Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities initiative created a checklist for cities to determine how well they factor in big data and performance management to effectively govern.
Trying to recognize the most data-driven cities can be a difficult task, as several factors go into such a decision: the presence of a data portal, for instance, or how much usable information cities are able to extract from that data, or how much data impacts policy decisions. But now, cities have some guidance.
Weiterlesen: US: 4 Components for Cities Seeking Data-Driven Governance Certification
A newly formed collaboration aims to organize efforts and blur the line between academic research and applied practice in Pacific Northwest cities.
Three heavy hitters in the Pacific Northwest have formed an alliance they say will bring data front and center as a driver of social change.
Weiterlesen: US: Pacific Northwest: Helping Government Leaders Convert Civic Data into Sound Policy
While large cities have long embraced open data, smaller cities are just beginning to implement such policies, largely in partnership with the What Works Cities initiative. In late 2014, I had a chance to present on the main stage at the annual Code for America Summit in San Francisco. To the surprise of very few people, I was there to talk about cities and data.
Salesforce's 2017 Connected Citizen Report found a majority of residents have had better experiences dealing with private enterprise than with government agencies.
State and local governments, like their federal counterparts, need to do an even better job of using digital technologies — email, social networks, smartphone apps and websites — to connect with their residents, a new report reveals.
Weiterlesen: US: Public Agencies Have More Work to Do On Becoming Digital, Report Says
A data-driven approach can serve as an efficient and expedited starting point for agencies to identify and investigate fraud.
Local governments can and should begin to use data more often in order to root out and eliminate corruption, a new study has found.
Weiterlesen: US: Data Can Help Local Governments Fight Corruption, Study Says