Civic Innovation
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The City Council postponed to September a vote that would install cameras with artificial intelligence on garbage trucks, to search out blight. Areas of concern included cost amid budget tightening, and privacy.
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The Pathogen Forecast Model launched this week by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego looks five days ahead at weather, tides, waves and river flows to calculate ocean water conditions hour by hour.
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This effort to speed up the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s ability to process new building permit applications is scheduled to begin next month, city officials say.
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Plus, Code for America launches new Community Fellowship program; the ACLU looks to hire data scientists; and the U.S. Treasury launches a data lab on its revamped USAspending.gov site.
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The trailblazing CIO will be focusing on a for-profit organization aimed at helping women entrepreneurs launch business ideas in the Bay Area.
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14 states that still make at least partial use of paperless touch-screens acidentally help leave a gaping hole in U.S. election security.
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Though meant to make decisions around criminal justice, policing and public service easier, some are concerned algorithms designed by humans come with inherent bias and a need for oversight.
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The new online face of the city streamlines access to frequently sought information as well as other pertinent service information.
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The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which serves around 1.3 million riders a day, has named Long Beach Chief Information Officer Bryan M. Sastokas as its new CIO.
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This is part four of a series about the 35 cities that have advanced in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge. This week, we look at plans from Cary, N.C.; Chelsea, Mass.; Huntington, W.V.; South Bend, Ind.; and Washington, D.C.
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The biggest threat to our country's voting machines could be age.
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Plus, Boston launches new death certificates Web app, 18F looks to hire a user experience design lead, and the Durham, N.C., i-team works to help ex-offenders re-assimilate.
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The county partnered with government website specialist CivicPlus to overhaul the public-facing portal.
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The city is the latest jurisdiction to contemplate making high-speed Internet a utility, joining a diverse group of cities and states that includes the likes of San Francisco and Colorado.
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City officials approved a $20,000 deal with Municode to rework online services and public-facing portal.
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The high-speed network will be a public-private operation and will offer free service to any resident living below the federal poverty line.
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The city’s push to better connect with constituents has taken the shape of NashView, an interactive portal that displays valuable information about the city’s daily operations.
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Smart city projects, including electric vehicles, to be on display in new Smart Columbus Experience Center in Ohio.
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This is part three of a series about the 35 cities that have advanced in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge. This week, we look at plans from Danbury, Conn.; Denver; Hartford, Conn.; Pittsburgh; and Vallejo, Calif.
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Plus, mayors across the country unite in support of net neutrality; Chicago’s Cook County seeks a chief data officer; Indiana uses software to connect drug addicts with treatment; and Austin, Texas’ civic tech group changes meetup name to foster inclusivity.
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Orlando, Fla., has created a Digital Platforms and Design Team to fundamentally reinvent Orlando's online municipal service platforms.