Nick Susi, provided the background information for this story. Nick previously worked in the Philadelphia Office of Information and Technology (OIT) and now works in the Procurement Dept., bringing with him to procurement a greater than usual appreciation for the complexities of buying 21st century ICT and digitally enhanced hardware and infrastructure using the traditional… Read More
Tax Payer Money Helps Citizen Engagement Software Evolve Faster
If Boss Tweed could see us now! City living isn’t what it used to be thanks to new software in cities that is built to inform, engage and satisfy citizens. An explosion of new software for use by cities and by citizens will, where the software is used, eventually improve the efficiency of services and… Read More
2015 Digital Cities: Winners Experiment with Forward-Thinking Tech Projects
“The 2015 Digital Cities Survey results are in. Dozens of cities were selected by a judging panel at the Center for Digital Government as the most strategic, efficient and innovative guardians of public-sector tech in the nation. The top-ranked cities will received an award in recognition of their achievements on Nov. 5 at the annual National… Read More
Improve City Services with Innovation, Technology
(excerpt from: Using Innovation and Technology to Improve City Services) Cities are increasingly becoming the public sector service delivery engines in the United States. They have heard a call to action: residents expect cities to find ways to improve services. And cities are gearing up to do so. City governments, residents, and interest groups are… Read More
Uncovering State And Local Government: 15 Hidden Successes
October 2, 2014 reported by Stefaan Verhulst in GovLab Digest Emily Jarvis at GovLoop writes: “From garbage trucks to vacant lots, cities and states are often tasked with the thankless job of cleaning up a community’s mess. These are tasks that are often overlooked, but are critical to keeping a community vibrant. But even in these… Read More
City Software: From Silos to Platform
By Barbara Thornton. Originally published 9-27-14 as a guest post in Sangeet Paul Choudary‘s blog Platform Thinking, The New Rules of Business in a Networked World. This post leverages the Magnet – Tools & Rules – Data framework that Choudary first alluded to in a Harvard Business Review article here. In this post, Barbara uses this Platform Thinking… Read More