Governance & Finance: Page 39

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    Opinion

    How simplifying the permit process empowers local governments and improves local communities

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.Building permi...

    By Jarkko Turtiainen • Oct. 13, 2021
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    Opinion

    Cloud security is key to cybersecurity resilience in state and local governments

    Cloud security is key to cybersecurity resilience in state and local governments

    By Rick Rosenburg • Oct. 12, 2021
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    Q&A

    6 questions with Smart Columbus on lessons since program’s conclusion

    The program manager of the USDOT's Smart City Challenge winner reflects on the initiative's challenges, offers key advice for city leaders seeking to implement smart tech and maps out what's next for the city.

    By Danielle McLean • Oct. 11, 2021
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    Regional consortiums create one of the largest US smart cities networks

    The National Smart Coalitions Partnership includes more than 100 governments across seven regional consortiums, aiming to lower barriers for local leaders to implement solutions and share best practices.

    By Cailin Crowe • Oct. 8, 2021
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    Data mining software helps cities find and collect STR tax revenue

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.Short term...

    By • Oct. 7, 2021
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    Rescue funds buoy economic outlooks, but cities eager for infrastructure dollars: NLC report

    Many cities lost revenue in FY21, but certain economic and tax changes, plus infusions of direct federal relief, helped them weather the pandemic better than the Great Recession, according to National League of Cities researchers.

    By Maria Rachal • Oct. 7, 2021
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    NLC releases annual City Fiscal Conditions survey

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.The Nation...

    By • Oct. 5, 2021
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    Q&A

    Smart cities’ impact on inequality, privacy, democracy are the focus of a new online program

    The Smart Cities for City Officials class from Sweden's Malmö University is "the first online, open-access educational program on smart cities from a social sciences perspective," its co-organizer says.

    By Danielle McLean • Oct. 1, 2021
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    Opinion

    How local governments can use the budgeting process to increase transparency and trust

    COVID-19 has deepened many citizens’ relationship with their local governments. In the United States, citizens are focused on both the federal government’s response and that of their local governments, which have been highly influential on the overall pandemic response in any given part of the country.

    By Charlie Francis • Oct. 1, 2021
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    Opinion

    5 ways online purchasing channels can boost government procurement efficiency

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.In the fir...

    By Danielle Hinz • Oct. 1, 2021
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    Opinion

    Why equitable community engagement matters—and how to practice it

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.Overseeing...

    By Celeste Frye • Sept. 30, 2021
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    Column

    Keep getting better: Cooperative procurement is evolving to meet government’s changing needs

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.This artic...

    By Tammy Rimes, MPA • Sept. 30, 2021
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    Taking the lead on cooperative contracts can offer sizable rewards

    This article originally appeared in the Q3 issue of Government Procurement.

    By Michael Keating • Sept. 29, 2021
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    24 U.S. mayors selected for Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

    24 U.S. mayors selected for Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

    By • Sept. 28, 2021
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    Column

    Report: Urban Wealth Funds allow cities to commercially capitalize on their assets for the public’s benefit

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.Subways do...

    By Andy Castillo • Sept. 28, 2021
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    Column

    Five lessons procurement can learn from fleet management

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.On these p...

    By David Yarkin, Bernadette Launi, Alex Stonehouse • Sept. 28, 2021
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    New York City Council passes delivery worker protection laws

    The legislation includes a requirement for restaurants to provide couriers access to their bathrooms and set minimum pay for workers, representing the broadest protections in the U.S.

    By Julie Littman • Sept. 27, 2021
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    Coalition launches ballot initiative to end the tipped minimum wage in DC

    One Fair Wage believes pandemic-induced labor pressure is increasing support to end the tip credit in the nation's capital, where such a proposal was overturned by the city council in 2018.

    By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Sept. 24, 2021
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    New York City forges ahead with long-debated congestion pricing plan

    Public meetings on the plan are set to begin after years of discussion. They come as cities like London have had success with similar schemes and Los Angeles and San Francisco examine the concept.

    By Dan Zukowski • Sept. 17, 2021
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    Chicago to triple its network of contactless payment kiosks throughout the city

    The City of Chicago has announced it will triple its network of secure, contactless payment kiosks.

    By • Sept. 17, 2021
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    Procurement can help shape public policy and help small, disadvantaged businesses thrive

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.Celeste Fr...

    By Michael Keating • Sept. 16, 2021
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    Column

    The art of the public art installation: Building a vision with communities

    The art of the public art installation: Building a vision with communities

    By Karin Brandt • Sept. 15, 2021
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    In the race to distribute rent relief, Houston-Harris County has made major strides

    As local governments hustle to distribute aid following the recently revoked federal eviction moratorium, the Texas rent relief program has been praised by the U.S. Treasury Department as one of the country's strongest.

    By Cailin Crowe • Sept. 15, 2021
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    Column

    Like many other American cities, Milwaukee faces a looming pension funding gap

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.In coming ...

    By Andy Castillo • Sept. 13, 2021
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    Opinion

    Three ways cities can support a modern workforce

    Editor's note: This article was originally published in American City & County, which has merged with Smart Cities Dive to bring you expanded coverage of city innovation and local government. For the latest in smart city news, explore Smart Cities Dive or sign up for our newsletter.The U.S. w...

    By Jill P. Meyer • Sept. 13, 2021