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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new program to develop chief information officers and chief information security officers.

Paradoxes of Collaborative Governance: Investigating the Real-life Dynamics of Multi-Agency Collaborations

Resident surveys. Analysis of 311 calls. Algorithms that show what residents are saying on social media when they think their city isn’t listening.

The Alliance for Innovation's 2020 Transforming Local Government Conference (TLG) will take place May 5-8. TLG 2020 is sure to be another exciting, unique experience for local government practitioners of all levels. TLG will attract over 600 local government professionals at every level in the organization across the US and Canada. TLG is recognized for its dynamic content that encourages free thinking and fosters unprecedented ideas, all within a relaxed and professional networking and learning environment.

The goal of the new Illinois law is to reduce recidivism, help former prisoners reintegrate into their communities, and boost voter turnout.

Utah County, Utah, recently showcased live on Facebook how anyone can audit the authenticity of 24 municipal election votes that were cast overseas by eligible voters through the blockchain-based Voatz app.

The Center for Strategic Foresight held its first conference, focused on two problems closer to the present than the future: deep space and deepfakes.

The City of Kamloops is doing what they can to make sure residents vote come election days.

France is poised to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to give citizens a secure digital identity -- whether they want it or not.

First of its kind report looks at successful practices that could be replicated governmentwide.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced that the state’s Office of Information Technology will create a new agency made up of designers and engineers tasked with building “user-centered” projects that improve delivery of government services to the state’s 5.7 million residents.

Utah County plans to allow disabled voters to use a blockchain-based mobile app to vote in November, and one city hopes to use an app for all of its citizens, who are mostly young, tech-savvy millennials.

Hackathons—and the meaningful strategic partnerships they can spark—help the Veterans Affairs Department turn innovation that only seems imaginable into reality, a VA official said Tuesday.

OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation Call for Innovations Now Open

To get state employees interested in emerging cybersecurity techniques, state agencies are trying old games — like capture the flag — in cyber ranges that can simulate different cybersecurity scenarios. Bill Rowan, a vice president of federal sales at the software company VMware told a conference audience on Thursday that such efforts are helpful in raising awareness for the industry.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided a glimpse into its vision for the organization’s Science, Technology Assessment and Analytics (STAA) team and Innovation Lab, at the Modernization in Action event on Oct. 29.

An internship program helps teens from underserved neighborhoods get valuable work experience.

Philadelphia has awarded digital equity grants to eight community groups that are working to foster Census completion in communities that are traditionally hard to count. The grants range in size from $13,000 to $40,000.

New York will become the largest city in the country with ranked choice voting in some local elections after voters this week approved a ballot measure to adopt the system.

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