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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Public safety leaders from Seattle and Boston discuss how tech can and will assist with law enforcement during the years to come, touching on challenges for adoption, artificial intelligence and more.
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The city will use the Voatz app, which West Virginia also offered to military and overseas voters in the 2018 midterm elections. The concept of mobile phone-based voting is controversial, but gaining steam.
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Kami Griffiths of the Community Tech Network moderated a discussion Friday morning at South by Southwest, offering talking points and soliciting input from city leaders on the future of digital inclusion.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is at the beginning of his first term leading the state, has made technology a priority from the very start. But state agencies are facing myriad high-cost technology failures.
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Plus, Code for America details its human-centered benefits administration work in Colorado; Miami releases 30 new data sets for Open Data Day, a new data visualization knows where your cat lives and more.
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With the tech, media and entertainment world descending upon Austin, Texas, for the annual mega-conference, there are a number of panels, installations and speakers of interest to those in the public sector.
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The contract, with GovOffice, will help the city present information in Spanish as well as make it easier to deliver services digitally instead of with paper. It's the city's first website upgrade since 2004.
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The Arkansas city’s Data Academy found dim or blocked streetlights to be a major concern among residents, so officials set up volunteer events aimed at walking the streets and reporting lighting issues for repair.
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Plus, a new report shows Seattle has increased citywide Internet connectivity to 95 percent; Washington, D.C., launches a new demographic data dashboard; Hipcamp shares federal camping availability in real time; and more.
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The city's fire department wasn't planning on encrypting its radios until it learned that it would be more difficult to communicate with the police if they didn't. One automated channel will remain open after the change.
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A new platform, which is now being beta-tested by users, is essentially a single place where citizens can find simple links to the online services offered by local governments.
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Raymond, who has served as Connecticut's CIO dating back to June 2011, confirmed this week that he will continue in his role moving forward with the new gubernatorial administration.
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The N.C. chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has raised concerns about the bill, in part because of a lack of underlying privacy protections in the state. Cities already use the technology within their limits.
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Police and other local government officials say they don't want criminals to know what they're doing. But some citizens, as well as media, are concerned that law enforcement is pulling a veil over its activities.
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In a recent town hall meeting, freshman Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., pushed for better Internet access in Virginia as a way to pave better relationships between Democrats and Republicans.
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Interline and the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission are working to create a single platform where people can find all the information they need to travel seamlessly using multiple transit operators.
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As jurisdictions across the nation continue to battle a worsening opioid crisis, data scientists in Tempe are working to give first responders more nuanced information to help them adjust their work.
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The company’s CEO cites restructuring while Cleveland media report the company is going out of business. An investor in the company said a 2018 acquisition might have created cash burn problems.
