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Fellowship Field Notes: Boulder's First 90 Days

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Squinting in the sunlight, we stared out across the vast parking lot, trying to imagine a new future. As the owners of the industrial site described their ambitious vision for the land and buildings, eight Planning and Development Services team members...

Good, Responsive Services Start With the Resident

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In this episode of the Data-Smart City Pod, host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Dr. Kim Leary, director of the Good Services Lab at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, about how listening is an active skill, why selection bias shapes who...

Next Level Responsiveness

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In this new paper from Data-Smart City Solutions, Pr. Stephen Goldsmith and Christopher Swope outline how the staggering pace of technological change and innovation has supercharged the Responsive City Cycle. Learn how artificial intelligence has given...

Federal Data, Local Impact: What Cities Need to Know

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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...

Bringing Technology to Bear on Homelessness

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This article originally appeared in Governing Magazine. In local government, technology matters only when it helps a public worker, volunteer or partner organization better serve people and communities. The real test is not the sophistication of the tool...

The Top Ten of 2025

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As we wrap up the year, we’ve collected our most read articles and most streamed podcasts of 2025. Check them out below and, as always, thank you to all our readers and listeners! What Mayors Need to Know About SNAP This podcast features Dr. Sara Naomi...

Rethinking Government in 2026

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In our end-of-year episode, host Stephen Goldsmith reflect on 2025's most promising advancements in local government and shares his vision for how cities can harness generative AI to drive real change. Goldsmith discusses why a problem-first approach to...

City Leadership in the AI Era

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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...