed reflecting of precise balances. Changes to the village payment system are underway, and are in early stages.
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The AI Center for Civic and Social Good will let the public and the San Jose State University community learn about and work with AI technology through programming — at no cost to participants.
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At a recent Cullman, Ala., city council meeting, officials unveiled a new app that allows people to report issues such as potholes, abandoned vehicles, street lights out and water line breaks via their phones.
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Plus, Google’s $100 million investment in COVID-19 recovery may have community tech implications; Code for America helps Louisiana rapidly scale gov tech crisis response applications; and more.
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The state’s growing army of contact tracers have contacted roughly 11% of the more than 34,000 Georgians who have tested positive so far for COVID-19, according to an analysis of Department of Public Health numbers.
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The course, which is open to anyone who wants to take it for free, is six hours long, and it’s being offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Hundreds have already enrolled.
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Chattanooga, which pioneered the first citywide gigabit-per-second broadband service a decade ago by the city-owned utility EPB, was the smallest among the cities selected for the annual honor.
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After two and a half years of development and less than a year after unveiling a $3.9 billion (Canadian) master plan, the New York-based Google affiliate has cut its losses and put Toronto’s smart-city project in limbo.
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Plus, IBM’s Call for Code content has now named three winners with projects related to the crisis, a new economic tracker is visualizing the impact of the ongoing crisis in real time, and more.
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COVID-19 has thoroughly upended plans to support the Census that have been in the works for months or even years, and now stakeholders at all levels of government must stay flexible in finding creative ways to adapt.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Pennsylvania, it left government organizations scrambling to find ways to hold public meetings, abide by social distancing and not violate the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act.
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University at Buffalo researchers are developing an app called PocketCare+ that they say could help public health officials track and prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as future infectious disease outbreaks.
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The state, which was hard-hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has seen less than stellar response to the U.S. Census. Despite a push to garner responses online, the state still ranks 43rd nationally.
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Public health experts warn that quick, effective tracing is key to reducing the spread, and while Massachusetts isn’t implementing mobile contact tracing due to privacy concerns, the governor hasn’t dismissed the idea.
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The nonprofit and nonpartisan group at the forefront of the civic tech movement in the U.S. has picked as its next leader Renteria, who has more than two decades of experience in government.
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Plus, the California Homeless Data System team is looking to hire new tech talent; a New York City group has rolled out a new Census messaging guide; and the Connecticut Data Collaborative is now hosting online events.
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The nonprofit Economic Vitality Corporation of San Luis Obispo County, Calif., has created a new website, called the Employer-Talent Connection Resource, to facilitate employee hiring and retention.
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The National Digital Inclusion Alliance is keeping an online running tally of the actions that state and local governmental organizations are deploying to keep their constituents connected during the crisis.
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The platform works by vetting registered voters and putting them in direct contact with candidates or representatives. It allows for communication outside of a city council meeting or a candidate forum.
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Plus, Detroit gets a giant digital inclusion boost from a $23 million cross-sector effort, and the FBI is warning of online scams amid the crisis.
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