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Riding the Second Wave of Civic Innovation

Public-private collaborations for local-government innovation are spreading. There are some best practices for making them work.

Colorado Names New Chief Technology Officer

With a decade of experience leading technical teams in health care, Colorado’s new CTO — David McCurdy — will try his hand at public service.

Abhi Nemani Talks Open Data in Los Angeles

The city’s new chief data officer wants to use data as a platform for developing solutions that benefit citizens, business and government.

City Finances and the Promise of Data Visualization

New tools that make it easy to find and view government financial data are enabling big gains in efficiency and transparency.

How States Can Better Manage Their Fiscal Futures

For those states with more robust and detailed planning mechanisms, even a fifth-year-out projection that ends up being 10 percent off would still provide a better understanding of what future spending and revenues would look like based on current policies and plans.

Q&A: The Basics of Big Data for Government

What advice would you provide to a newly elected mayor and would you have different suggestions for small, mid-sized or large cities?

Bloomberg Invests $45 Million In Civic Innovation

More than 80 cities will have a chance to tap into the talent and coffers of Michael Bloomberg’s philanthrophic organization.

Munirent Brings the Sharing Economy to Government

A new service could bring the benefits of the sharing economy to public works departments around the nation.

Better Governing Through Data

Government bureaucracies, as opposed to casual friendships, are seldom in danger from too much information. That is why a new initiative by the New York City comptroller, Scott Stringer, to use copious amounts of data to save money and solve problems, makes such intuitive sense.

Report Ranks Top Open Data States

The report shows that 10 states have open data policies today, which were all established either by executive order or legislation. Five of those open data policies were established in the past two years. Open data portals are offered by 24 states.