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#ThisWeekInData July 8, 2016
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July 8, 2016 Civic Data Each week we will bring you a summary of what happened this week on our site, on Twitter, and in the wider world of civic data. Suggest stories on Twitter with #ThisWeekInData. The City of San José established a new Office of Civic...
Video: Making Government Data Emergency Ready
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January 16, 2018 Civic Analytics Network At the Summit on Data-Smart Government in late 2017, San Diego CDO Maksim Pecherskiy delivered a lighting talk on the value of making government data disaster ready. In the wake of Hurricane Irma, Pecherskiy worked...
Championing Fair and Equitable Utilities with Victoria Johnson
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The article is part two of the series, “ Championing Equitable Infrastructure with Victoria Johnson,” illustrating equity approaches in infrastructure. Johnson spoke with the Data-Smart team about leading an equity advisory services practice, where her...
How to Save America's Crumbling Bridges
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September 16, 2014 Infrastructure This post originally appeared on The Atlantic's CityLab. The weather in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007, was hot, topping out at 92 degrees. It was the perfect day to visit a water park, which is where a school bus carrying...
A Competition to Make the City More Resilient
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September 11, 2014 Disaster Management This post originally appeared on TechPresident. When Hurricane Sandy hit New York nearly two years ago, it left devastation in its wake. Homes and livelihoods were lost, and the storm caused $19 billion in estimated...
Predictive Tools for Public Safety
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August 18, 2014 Predictive Analytics This is the fifth in an article series based on Stephen Goldsmith's paper "Digital Transformations: Wiring the Responsive City." Click here to read the report in full. For decades, criminal-justice officials, advised...
#ThisWeekInData September 18, 2020
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September 18, 2020 Civic Data NEXT CITY: ADOPT A “DIGITAL BUILDING CODE” TO PERMANENTLY DECREASE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Digital inclusion is a serious issue that has only become more important during the pandemic lockdowns. Many jobs and schools are remote...
Disruptive Public Technology and the Need to Embrace It
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April 3, 2023 Innovation This article originally appeared in Governing Magazine. Potentially disruptive technologies are now arriving at the doorstep of city hall more frequently, and with more force, than ever before. Local-government officials can...
COVID-19 Response: Additional GIS Best Practices in Local Government
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May 13, 2020 COVID-19 On January 22nd, the US reported its first case of COVID-19. Now, just 3 months later, cases have exploded and are now approaching 800,000 as I write this article. One month ago, I wrote a piece highlighting mapping best practices in...
Confronting Extreme Heat, Cities Prepare for a Silent Killer
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At Harvard’s Climate Action Week, local leaders joined medical and policy experts in a hands-on simulation to test responses and share strategies for protecting residents from the deadliest climate threat in the U.S.