Baltimore’s Complete Streets, Decades in the Making
This week, the Baltimore City Council passed a Complete Streets bill sponsored by Councilman Ryan Dorsey that strengthens existing legislation and establish accountability measures for…
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How to Capitalize on Regional Innovation
Last week I had the opportunity to present at the Government Innovation Summit in Salinas, CA. The City of Salinas partnered with the Alliance for…
What’s Not Reported After a Police-Involved Shooting
In The Hate U Give, author Angie Thomas describes the fictional Starr Carter witnessing her friend Khalil Hariris die in a police-involved shooting. In a…
IODC 2018: How can we make the future open?
Recently, I was lucky enough to participate in the the biennial International Open Data Conference (IODC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. GovEx’s work on data management,…
So Tell Us, How Are You Doing?
My son is in sixth grade and he’s taking a foreign language for the first time. Among the first phrases his teacher taught his class…
Applying Ethical Principles to Technologies… Finally!
When I was hired into my first government job, I had to sign a lot of paperwork. Some of those were forms acknowledging that I…
On the Right Path: Improving Bike Safety & Infrastructure in Florence
Since closing its city center to most traffic and launching Europe’s first free-flowing bike share, the Municipality of Florence has become one of the most…
3 Ways Cities Can Prepare for a Resilient Food System Before a Crisis
A couple of years ago, Baltimore was hit with the largest snowstorms in its history. The city was in a state of emergency causing the…
6 Ways Your Data Visualizations Can Influence Decisions
In the last few years, cities have invested in data visualization tools and strategies to help residents engage more effectively with open data sets. City…
The Weaponizing of Science: Taking Sides
A friend of mine recently quipped that the heavy rainfall we’ve been experiencing in the mid-Atlantic is going to be the new normal, “but Trump…