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Inside Tennessee’s GIS-Powered Conservation Efforts

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As rapid population growth pressures Tennessee's natural resources and parklands, the state is leveraging advanced GIS technology and real-time data to balance urban development with conservation, streamline park operations, and foster cross-agency...

How Detroit Overhauled Citywide IT and Modernized City Services

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Detroit’s extraordinary journey from municipal bankruptcy to a national model for IT innovation offers vital lessons for city leaders everywhere. Detroit’s Department of Innovation and Technology rebuilt the city’s fragmented tech landscape, pioneering an...

New Tool Maps Deadly Heat Risks in California

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If it seems like more and more news headlines are revolving around higher temperatures and heat waves across the United States this summer, you’re not imagining it. 2024 was the hottest year on record , surpassing the last previous hottest year: 2023 . A...

Washington, DC Redefines Open Data with GenAI

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Open data is entering a new era; from the mid 1990s to late 2010s, governments have been releasing publicly available data through different open data portals, budget transparency sites, and online operational dashboards. Yet the explosion of generative...

Complex Government Challenges Require Enterprise IT

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Local governments today face problems that do not neatly fit within departmental lines—whether it’s homelessness, climate resilience, or effective service delivery. These challenges demand systems that work across agencies, not just within them. Success...

NYC Moves to 3D Records for Property Valuation

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This article originally appeared in Government Technology. Few areas of municipal operations present as much complexity, political anxiety and opportunity as the property tax system, which stretches from planning and building permits to assessments and...

Using Spatial Data to Build an Equitable Sensor Network

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This StoryMap is an accompanying piece to the paper Using Spatial Analytics to Address Localized Environmental Harm. Explore below to see how the framework from that paper was applied to hyperlocal air pollution work in Washington, DC.

Using Spatial Analytics to Address Localized Environmental Harm

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This was produced as part of the Community Data Health Initiative , generously funded from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Where you live profoundly impacts your health. Across U.S. cities, environmental hazards like air pollution and extreme heat...