City Administration

October 17, 2013 Civic Data This post originally appeared on Governing.com. As governments have worked over the past decade or so to take advantage of the dramatic opportunities offered by the Internet and other emerging technologies, the position of...

October 8, 2013 City Administration This post originally appeared on Governing.com. Cities want innovation any way they can get it, even if that means moving forward without a strategic approach. Growing in popularity among local governments is the...

September 12, 2013 City Administration This article originally appeared on Living Cities. To succeed in a rapidly changing world, America’s local governments have to learn to operate more like the “ Ambidextrous Organizations” that Charles O’Reilly and...

August 29, 2013 GIS This post is part of the Regulatory Reform for the 21st Century City project. Despite years of considerable economic growth, India continues to suffer from massive corruption. Furthermore, while the country has a plethora of social and...

August 13, 2013 Regulation This guest-authored post was written by Shari C. Hyman, the Commissioner and Chair of the New York City Business Integrity Commission. The post is part of the Regulatory Reform for the 21st Century City project. Since the mid...

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June 5, 2013 Regulation This post is part of the Regulatory Reform for the 21st Century City project. As prices on tablet computers continue to drop and more and more consumers own them, it’s only predictable that we’d see them pop up more often in...

November 13, 2012 Civic Data November 13, 2012 Mark Headd, the Chief Data Officer of Philadelphia, argues that the future of government service delivery lies in data and talks about the role of civic hackers in this changing model. Read the full article...