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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An effort to get voters to the polls on Election Day may have left more than 2,000 Texans unknowingly unregistered.
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As open data work and availability continue to evolve, local governments are rolling out new ways to spread awareness.
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While some city officials are certain interactive kiosks would help visitors find what they are looking for, others see problems waiting to happen.
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Innovations in technology and process have helped the city and county of Denver provide vital services more efficiently, its CIO says.
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Plus, Results for America releases new case studies about local government successes; Cook County, Ill., approves contract for new election equipment; federal lawmakers pass act to modernize grant reporting with open data; and New York state wins national procurement award.
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International experts and other government stakeholders issue 12 calls to action for individuals, legislatures, researchers and technologists.
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It’s easy to get excited about the applications for new technology in government, but that excitement doesn’t always translate to realized value for citizens. Here are nine ways it could.
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Minnesota's participation in an eight-state National Governors Association collaboration could enable better cross-agency health-care data-sharing as well as sharing in the area of policy-making.
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Data and new tools are offering cities a chance to get on top of one of the more costly challenges they face in their daily operations.
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Seattle City Hall housed representatives from tech giants like Microsoft and Twitter this week to discuss homelessness and transportation woes in the city.
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The courts have ruled that access to a public figure's social media is a constitutional right. So, why is this mayor blocking me from his Twitter account?
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Plus, NYC’s chief technology officer releases guide for civic tech challenges: Cincinnati Data and Analytics Office partners with police on daily stats report; and Code for America brigades collaborate on Hurricane Florence response
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The resource serves as a one-stop shop for information about how to establish and write open data policies for local governments.
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San Francisco’s data efforts will be led moving forward by data services manager, Jason Lally.
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The annual event now features four sites spread across three cities in the state, as well as a new focus on the opioid crisis.
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Plus, Washington, D.C., looks for volunteers to join website testing team, a new challenge offers $750,000 for projects that use AI in the service of public good, and this week’s gov tech jobs.
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The singular system will replace outdated and separate functionalities for a wide range of internal tasks, including payroll, human resources, pensions, benefits and timekeeping.
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Following a national search, the city looked inward to Interim CIO Mark Wheeler to head IT efforts on a more permanent basis.
