#  Open Data 

 



##  Open Data 

 

 

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  [### Federal Data, Local Impact: What Cities Need to Know

 ](/fed-data-city-impact) June 17, 2026 

Host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Denice Ross, Director of Federal Data Policy at the Federation of American Scientists, about the relationship between local and federal data, what city CDOs should prioritize, and why cities have untapped power to shape...



 

  [Betsy Gardner](/people/betsy-gardner)

 

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   [### Agentic AI Comes to City Hall

 ](/agentic-ai-city-hall) March 11, 2026 

Data-Smart City Pod host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Boston CIO Santi Garces and Harvard Business School Professor Mitch Weiss to explore the "growing gap" between AI capability and organizational adoption.



 

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   [### When Residents and Algorithms See Different Problems

 ](/residents-algorithms-see-different-problems) January 15, 2026 

 An analysis of roughly 187,000 citizen reports and nearly 5,000 computer vision detections in Jamaica Plain, MA shows why cities need both perspectives and raises critical questions about who gets heard. Data from 311 available at data.boston.gov/... 

 

 

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   [### Knight Foundation supports Harvard Kennedy School’s Data-Smart City Solutions to launch $3 Million initiative to help American cities harness generative AI

 ](/knight-harvard-genai-initiative) January 15, 2026 

 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced over $3 million to Data-Smart City Solutions, led by Harvard Kennedy School faculty member and former mayor Stephen Goldsmith, to help city governments in 10 Knight communities leverage generative... 

 

 

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   [### City Leadership in the AI Era

 ](/city-leadership-ai-era) November 19, 2025 

 Listen to host Stephen Goldsmith speak with two leading voices at the intersection of local government, data, and AI: Rochelle Haynes, Managing Director of What Works Cities and Carrie Bishop, who leads data and AI initiatives for the Government... 

 

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