A New Coalition to Lower State and Local Incarceration Rates
Launched by the White House, the Data-Driven Justice Initiative wants to lower prison inmate numbers and increase the number of prisoners receiving health care and mental health services with proven methods.
For Smaller Cities, Intelligent Networks Offer a Solid Digital Foundation
Legacy networks are constraining when cities must meet connectivity demands, according to Verizon’s VP of SLED markets.
4 Ways to Make Open Data Meaningful
Helping citizens build smarter communities through GIS technology the can help spur innovation, form connections and ultimately lead to action.
Counties Use Smart Mapping Technology to Stay Ahead of Zika
Zika-transmitting mosquitos can breed in a teaspoon of standing water. Data-rich maps and GIS software allow counties to stay one step ahead.
L.A. River Restoration Gets Boost With New Data Resource
A nonprofit releases a new comprehensive aid to planning many aspects of complex restoration effort.
Chicago’s New Civic Tech Collaboration: Better E. Coli Risk Predictions
Volunteers are helping the Chicago Park District figure out whether there are better analytics models for water contamination hazards at Lake Michigan beaches.
Tracking Detroit’s Blighted Property Demolitions Like Packages or Pizzas
A newly released online tool has an interactive map that includes information about contracts to take down individual structures.
Chicago Just Released a Massive Amount of Bike-Sharing Data
A new dataset about the Divvy bike-sharing program is now the largest available through the city’s open data portal, with over 52 million rows of information.
Mapping the Problem of Elder Abuse
More accessible data on mistreatment of older Americans is needed to develop an informed response.
Data Download: Measures to Meaning Part I
What can we learn from the data on the numbers of women in local government and the positions they hold?
Cities Get a Resource Toolkit for Data-Driven Government
In addition, What Works Cities named 12 more to its performance initiative.
Cycling Trips in NYC Up 82 Percent in Recent Years, City Estimates Show
Data on bike ridership was included in a new Mobility Report, released Wednesday.
How Resilient Is Your City? This Index Will Tell You
“Every city is unique, and each faces specific challenges,” says Arup director Jo da Silva. “But, the factors that enable cities to deal with disruption are universal.”
Why Cities Need Digital Industrial Companies
For city leaders focused on unleashing the economic growth opportunities that urban tech holds, the only choice is a digital industrial company with staying power that can provide the open, secure, resilient infrastructure that cities require.
This Housing Authority Took App Delivery Into the Cloud
Workplace entry is easier when core software can quickly be pushed to anyone’s device securely.
How Missouri's State Government Is Fending Off Social Engineering Incidents
Cybersecurity awareness training for state employees is paying off.
Leveraging City Infrastructure for the Digital Age
LED fixtures with microphones, vibration sensors, public Wi-Fi capabilities, cameras and other sensors are the right, open common digital infrastructure to enable a nervous system for a city or enterprise.
Inmates in Alaska Locked Up Past Release Dates; Memphis Official Caught With Illegal Power Hookup
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Virginia school system defies Obama on bathrooms; a western Oregon logging ban?; and Dallas neglects city property while still citing violators.
How Cities Are Leading the Way on Infrastructure Innovation
“While states weren’t looking, our cities became better governed, better managed places,” said Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore.
Austin Joins Mozilla’s Growing ‘Hive’ of Gigabit Cities
Kansas City, Missouri, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, have already seen municipal services and Web literacy benefit from the Gigabit Community Fund’s grants.
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