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Tech & Data
One State’s Grant Management Breakthrough
With the One Stop portal, organizations in Massachusetts can apply for economic development grants across three agencies, and grant administrators can more easily manage programs and ensure regional equity.
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Demand Heats Up for Grants Management Solutions
With state and local entities having to track extraordinary numbers of grants, thanks to unprecedented amounts of pandemic-related federal funding, the search for software that can simplify grants management is on.
Public Safety
Michigan to Automatically Expunge Some Criminal Records Under ‘Clean Slate’ Program
State officials will automatically allow for certain convictions to be expunged in an effort to remove hurdles to jobs and housing.
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City Bus Reliability Picks Up With Automatic Vehicle Location Tech
Real-time location data increases the efficiency of bus operations and boosts rider trust.
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The Most Future-ready US Cities
Cities that leverage data, partnerships and emerging technologies can best adapt to changing citizen expectations, a new report found.
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City’s Custom-built App Scores Homeless Encampment Safety
With the Homeless Emergency Management Tracking and Prioritization Tool, Austin gets consistent health, safety and impact data on encampments citywide to support cross-departmental intervention.
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Utah Readies Mobile Driver’s License Rollout
While the technology for the mDL is ready, the challenge is creating an ecosystem of partners who accept the digital ID.
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Civic Engagement in One City Takes Off With a Digital Survey and Respect for Feedback
An easily accessible cloud-based questionnaire and analytics tool helped Corona, California, get more than five times more responses from residents than previous efforts.
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State Explores Commercial Drone Deliveries via Shared Airways
Michigan is investigating the data and networking infrastructure required for commercial drones flying in corridors beyond the operator’s visual line of sight.
Public Safety
How One City Is Adressing 911 Calls That Require a Mental Health Response
A study showed that 90% of 911 crisis calls are related to mental health in Durham, North Carolina. The city launched four pilot programs that could change how it responds.
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What One County Learned From Experimenting With Machine Learning
Milwaukee County analyzed statues and policies to identify biased or discriminatory language.
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Infrastructure
How One State is Helping its Cities Find Their Toxic Lead Pipes
Ohio is investing in technology for mapping lead water pipes in communities statewide as part of an initiative to locate, remove and replace them.
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Visualizing Vulnerability: County Maps Show Areas of Greatest Need
To study equity differences at systemic and place-based levels, Fairfax County put census data on color-coded maps so that officials can quickly see areas of greatest need.
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State and Local Governments Shifting to ‘New Normal’ Workplace
With lessons from the rapid shift to telework, governments are adopting permanent hybrid environments and keeping nimble, problem-solving mentalities.
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How a Virginia County Wooed Amazon and Boeing
It takes more than tax breaks to get big tech companies to move to a locality, government officials say.
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Code for America Unveils First States in Safety Net Cohort
The nonprofit aims to help states build digital tools and services to connect people with health, food assistance and other benefits programs.
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Drive-by Property Appraisals Streamline Data Collection
A Kansas county is using vehicles outfitted with rooftop cameras and LiDAR units to quickly and inexpensively capture property images that are integrated into its cloud-based appraisal system.
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A City Turns to an Algorithm to Prioritize Streetlight Repairs
Rather than repairing thousands of streetlights in the order outages are reported, San Diego weighs data on residential density, the presence of schools or parks, traffic collisions and other factors in deciding which ones to fix first.
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How One State Measures Post-pandemic Recovery
Economic leaders in New Jersey can see indicators and contextualize metrics with a solution that combines government, geographic and third-party economic data into an interactive dashboard.
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