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 best way to get the community involved is to give them access to the meetings," Patterson said. "If me volunteering my time helps other people to get involved, that makes me happy. It's my civic duty."
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Many Philadelphia-based democrats, Bob Brady, Brendan Boyle, and Dwight Evans, say they support net neutrality, but haven't signed a petition for it, frustrating Dems who say they're hiding under "Comcast's shadow".
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A new report from the Data Foundation and Workiva makes a case for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) as the preferred method of publicizing state and local government financial info.
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The IKE, interactive kiosk experience, gives Columbus a more tourist and citizen friendly feel; users can look up shops, transit info, things to do and other information to help them navigate the city.
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Plus, New York City looks to partner with the private sector to boost broadband for underserved residents; Code for America puts out call for 2019 summit proposals; Cook County, Ill., maps gun and overdose deaths; and more.
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Chicago released a new, centralized 311 app and Internet interface that allows residents to track requests to the city for things like tree trimming, rat poisoning and garbage bin replacement.
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Luminate has become independent in order to be more agile and to pursue strategies that impact civic empowerment, data and digital rights, transparency and independent media.
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John Kramlich, a member of the St. Louis civic tech group OpenSTL, has built what appears to be the first online map of nationwide Toys for Tots drop-off locations, and the site has already seen significant traffic.
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The Government Operations Agency has launched the California Code website. The site will host policies and, eventually, the state's open source projects.
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Plus, National Digital Inclusion Alliance maps frequency of home Internet based on census tract; Denver looks to hire its first chief data officer; North Dakota hosts an inaugural statewide coding hour in its schools; and more.
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Cincinnati's prolific operation has matured into one of the country’s leading municipal data programs, despite limited resources and a small team. Data director Leigh Tami reflects on its evolution and discusses the future of the work.
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Chief Executive Sundar Pichai took questions about privacy, censorship and work with the U.S. and Chinese governments during a Tuesday morning Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Sharing services won’t be a cure-all, but it could help control costs, eliminate overlaps or streamline processes, officials said. One area the two are considering consolidating is technology purchasing.
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Recent observations by Oregon public records advocate Ginger McCall reveal the difficulty citizens have in obtaining public documents due to prohibitive fees and delays in the system processing their requests.
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The 30 license plate readers placed throughout St. Johns County, Fla., have lowered crime rate and helped locate 81 stolen cars, 57 stolen tags, 27 convicts, and 11 missing people, according to the sheriff's office.
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Fueled by a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Anchorage, Alaska, is building a lab inside an art museum for artists, designers, engineers and the community to team-up to tackle climate change.
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The Sunlight Foundation’s project is called Roadmap to Informed Communities, and it’s essentially a procedural framework aimed at helping cities create open data programs that incorporate constituent feedback.
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Plus, Kansas City formalizes commitment to data with departmental name change; Indiana works with Google to expand digital skills training; 18F opens up about what it’s like to work there; and more.
