What do C-IQ, Co-creation, and microgreens have in common?
As cities develop, they create a name for themselves; the Golden Gate City (San Francisco), the Windy City (Chicago) the Big Apple (New York City), The City of Angels (Los Angeles) and my personal favorite, the Emerald City (Seattle). These names reflect a part of the identity that separates the city from others and makes them unique.
Whether it’s e-scooters or driverless cars, cities face the daunting challenge of balancing innovation with public expectations of safety in the streets. The solution can be found with adaptive regulations.
Electric scooters dominate the streets of our cities, used for nearly 40 million trips across the country just last year alone. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to emerge as formidable alternatives to cash and credit, with companies like Square boasting nearly $125 million in sales. And autonomous cars are making their debut as soon as this month in New York City and California.
Weiterlesen: US: Realizing the Potential of Disruptive Technologies
With citizens' PII at risk, some federal agencies like the IRS are moving away from knowledge-based verification. It's time for them all to follow suit.
Reducing costs and efficiently serving customers online is an objective of most organizations. This is also true for most federal agencies, but since the first website was created, federal agencies have faced the constant challenge of verifying the identities of their online users. Large-scale breaches have put citizens’ personally identifiable information (PII) up for sale on the dark web, increasing the challenges of identity verification. How can you be certain who is accessing a website and transacting business?
Weiterlesen: US: Taxpayer First Act: Improving identity verification and modernizing the IRS
Parsons Wants to Shorten Commute Times and Improve Mobility and Safety at Intersections
Parsons Corporation and its partners proudly announce the first Smart Cities Challenge — titled Transforming Intersections — that will significantly increase mobility around cities and reduce the amount of time citizens spend at red lights.
Weiterlesen: US: New Smart City Challenge Will Transform Mobility, Improve Lives
Siemens Mobility and Bytemark to provide new technology that will integrate into expanding Smart Columbus Operating System.
Siemens Mobility and Bytemark will be working together to provide a common payment solution for Columbus, Ohio’s Smart Columbus trip planning app, a publicly operated platform single-account, single-payment system that allows public and private mobility service to be paid using a single account-based payment system.