New York City’s Mayor, Bill de Blasio has released an Internet Master Plan which frames the city’s goals for the next generation of internet technology, identifies the partnerships and infrastructure required, and sets a course Read More
The Local Government Economic Services Company – a subsidiary of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel – recently opened the Municipal Innovation Center (MIC) – a central hub in Tel Aviv that will work Read More
The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture has plans to use a $20,000 state grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture to build a new greenhouse to expand its ability to grow produce. Food production for Read More
The City of Philadelphia is seeking public/private partnerships in order to solve urban problems with technological innovations. The “Pitch & Pilot” initiative is led by the city’s Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT) – a Read More
The Join, Boost, Sustain initiative – which aims to have cities and communities join forces to boost sustainable digital transformation in the EU – has begun in the city of Oulu, Finland. The joint political Read More
The Port of Seattle has become the first port in the United States to adopt new guidelines for the possibility of the use of facial recognition technology – biometrics – at SeaTac Airport. The United Read More
The city of Baltimore, Maryland is working with the ride-share company, Lyft, on a six-month pilot – the Baltimore Grocery Access Program – to provide subsidized trips for residents in low-income neighborhoods to travel to Read More
The City of London’s Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) – in partnership with the pro-bono municipal consulting service, Bloomberg Associates – has released a new toolkit and online dashboard that will help the city’s Read More
VSBLTY Groupe Technologies Corp., a retail software technology company, and Energetika, an international provider of “intelligent lighting” solutions, have begun deployment of a $10 million smart city security contract to help keep Mexico City’s neighborhoods Read More
The Center for Digital Government’s winner of the 2019 Digital Cities Survey in the category of 500,000 or more in population is San Diego, California. The city’s Digital Strategy Division (DSD) was created this year Read More
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