Smart Cities & Technology

Highlights

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

This article first appeared on Urgent Communication. It’s a scenario we’ve all...

Managing landslides along road corridors using remote sensing

Maintaining roads is an optimization problem. Local officials must balance limited and sometimes...

Report: Prioritizing neighborhood infill, expanding transit options increases neighborhood resilience

With the threat of climate change looming, cities that prioritize neighborhood resilience and...

Commentary

Four reasons why smart communities will take 2023 by storm

The last three years have been a rapid-fire series of challenges for local government leaders, from a devastating pandemic targeting the population’s most vulnerable to widespread economic downturn. After navigating this volatility, leaders are seeking out new and innovative strategies to future-ready their communities and reach their goals. One such strategy is the development of […]

Article

Procurement together—An interconnected future

Let me start with a couple of hypothetical questions: If you knew that a software provider’s implementation timeline was usually off by three months, would that impact your selection? If a responsive supplier had been deemed non-responsible by seven states, but not your state, would you want to know? If you were deciding between two […]

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How municipalities can track and analyze data to maximize program outcomes

Today, we live in a data-driven world. Whether it’s large, multinational corporations, or a cherished local business, business owners rely on data to make informed decisions. This is also true of governments, whether at the federal level or a small municipality of a few thousand people (and everything in between). The most effective municipal leaders […]

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How transit signal prioritization can easily reduce traffic and bring riders back to mass transit

There’s no doubt that we’re getting back in our cars. Post-Covid studies have shown that we fled from public transit to the safety of our own cars to avoid COVID transmission, but haven’t returned. Our sudden reliance on private vehicles coincides with our insatiable appetite for building new roads or widening existing ones. These two […]

Article

2023: Ten predictions for a year of increased insecurity and opportunity

It’s that time of the year when many of dust off our digital crystal balls and develop one’s predictions for the year ahead. Having spent a good deal of time scanning the collective wisdom of others, I offer my annual take on what trends will be most prevalent in cities and counties across the nation. […]

News

As a new year approaches, these tech advancements are driving government trends

In just about every field, tech advancements are moving forward at a breakneck pace. Governments are at the forefront of this innovation as the funders, testbeds and benefactors of emerging technologies. A new report from Deloitte highlights some of those technologies and the ways they’re driving trends across government. Now in its 14th year, the report […]

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Expert: Think through your agency’s digital conversion or renewal before implementing it

Local and state governments need to do some serious planning when they acquire new technology, says Shyam Jajodia, executive vice president and solution architect at invenioLSI, a large global independent SAP consultancy and implementation partner for the public sector. SAP is a widely used enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that creates a centralized system for […]

Article

Future-ready cities leverage data well, partner more often and invest in technology

Over the last few years, city administrators have had to adapt to a lot of unprecedented firsts—like an overnight shift to online learning, mask mandates and citywide COVID-19 containment lockdown orders. But of all those changes, perhaps the biggest challenge cities have confronted is the rapidly changing expectations held by constituents. “These run the gamut: […]

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Leveraging modern solutions to secure major sporting events

As surveillance technology has evolved over the past decade, new and exciting tools have emerged to help security teams keep their facilities safe. Large venues, in particular, have seen their security options expand as modern analytics make it possible to keep a closer, more watchful eye over a greater amount of space. This has changed […]

Article

3 steps to increase the resiliency of the energy infrastructure

Picture this: A hurricane strikes a coastal town and destroys the power distribution network. A hospital generator fails, plunging the building into total darkness. Medical equipment, elevators and lighting are all non-functional. There’s no air conditioning nor natural ventilation because the windows are sealed shut, resulting in overwhelming heat and humidity. The water pumps grind […]

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Smart Cities & Technology

Highlights

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

Managing landslides along road corridors using remote sensing

Report: Prioritizing neighborhood infill, expanding transit options increases neighborhood resilience

Commentary

Four reasons why smart communities will take 2023 by storm

Article

Procurement together—An interconnected future

Article

How municipalities can track and analyze data to maximize program outcomes

Article

How transit signal prioritization can easily reduce traffic and bring riders back to mass transit

Article

2023: Ten predictions for a year of increased insecurity and opportunity

News

As a new year approaches, these tech advancements are driving government trends

Article

Expert: Think through your agency’s digital conversion or renewal before implementing it

Article

Future-ready cities leverage data well, partner more often and invest in technology

Article

Leveraging modern solutions to secure major sporting events

Article

3 steps to increase the resiliency of the energy infrastructure

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