Civic Innovation
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The City Council postponed to September a vote that would install cameras with artificial intelligence on garbage trucks, to search out blight. Areas of concern included cost amid budget tightening, and privacy. -
The Pathogen Forecast Model launched this week by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego looks five days ahead at weather, tides, waves and river flows to calculate ocean water conditions hour by hour.
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This effort to speed up the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s ability to process new building permit applications is scheduled to begin next month, city officials say.
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Plus, a Los Angeles official calls for a data-driven approach to homeless outreach; NASCIO announces the finalists for its 2019 State IT Recognition Awards; and Louisville, Ky., repairs roads after Google Fiber’s exit.
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For 12 weeks, under a program called Innovate Durham, startups will work directly with city and county staff as well as public data and facilities, with the hopes that they might make local gov more efficient.
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Conversations about the Census tend to revolve around funding and political representation. But in its inaugural digital year, data gathered from the count could affect cities and citizens for the next decade.
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The county, which is home to Chicago, will partner with the national civic tech organization to clear tens of thousands of cannabis-related convictions that are eligible for erasure in the wake of a newly passed law.
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Plus, Code for Philly preps for month-long civic tech event; Maryland-based nonprofit creates mobile learning labs from old shipping containers; and Illinois is recruiting a chief data officer.
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Magnify Your Voice is a platform and mobile app that facilitates micro-volunteering in communities, allowing residents or nonprofit organizations to find volunteers for everything from in-person work to email campaigns.
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Plus, a Brookings Institution report finds more than 19 million American households lack broadband; NYC picks cybersecurity finalists; Washington, D.C., announces three finalists for DCx contest; and more.
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Plus, Pearland, Texas, launches a new hyperlocal mapping tool; Baltimore issues water bills for the first time since ransomware attack; California courts system looks to hire technologists; and more.
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Plus, an audit at NYU assesses the privacy risks posed by a fast-spreading gunshot detection solution; Soofa deploys its local newsfeeds in three Boston neighborhoods; Wi-Fi 6 is coming to cities soon; and more!
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CityGrader.com was created as part of a larger effort to help Florida citizens reach city leaders, thereby making them feel more connected with the elected officials and civil servants in their communities.
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Plus, Code for America adds a new Brigade in Eugene, Ore.; San Francisco Planning looks to hire a data and analytics manager; What Works Cities hosts a good governance forum next week; and more.
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A new startup accelerator has chosen 10 companies for a two-year mentorship program to bring civic technology solutions to market, with a specific focus on enduring problems that face state and local government.
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Plus, Pennsylvania data center makes Pittsburgh city parking data available to the public; Baltimore airport rolls out new tools for tracking flights and noise in great detail; and more.
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The city has selected Nicollette Staton, who has served as the interim chief performance officer and director of the Office of Performance and Data Analytics for Cincinnati since the role was vacated in February.
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Plus, a new report finds that one-third of citizens are unaware of government digital services; Philadelphia's Digital Literacy Alliance receives a $500,000 grant to support immigrant-serving organizations; and more.
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The Abandoned to Vacant project, a collaboration between the city and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, uses open data to map abandoned houses and give potential buyers a sense of the surrounding neighborhood.
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Plus, Arlington, Texas, has a new City at Work transparency dashboard with user experiences as a core goal and a new website called Citygrader.com wants to be Yelp for local government and other public agencies.
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With support from some of the biggest philanthropies in the local government space, several cities across the country are bolstering their data-driven decision-making in the service of new economic mobility work.
