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Survey results: Financial uncertainty troubles local government leaders

To better understand the social and budgetary landscape of the post-COVID-19 world, American...

Returning to (tele)work: Is the public sector ready for a more permanent work-from-home policy?

Employers across the public and private sector are assessing the return-to-work situation while...

Knoxville upgrades 30,000 outdoor light fixtures, saves $3 million

Knoxville, Tenn., city planners’ recently completed a city-wide street lighting upgrade, which...

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Survey results: Financial uncertainty troubles local government leaders

To better understand the social and budgetary landscape of the post-COVID-19 world, American City & County has issued a series of surveys to take the pulse of its readership. Although the most recent results paint a picture of financial uncertainty, it also shows local government’s resolve to provide uninterrupted service. The results indicate that failing […]

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Returning to (tele)work: Is the public sector ready for a more permanent work-from-home policy?

Employers across the public and private sector are assessing the return-to-work situation while still in the throes of the pandemic. Should things return to normal? If so, when? What should the transition look like? Can we adopt some of the flexibly we learned during quarantine in the long term? There’s no manual to consult and […]

Trends in Traffic Management for Smart Cities

Traffic management is changing. Departments of Transportation are looking to consolidate their infrastructure to reduce costs, improve system reliability, and enable central management and data insights while reducing traffic and incidents on city streets. The critical needs that new technologies are addressing today include: Systems that reduce accidents and fatalities Ability to detect congestion and […]

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Albuquerque launches protest coordination service as residents protest deployment of feds

New Mexico’s largest city has launched an effort to help coordinate safe and peaceful protests. Albuquerque, N.M.’s Office of Equity and Inclusion launched a new hotline and webpage for the effort on July 31, according to a city news release. When called, the hotline will provide information on protesting and will connect callers to resources […]

Back to Work and School: Space Planning in a Covid-19 World

Top 7 Post-Pandemic Space Planning Concerns As states continue to transition from sheltering in place to reopening—some pausing or even reversing plans to reopen—communities are traversing yet another learning curve. How will we accommodate health and safety guidelines in our facilities and office buildings? How will colleges and universities safely welcome students back to campus? […]

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Knoxville upgrades 30,000 outdoor light fixtures, saves $3 million

Knoxville, Tenn., city planners’ recently completed a city-wide street lighting upgrade, which involved more than 30,000 outdoor lighting fixtures aimed at achieving their sustainability objectives of reducing both energy usage and carbon emissions. This outdoor lighting upgrade plan had been years in the making. “When you look at the history of when we really started […]

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New data visualization tool helps economic developers tell communities’ recovery stories

Emsi and eIMPACT have teamed up to help more communities tell their unique stories through visually engaging and highly customizable dashboards. While the use of data has become ubiquitous, revealing the story and insights behind the numbers remains a time-consuming challenge for many economic development organizations and communities. This problem can be solved, however, through […]

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How text analytics may be key in soliciting feedback on proposed rules

In October of last year, Congress issued a bi-partisan report finding that government “agencies do little or nothing to stop crimes and abuses committed in the systems they use to collect public comments on proposed regulations,” and that they are lax in the process of determining which comments on proposed rules are real or fake. […]

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Emerging from disruption, cities have an unprecedented opportunity to build better operational resilience

Many cities are currently enduring the most significant period of disruption ever experienced globally in peacetime. Countless agencies have implemented rapid transformations to accommodate social distancing, staff or commodity shortages, and working from home where possible to continue providing public services. Some change has happened remarkably smoothly, while for others, it was remarkably difficult or […]

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Data privacy challenges for California COVID-19 contact tracing technology

Developers, governments, and regulators must work with the cybersecurity industry to apply rigorous standards to contact-tracing apps to make sure that the societal impact of COVID-19 doesn’t extend into personal privacy. As opt-in contact-tracing applications across the US are being built for state-specific usage, attention inevitably turns to the privacy risks they present, and how […]

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Survey results: Financial uncertainty troubles local government leaders

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Knoxville upgrades 30,000 outdoor light fixtures, saves $3 million

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Survey results: Financial uncertainty troubles local government leaders

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Returning to (tele)work: Is the public sector ready for a more permanent work-from-home policy?

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New data visualization tool helps economic developers tell communities’ recovery stories

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