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GovEx Releases New Smart Cities Guide As Part of Research Collaborative
Smart cities projects have proliferated in recent years, and this guide captures some of the best examples around the country along with resources and guidance to help cities understand the foundations of data practices that are necessary for any successful smart cities initiative.
On the Right Path: Improving Bike Safety & Infrastructure in Florence
In partnership with GovEx, Florence has become a model for other cities to improve cycling safety through data analysis, cross-departmental collaboration, and community involvement.
Richmond, VA’s Neighborhood KPIs
Richmond is in the process of aligning its priorities, goals, and metrics and has identified 44 KPIs in its seven focus areas to track progress toward the city’s strategic priorities.
Taking Charge of Health: Lincoln, NE’s KPIs
Lincoln, NE developed 132 performance indicators to measure the City’s progress toward the 39 goals in the eight outcome areas.
Being ‘Sensitive’ about Data Sensitivity
Open data is great because it’s open. But not all data is meant to be open. A lot of it is “sensitive.” What could be “open data” is often classified as “sensitive data” to protect the personal information and identity of individuals. Sensitive data may be restricted...
Performance Measures – How Less Becomes More
One day last fall, I was talking with a colleague about a question that had come up from our partners in Baltimore’s performance management program, CitiStatSMART. Those folks were looking to identify key performance indicators (KPI) to use with certain city...