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, Bloomberg’s What Works Cities program achieves 100-city milestone; CivTech St. Louis expands YourSTLCourts to include all of St. Louis city; NASA tool allows users to estimate population size for any area; and CincyInsights lets users check out past winter storms.
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Deputy CIO Mark Wheeler will serve as the interim replacement as city conducts a national search for his permanent successor.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chief Technology Officer Miguel Gamiño, Jr. announced the NYCx Technology Leadership Advisory Council, which will advise and guide the new tech program.
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The nonprofit group, which helps a coalition of mayors leverage the skills, knowledge and creativity of citizens in order to improve local government, is more involved in tech projects than ever before.
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Plus, San Jose PD puts use-of-force data online; San Antonio seeks tech participants for its new CivTechSA program; NYU Tandon and NYC Cyber Command launch a new cybersecurity master’s program; and Outreach Grid launches free tools for cities.
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During the Smart Cities: Thriving in the Future track at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, public- and private-sector officials said municipalities may be shifting their focus in smart city efforts to be more citizen-centric.
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his staff have formed a partnership with the University of Notre Dame that has made South Bend a magnet for talent and new businesses.
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Barney Krucoff, Washington, D.C.'s first-ever chief data officer and a longtime staffer, will become the city's interim chief technology officer starting Jan. 8.
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Plus, deadline to apply for Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award approaches; Tucson Police Department looks to create data-heavy crime analyst superintendent position; and Cook County launches a new map hub and county clerk website.
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The city of Naperville is hoping technology upgrades will bring young families to the area.
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Plus, deadline approaches for Startup in Residence program’s first national class; Syracuse, N.Y., expands breadth of info available through its open data portal; and civic technologists in Oklahoma hold prison data hackathon.
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About a month remains before responses to New York City's Request for Information are due, part of the city's quest to deploy affordable, equitable, gigabit-speed broadband citywide.
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The former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore says major cities will lead American government into the future, with sensors and predictive analytics that allow for unprecedented service and accountability.
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City officials, law professors and corporate privacy directors discuss the tension between open data work and privacy at the second day of the MetroLab Annual Summit in Atlanta, citing smart cities tech as an increasingly relevant part of the discussion.
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The USC Marshall School of Business and Viterbi School of Engineering along with the city have formed the Intelligent Internet-of-Things Integrator, otherwise known as the I3 Consortium, in an effort to further collaboration related to IoT project testing and development.
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At day two of the MetroLab Annual Summit, Reed said mayors must work with collaborators to create tech-friendly cities that appeal to businesses and residents.
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Boston CIO Jascha Franklin-Hodge will step down in January and said he expects to find his next role at the intersection of "technology and public good."
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Technology use in government is on the rise, but a lot of tech isn't being implemented to its full capacity. Often, governments invest in changes that offer aesthetic improvements but lack the fully integrated back-end connectivity to be truly transformative.
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