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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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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The program is funded by a $250,000 two-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is designed to equip local libraries to lead their communities in closing the homework gap.
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The cities, which are right next to each other, are pursuing different vendors and different storage solutions. As a result, one is spending far less than the other. Both hope to equip officers soon.
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When most people say "smart city," they're talking about self-driving cars and sensors that detect crime. When Lima, Ohio, uses the term, they mean modernizing old systems that are holding them back.
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After poor contracts with Motorola, Butler County, Ohio, wants to make very sure that millions they spend on new election machines — be they paper-based or electronic — will last for a long time.
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New Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he is convinced the private sector would be interested in working with the state because a revenue stream would be guaranteed if tolls are approved by the legislature.
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Online financial transparency tools have become increasingly common for local governments. They make budgets and other data more accessible, but some are skeptical that making them easier to find makes them useful.
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Livestreaming city council meetings isn't all that rare. But giving citizens a way to participate, comment and provide testimony over the Internet is. Here's how one Florida town is trying the concept out.
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The concept of online dispute resolution started years ago as a way to manage disagreements between users on eBay, but now it's making civil court in the United States easier to navigate and more accessible for all.
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Innovators got the chance to pitch their tech ideas to mayors from across the country for a $10,000 prize on March 10 during the Civic I/O Mayors' Summit at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
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Experts from the United States and Europe say new tech and innovation initiatives aimed at digital equity hold vast potential to reduce excessive urbanization and ultimately bolster rural communities.
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As the federal government prepares for its inaugural tech-first census, stakes are high for local leaders. Experts say targeted campaigns to combat misinformation and civic technologists will also be essential.
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Philadelphia — like many cities, states and countries — has set up an outpost in Austin this weekend. Sponsored by tech companies and other local stakeholders, the idea is to promote the city as a tech hub.
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The push to make cities smarter often disproportionately favors people without disabilities. Experts argue that the dynamic must change so that large segments of the population aren't left out.
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