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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Plus, San Francisco crowdsources feedback on tech spending.
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Officials also announced that private organizations will seize on the program's progress with new steps to meet the scale of the opportunity.
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There are ways for jurisdictions without big city budgets to bring startup energy to the challenges they face.
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Sent to Trump on Tuesday, the letter highlights the tech industry’s strengths, referring to the sector as a “powerful engine of economic growth," employing over 5.7 million people and driving more than $1 trillion in the U.S. economy.
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Two key upgrades for this small Northern California city led them to unconventional vendor choices.
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A look at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
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The California city is preparing to move onto the next phase of innovation.
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A weekly roundup of news in the government technology market.
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Tech leaders are struggling to hit the right tone, issuing statements and ads emphasizing unity.
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In many cases, the data needed to drive smart pollution analytics already is readily available.
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A look at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
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Despite their near-united opposition to Trump’s candidacy, tech industry leaders now more than ever must take a proactive role in engaging with government, tech policy experts say.
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Boundless is looking to create a license-free model for mapping tools.
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At the fourth annual Big Data Summit, it was also discussed how this movement faces issues of discoverability.
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A look at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
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The goal of the Big Ocean Button Challenge is to use data from government, academic and research sources to build apps that are useful in the public.
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As with Brexit, there are many concerns surrounding what effect Trump will have on majorly progressive industries, such as the technology industry.
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You Google. You Uber. Are you ready to “gov?” Actor (and tech investor) Ashton Kutcher thinks so and it was a theme at the Reverb conference in Denver.
