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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With guidance from the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, cities are able to explore how to confront everyday problems with data.
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The College of Staten Island hopes to contribute to the area's redevelopment by encouraging technology innovation.
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The county, in partnership with OpenGov, has published its financial data and other public records dating back to 2013 through its website.
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My Law is a cloud-based service that can be accessed from a computer or handheld device to help citizens present their own court cases as well as have access to statuses, evidence, case law and messaging.
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The city is partnering with Code for America in an automation project that will clear eligible convictions under California's marijuana legalization law.
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AirMap thinks cities can use unmanned aircraft for a lot more than they are.
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The New York City startup investor has taken on eight new companies.
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Also, the Defense Department launches an open source initiative, and Los Angeles creates a dashboard to visualize homeless shelter demand.
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Now that Code for America has so much company in the civic tech space, the group is calling upon those who have voiced interest to get to work with them.
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The program connects four Northern California cities with startups to create technologies aimed at improving housing, transportation, public safety and other community challenges.
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Plus, a new initiative commits to powering 100 million connections between politicians and constituents.
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Corporate dollars can be a boon to a startup. The infusion of cash can help bring a product to market or fund expansion, and a recognizable corporate logo can give an unknown startup visibility and creditably.
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The GSA's Office of Inspector General found that 18F disregarded several security rules and other governmental procedures, but the states it has recently contracted with say they're not concerned about similar issues.
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Combining data sets to see which of the states that signed onto a cooperative cloud RFP have shown room to grow in buying cloud services.
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The cloud-based startup competition includes backing from some big Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
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The challenge is a new project that will work to improve commercial districts through new tech solutions.
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And which companies are they closest to?
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Plus, Philadelphia renames annual civic tech event to broaden engagement, and Boston makes its new open data portal official.
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