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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The civic tech group will follow up similar work in San Francisco by partnering with the district attorneys' offices in Los Angeles and San Joaquin counties.
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Plus, civic technologist details the best way to map the nation’s broadband speeds, Code for America is conducting its first Brigade Census, Digital Inclusion Week is now set for the first week of October, and more.
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A recent impact assessment has found that since Civic Bridge began back in 2015, the program has brought in nearly 24,000 total volunteer hours and an estimated $3.7 million of pro bono services.
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As recently as five years ago, many thought Google Fiber might be a path to citywide high-speed Internet connectivity, but as Google’s plans have changed, government must now look to other options.
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Midland County, Mich., has been using the same in-car cameras for two decades, and they're starting to fail. So now, with aid in the form of grants, the Sheriff's Office is buying new cameras for cars and officers.
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“The new technology is faster and more efficient, and because there is only going to be one type of machine, training election workers will be much easier, too,” a county Board of Elections commissioner in New York said.
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The Democratic senator wants state and local government to get smarter about how it uses technology, following in the footsteps of relatively recent federal outfits such as the U.S. Digital Service.
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According to the former chief digital officer of Boston, one of the nation’s most ahead-of-the-curve cities in digital technology, the key to the future of high-tech government is cultural transformation.
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Plus, Michigan to host its first state procurement summit; Boston launches new birth certificate app; and 18F reflects on its first five years of existence in a new blog.
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Those involved with the development and use of online dispute resolution platforms see opportunities for the systems that extend well past divorces and small claims court.
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They include four U.S. cities: San Jose, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Wichita, Kan., and Erie, Pa. The network is meant to bring together cities from around the globe to collaborate on solving common problems.
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Brian Dillard was appointed as San Antonio’s chief innovation officer earlier this month, which puts him in charge of a host of initiatives such as local smart city efforts, innovation zones and the CivTechSA program.
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The city has selected Hanna Pickering as its next director of IT and Lena Geraghty as its first director of innovation and performance management. They will both start work for the local government there on March 25.
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Plus, Stanford University policy lab releases data on millions of U.S. traffic stops; three takeaways from Open Data Day 2019; and San Antonio passes a new cross-agency data-sharing agreement.
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If signed into law, the bill would make Georgia the only state to use ballot-marking technology for every election day voter. As of right now, Georgia is one of only four states whose machines lack a paper trail.
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A panel from varied sectors discuss the potential of tech — from the companies that profit from it to the institutions that teach it in schools — to facilitate social impact in the years to come.
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It will cost some money to update the Fresno County, Calif.'s voting machines, but it needed to replace the 20-year-old equipment anyway. Now it's moving to larger election centers, a move gaining steam in California.
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It’s garnered international acclaim, draws in the famous and unknown, but no one can really tell you what it is. South by Southwest is best experienced in person, but photos are the next best thing.
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