With a Police Body Camera Redaction Solution in Sight in Seattle, D.C. Mayor Moves to Block Video Access
A transparency fight is simmering in the nation’s capital. But in the other Washington, tech-savvy civic hackers are helping police figure out automated video redaction.
Check Out the Resource Innovation Campus in Phoenix
The city’s Reimagine Phoenix initiative is turning garbage into a valuable resource.
Social Media and the Municipal Customer Experience: Thinking Outside the Box
The most successful digital communities use their official government websites as central communications portals. Here’s how communities in Arizona and North Dakota have built strong connections online.
How Innovation and Engagement Are Really Two Sides of the Co-Governance Coin
As civic tools abound, cities are struggling with what is needed and how to keep innovation coming.
Oklahoma City Bombing Refined, Not Defined City Communications
Twenty years after the calamity, the response “is a model for other cities in how to handle a disaster and how to treat your citizens after.”
Detroit drives toward open data
The city recently announced its open data portal and the Innovate Detroit 311 app.
How Suffolk future-proofed city hall
A network modernization has given the city more reliable communications and the infrastructure to deploy future technologies.
Why project management as a service makes sense
Project management as a service helps agencies reduce capital expenditures and gives holistic and real-time access to the state of a program or project.
Army eyes cloud-based virtual training
The Army is making plans for a fully immersive training environment that will make soldiers’ time in the field more productive and meaningful, regardless of physical location.
When Smart Parking Meters Become Overly Sensitive
“It’s not a huge issue, but it’s a small irritating one,” according to San Jose’s transportation department.
This Might Be One of the Most Accessible Farmers Markets in the U.S.
From WIC and senior vouchers to SNAP/EBT benefits and “bonus bucks,” everything flies in Catawba County, North Carolina.
SMB security flaw in Windows? Not really, says Microsoft
Security researchers say they’ve uncovered a new technique for stealing login credentials from any Windows device, but Microsoft says it addressed the issue in 2009.
New tool boosts threat protection inside the perimeter
The iboss FireSphere Threat Isolator integrates the company’s advanced persistent threat solution with HP’s software-defined networking architecture.
Arizona researchers plug into Internet2 at 100 gigabit/sec
Arizona’s Sun Corridor Network is now providing 100 gigabit/sec connections to Internet2 for academic researchers at three universities.
Rescue workers use apps to help save lives
Rescue workers, hospital staffers and patients themselves are using mobile apps to improve responses to health emergencies.
Passing the Buck on Boosting the Number of Women in Local Government Leadership
ELGL co-founder Kirsten Wyatt explains how the percentage of women in chief administrative officer roles in local governments—13%—hasn’t changed since 1984 and how the #13Percent movement aims to change that statistic.
When Disaster Strikes, Mobile Strategies Can Help Local Governments Respond Better
And as Napa County has demonstrated, IT security doesn’t necessarily have to be sacrificed in the chaos.
Intergovernmental Trends Put Pressure on Arizona’s Second-Largest City
Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild: “[W]ithout appropriate funding for what can only be communal projects, we are going to continue to struggle.”
How a Collaborative Urban Environment in Raleigh Is Building Up Steam
Building off successful cross-sector collaboration, public and private partnerships are pushing North Carolina’s capital city forward.
Pittsburgh’s Innovation Chief Pushes a Big Municipal ‘Cultural Shift’
Mayor Bill Peduto brought Debra Lam from the consulting world to help transform city government. “It’s about the people, it’s about systems, it’s about mindset,” she says.
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