News Centralized authentication system helps Colorado county transition to remote work 7th December 2021 Like every community across the United States, Colorado’s Larimer County was pushed fully into the digital realm by pandemic-inspired stay-at-home orders and an overnight labor migration from offices to living rooms. “We were lucky (because) we already had apps that were up and running,” said Gregg Turnbull, director of innovation and insights at Larimer County’s regional government. From staff members working digitally to school districts shifting […]
News Solar ‘brightfields’ can revitalize landfills, making use of contaminated acres otherwise vacant 3rd December 2021 More than 10,000 closed landfills and an estimated 450,000 brownfields (parcels contaminated by hazardous waste) lie dormant across the United States. Free of vegetation and devoid of structures, installing solar farms atop brownfields, converting them into “brightfields,” can repurpose otherwise unusable space for the community’s benefit, according to a report from RMI, an energy nonprofit, titled “The Future of Landfills […]
News Electric vehicles listed as top priority by mayors in new U.S. Conference of Mayors report 29th November 2021 As communities across the nation pivot to address climate change, local leaders perceive investment in electric vehicles as a key opportunity that can bring American cities into the future. Of a little more than 100 mayors who participated in a survey released this month by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, about 57 cited electric vehicles as the most promising emerging technology poised over the […]
Commentary Making the technical personal: How fiber is changing communities 22nd November 2021 The passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides communities around the nation a once-in-a-generation opportunity to leverage their share of the $42.5 billion allocated for broadband infrastructure. The pandemic shifted broadband from being used for entertainment to now being mission critical for work-from-home, online schooling, remote healthcare and numerous other applications and services. […]
Commentary The Great Resignation in tech: Can great apprenticeships help? 16th November 2021 This is written as the celebration of National Apprenticeship Week commences on November 15th. Before we delve into the state of apprenticeship programs and its significance to today’s tech talent crisis—let’s look at the problem before the opportunity. The pandemic certainly caused many employees in all industries and professions an opportunity to re-access their work-life […]
Article Location intelligence can help support urban revitalization 12th November 2021 Great urban revitalization strategies vary from city to city—and rightly so. Local consumer insights can provide urban planners with in-depth information about the preferences and interests of both city residents and visitors. In some cities, urban revitalization is a high priority, meaning urban planners need all the information and data they can get to help […]
News What about smart roadways? Missouri-based tech startup intends to turn highways into networks 12th November 2021 Those who live in the northeastern United States are intimately familiar with all five seasons—summer, autumn, winter, spring and pothole season. When warmer weather finally arrives, melting snow reveals roads and bridges riddled with cracks and frost heave-inflicted pockmarks—damage taxpayers are accustomed to financially covering. That’s because maintaining public roadways through taxation has become as American as apple pie. But with the industrial era disappearing in the […]
News For public agencies, proposed ‘metaverse’ has implications beyond social media—like predicting the spread of wildfire 9th November 2021 For the past few weeks, talk of Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the ‘metaverse’ has dominated the internet. The metaverse—a hypothesized evolution of the internet—would take websites and social media platforms one step further into virtual reality. And it’s not just Meta Platforms Inc. (previously Facebook) that’s latched onto the idea. Other global tech companies including Microsoft and Nvidia are […]
Article Cybersecurity resilience begins with strategy and collaboration 3rd November 2021 From ransomware attacks on school systems and hospitals to threats on critical infrastructure, state and local government (SLG) IT leaders are under immense pressure. Ransomware attacks have sadly become an unwelcome norm—and governments are still having difficulty staying ahead of bad actors. Seventy-five percent of state and local governments experienced a breach or potential compromise […]
Article Government can use tech solutions to lower motor vehicle fatalities 2nd November 2021 Traffic deaths and serious injuries on our roadways are preventable. From Seattle to San Antonio, Durham to Denver, more than 50 U.S. communities across 20 states and the District of Columbia have committed to Vision Zero, an initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries. Despite the growing number of communities committing to this goal, […]
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