City enlists SMS chatbots for service delivery
When the Mesa, Ariz., SMS chatbot goes live in June, city residents will be able to get answers to text-message questions and pay bills.
Accelerating virtual reality in government
As VR technology makes its way into the government space, GSA’s Digital Government group seeks to smooth the adoption.
Boosting Their Brands in Front of the Nation’s Mayors
Commercial and non-profit groups seek favor and recognition at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in the nation’s capital.
10 Ideas for Mayors Looking to Manage the Transition to Autonomous Vehicles
AVs don’t have to spell the death of walkable cities.
What America’s Small-Town Mayors Think About Trump
The local leaders are breaking from tradition to weigh in on presidential politics.
In Effort to Protect the Muni Bond Tax Exemption, ‘It’s a Full Court Press’
Columbia, S.C., Mayor Stephen Benjamin is helping lead a push by city halls to defend the tax break. “We’re going to speak to every member of Congress.”
Walker Wants Block Grant Funding for Medicaid; Chicago Gun Laws Struck Down by 7th Circuit
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Kansas is ‘substantively out of compliance’; Idaho cybersecurity executive order; and New Orleans cockroaches.
Dashboard visualizes health of urban populations
The City Health Dashboard gives four pilot cities more accurate and actionable health metrics so officials can better target policies addressing their cities’ risk factors.
Scratching the surface of the Obama administration’s social media data
The Internet Archive hosted a hackathon to encourage the public’s use of the Obama Administration’s open social media data.
Algorithm mimics evolution to aid disaster recovery
Researchers have created an algorithm that quickly weighs the available information about transportation infrastructure, the damage sustained and repair resources and presents the best recovery strategies.
Keep the end user at the center of public hybrid cloud deployments
To get the maximum value out of a cloud investment, agencies must ensure that the system is actually used.
Mayors Stand Together in Support of the Affordable Care Act
“We are all here to say you cannot replace something with nothing, and you cannot replace something with something worse.”
The Great Texas Pension Fix
Houston owes its police, fire, and city workers about $7.8 billion, and it doesn’t exactly have the cash on hand. Their hard-fought solution could serve as a model for the rest of Texas, and the nation.
Mayors Hear From Bill Ford on Autonomous Vehicles and Other Emerging Technologies
“We don’t have all the answers,” the Ford Motor Co. executive chairman said. “We often don’t even know what the questions are.”
U.S. Mayors to Congress: Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform
City hall leaders at the U.S. Conference of Mayors were optimistic President-elect Trump will set aside divisive campaign rhetoric and work with them to fix the broken system.
Unease Over Tapping Louisiana’s Rainy-Day Fund; D.C. Mayor vs. Bill O’Reilly
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Philly’s rat stats; Arkansas mayor resigns amid scandal; and Nevada governor’s education proposal.
Interstate Health Insurance: Sounds Good, But Details Are Tricky
Analysts say selling health insurance across state lines would destabilize the market and increase premiums.
The changing body-cam conversations
As communities get more experience with body-worn cameras, policies and focus are evolving, the Urban Institute finds.
7 ways to filter out cyber alert false positives
As the volume of alerts continues to increase, eliminating false positives and developing new methods of handling them will become increasingly critical.
The cyber curse of ‘interesting times’
This year will be a critical one for cybersecurity, with both government and industry coming to grips with what’s needed to counteract the rapidly rising tide of attacks.
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