The National League of Cities (NLC) has formed a national task force to address how communities can better respond to the growing challenge of housing availability, affordability, investment, and quality. The committee will be led Read More
A number of communities around the US have identified remote workers as a valuable community asset. In an effort to avoid brain drain and population loss as the regions’ residents age, they are offering tax Read More
UCLA and the city of Los Angeles’s water and power utility (LADWP) are working together to research ways to enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably and to become more energy efficient and Read More
Hardik Bhatt, Vertical Leader for Smart Cities at Amazon Web Services, speaks about how one of the world’s most influential companies is approaching ‘smart’.
Birmingham leaders came together at the Innovation Depot on December 10 and echoed a common commitment, “we want to be the nation’s leaders in inclusive economic development.” Increasing equity and digital empowerment are themes commonly Read More
As part of its ‘City Possible’ program, Mastercard has launched a global network for urban co-development, connecting cities with academia and businesses to identify common challenges that can be best addressed through collaboration. Once key Read More
The National Innovation Agency (NIA) of Thailand and True Digital Park have partnered to launch the Bangkok CyberTech District – an innovation district based in the Punnawithi area of Bangkok. The center is designed to Read More
The City of Hull, England has begun implementing a plan to create a smart city platform that will combine data collected from cities across the whole of the North of England and use it to Read More
Arizona State University recently announced the ASU Smart City Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) – an initiative to address community limitations in the Phoenix area through the use of cloud Read More
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) – a Washington, DC-based think tank and advocacy group focused on issues of data privacy – recently published resources to help businesses and policymakers understand and evaluate consumer-targeted facial-recognition Read More
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