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Catch up on the latest research on smart buildings, smart transportation, smart cities and what may be your city's biggest obstacle to a better urban future. Scroll down for summaries and links to five new research reports you won't want to miss....
Article - 10/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Computing resources
When emergencies hit, San Francisco plans to be ready with information citizens need to respond appropriately. As a report on the Emergency Management website explains, Crisis Mode is an online crisis map developed by Google's charitable arm, Google...
Article - 10/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
A tool that gives police and/or other first responders who are in different locations the ability to see and contribute to a common geospatial view of a major event is being tested by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).As explained on the...
Article - 10/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
The Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit that pushes for greater government openness and transparency, says the city of Louisville, Kentucky is the first in the U.S. to declare open data the "default" for the formatting, storage and availability of its...
Article - 10/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Data management, Policy and leadership
Public libraries have been moving into the digital age for years now, but a story out of the Twin Cities puts it into perspective, revealing a lengthy list of ways public libraries are staying relevant in an online era. No surprise to find public...
Article - 10/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
Just last week we told you about how Council Lead Partner Microsoft is making the cloud better for government. Now two more developments suggest cities not yet on the cloud bandwagon may want to hop on soon. The first is an announcement from IT firm...
Article - 10/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Policy and leadership
Unless you're an ICT type, you'll have a hard time slogging through the techspeak that crowds the Microsoft press release shown below. But parse the tech terms and you'll find some important advances for government users.For one thing, Microsoft has...
Article - 10/16/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management
You'll see some worrisome results from a new survey of government IT leaders by Council Lead Partner Cisco and Clarus Research Group. One that stood out for us: 35% of the federal, state and local IT decision-makers that participated in the...
Article - 10/09/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Finance and procurement, Research, publications and web sites
Code for America is a Peace Corps-style non-profit that encourages coders and designers to take a year off to develop applications for government. The young-but-already-successful organization has a variety of initiatives in the works. But for the...
Article - 10/02/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Advances in digital technology from both the public and private sectors are making healthcare smarter and improving lives every day. Scroll down for a look at four innovative approaches.San Francisco's Heat Vulnerability Index – As climate change...
Article - 10/02/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
In this video, Jesse Berst, Chairman of the Smart Cities Council, interviews Microsoft's Laura Ipsen, VP of World Wide Public Sector, about smart cities and about Microsoft's far-reaching CityNext initiative.
Resources - 10/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Computing resources
Following a change in the city government of Buenos Aires, Argentina, officials created a new department dedicated to working with businesses that want to locate or relocate in the city. To support the department’s operations, the city deployed a...
Resources - 10/14/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Computing resources
The City of Barcelona has a global reputation for innovation. Many of the technological solutions that the city has adopted in recent years are at the leading edge of city management.Microsoft cloud services and devices play a transformative role in...
Resources - 10/02/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
When news broke that the US 2012 Democratic National Convention would be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city knew immediately that it was time to replace its manual processes for event permitting with software, especially when considering...
Resources - 10/02/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Examples and case studies