Data-Smart City Solutions
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Data-Smart City Solutions is working to catalyze adoption of data projects on the local government level by serving as a central resource for cities interested in this emerging field. We highlight best practices, top innovators, and promising case studies while also connecting leading industry, academic, and government officials. Our research focus is the intersection of government and data, ranging from open data and predictive analytics to civic engagement technology. We seek to promote the combination of integrated, cross-agency data with community data to better discover and preemptively address civic problems. This website and our broader work are housed at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, the preeminent voice for innovation in government. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesWhy Housing and Community are Actually Infrastructure, with Carlos Martín
BY BETSY GARDNER• March 15, 2023 March 15, 2023 Infrastructure In this episode Professor Goldsmith interviews Carlos Martín about his work as the project director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. They discuss Martín's background as an architect and engineer and how that informs his view of public policy and governance, the history of displacement in America, and why community bonds are a key aspect of infrastructure.
10 Ways State and Local Government Should Invest in Tech Now
March 9, 2023 Civic Data This article originally appeared in Government Technology. Thanks to the federal government, many cities and states are currently flush with cash, but according to the Wall Street Journal, cities are headed for fiscal trouble again, especially if there’s a recession. Now is the time for local and state officials to modernize business processes that produce ongoing operational and financial benefits.
A Humane Answer to Mental Health Emergencies
March 1, 2023 Public Safety Who do you call for a medical emergency? Nowadays, we’re used to dialing 911 and receiving medical help in the form of an ambulance and trained emergency medical technicians (EMTs). However, before the 1970s, trained professional paramedics didn’t exist.
Map Monday: The Black Wealth Data Center
February 27, 2023 Data Visualization Complementing Harvard’s Map of the Month series, Map Monday highlights a data visualization that enhances understanding of or helps resolve a critical civic issue. Today’s Map Monday is more than a single map, and is actually a visualized “comprehensive repository for Black wealth data” from the Black Wealth Data Center (BWDC).
The Pre-Decisional Opportunity in Community Engagement
February 22, 2023 Civic Engagement In this episode Professor Goldsmith interviews Dr. Hollie Russon Gilman, a political scientist and civic strategist researching the intersection of civic engagement, digital technology, and governance. They discuss Gilman's work assisting with participatory budgeting processes, her democracy research at the Harvard Ash Center, and how - and when - to provide more inclusive opportunities for civic engagement.
New York City’s Big Bet on Customer Focus
February 21, 2023 City Administration This article originally appeared in Governing Magazine. Government innovation can mean many things, especially when it involves the application of new technologies. And for an agency or other unit charged with driving innovation, semantics matter as much as does its technical approach.
#ThisWeekInData February 17, 2023
February 17, 2023 Civic Data STATESCOOP: Philadelphia launches data dashboard for campaign finance As Philadelphia gears up for a mayoral race, the city’s Board of Ethics and Office of Innovation and Technology have published a tool to make “campaign finance data more user-friendly.” While still in its beta phase, the dashboard provides information from 2019 to now, is updated daily, and allows users to download data to create their own analyses.
Portland Disaggregates Data to Improve Policies and Increase Equity
February 14, 2023 What Works Cities What Works Cities Certification Criteria: Data Management 8: Disaggregated Data for Decision-Making Your local government collects and analyzes data in disaggregated form to inform decision-making on key citywide priorities. Danielle Brooks, the Equity and Civil Rights Title 6 Manager for the city of Portland, knows how to break apart and analyze data to pull out actionable insights — and crucially, how to implement them well.
Mapping New Mobility in Austin
February 9, 2023 Infrastructure Recent federal funding opportunities such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and American Rescue Plan Act provided a path for cities and municipalities to swiftly implement infrastructural upgrades that had been planned over the past several years.
Carlo Ratti on Cities, Sensing, and Breaking from the Past
February 1, 2023 Infrastructure In this episode Professor Goldsmith interviews Carlo Ratti, professor of Urban Technologies and the founder of the groundbreaking Senseable City Lab at MIT. They discuss new frontiers in urban data, edge computing, and rethinking the relationship between the environment, the urban environment and health. Ratti also explains why city leaders have to break from the past and why "best practices" are perpetuating old ideas.