Smart Cities & Technology

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/ Making government services accessible

• 1st February 2001

`Technology should make life easier for everyone, not just a few.’Twenty percent of Americans have some kind of disability that can get in the way of

City prepares for growth by updating technology

• 1st February 2001

A suburb of Atlanta, East Point, Ga., sees itself as the ideal location for commuters seeking refuge from city life and for industries seeking a location

GIS/ County saves by outsourcing its Web site

• 1st January 2001

Warren County, Ohio, has begun providing Internet access to its digital parcel maps and property records through a Web site hosting arrangement with a

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ Town makes technology part of revitalization

• 1st January 2001

Like many small, agricultural communities, Manning, Iowa, was suffering from a decline in population and industry. To reverse that trend, the Manning

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Federal law allows electronic signatures

• 1st December 2000

As recently as three years ago, local government Web sites were as rare as rain in the desert. But residents demanded to be served electronically – at

Overland Park manages growth with GIS

• 1st November 2000

The Overland Park (Kan.) Planning and Development Services Department has taken advantage of GIS to display land development trends and to assign building

GIS on the NET

• 1st November 2000

Five years ago, residents who wanted maps of their property or developers who wanted maps of county zoning had to trek to the appropriate government office

Technology Content

• 10th October 2000

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Electronic tax systems ease filing

• 1st October 2000

Tax filing is not typically convenient, efficient or easy. In fact, most systems are so antiquated that they mystify the average taxpayer. In an effort

EDITOR’S VIEWPOINT/Johnny and Billy and the toy truck fight

• 1st October 2000

Johnny and Billy were neighbors. Billy lived in a big house with swing sets and sand boxes and tree houses. Johnny’s house was not as big, and it didn’t