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A GPS-Enabled, One-Stop Shop for Everything Real Estate
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Amazon Seeking Local and Regional Government Cloud Innovators
A contest sponsored by the company will award between $25K and $50K credits to eight winners.
A Closer Look at the Safest U.S. City to Drive In
In Colorado, Fort Collins used a community approach to address traffic safety issues in neighborhoods.
Work Management Is Helping Arkansas Handle More Court Project Requests
The state’s Administrative Office of the Courts aims to roll out e-filing in all participating courts using cloud-based software.
Boston’s Latest Experiment in Civic Tech Collaboration
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Making Kansas City Fertile Ground for the Internet of Things
With new digital infrastructure downtown, including networked streetlights and sensors, the Living Lab wants to draw more innovators to develop smart services and apps.
Massachusetts Aims to Streamline Procurement Processes to Boost Civic Tech
The commonwealth’s Tech Hub Caucus wants to create a matchmaking service for startups and municipalities.
Can Bicycle Cops Help Build Stronger Community-Police Ties?
Two-wheeled patrols might make officers more approachable, but reform advocates say it will take more to ease tensions in some cities.
This County’s Push to Go Paperless Started a Digitalization Wave
By treating departments like businesses, the CIO in Durham County, N.C., is improving social services and forged an open data partnership with municipal government.
What Particular Civic Tech Hackathons Reflect About a City’s Challenges
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Seattle Finds a More Cost-Effective Way to Keep Road Contaminants From Its Waterways
Performance data show that street-sweeping programs are more economical than some environmental infrastructure investments.
Making Community Wireless Networks Part of the Internet Solution
A new report shows how community Wi-Fi projects can be effective, successful and sustainable investments for cities as part of their 21st century strategies.
Are Immigrant Entrepreneurs the Key to Local Job Creation?
Albuquerque thinks so and is trying to engage them in better ways to boost the city’s business climate.
Here’s One Creative Solution to the ‘Love Lock’ Problem
While officials in Paris and New York find the romantic tradition troublesome, a Chicago suburb has found a way to embrace it.
Good Ways to Activate the Nation’s Neglected Local Cemeteries
Some examples of how the living can transform a domain of the dead into a valued community asset.
A Winning Knight Cities Challenge Idea From Charlotte Is Remarkably Simple
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Increasing Local Government Accessibility With ‘Hearing Loop’ Systems
Technology being wired into public facilities can help citizens who are hard of hearing.
How One County Government Diverts Food Waste to Generate Revenue
“[F]ood scrap collection demonstrates that simple ideas can produce big results,” says one county executive in Maryland.
San Diego Mayor: ‘We Should Welcome the Chaos of Disruptive Minds’
Kevin Faulconer says that it’s too easy for governments to discourage innovation.
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