In fiscal year 2017, 818,271 Freedom of Information Act requests were received by the Department of Justice. That was up from 597,415 in 2010. These numbers tell a clear story. Citizens want information, and they want transparency from the governments that serve them. Local government agencies are certainly on the right track when it comes […]
Governments lose out on millions of dollars in potential savings every year thanks to outdated, slow legacy systems. It’s time for that to end. Discover the trick local governments are using to save big on money and the most valuable resource of all – time.
286 million people get their water from a community system. Maintaining clean and safe water facilities is without a doubt one of the most important jobs of local governments. Here are the 4 biggest threats every agency should be aware of.
The biggest fear among science fiction fans is that artificial intelligence (AI) will eliminate the human race. The biggest fear people with mortgages and car payments have is that artificial intelligence will eliminate their jobs. Pop culture conspiracies and Hollywood movies aside, at least one of those groups can rest a little easier. A Gartner […]
Most cities experience growing pains from population growth, but not Salt Lake City. Through proper planning, a deep dive into data analytics and a desire to serve their citizens to the best of their ability, Salt Lake City was able to take control of their growth.
Tornadoes and floods. Terror attacks and active shooters. Infrastructure failures, major cybersecurity breaches and public health outbreaks. No one knows when a major emergency is going to strike – but odds are that it will. According to an ICMA report, 76% of local governments have responded to a major disaster in the past 15 years. […]
Ransomware attacks are projected to occur every 14 seconds by the end of 2019, and government agencies remain a prime target for cyberattacks. 95% of CIOs expect cybersecurity threats to increase and impact their organizations in 2019. Is your agency prepared?
According to the UN, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. North America is currently the most urbanized region in the world, with 82% of the population living in urban areas. Globally, there are 33 megacities with over 10 million residents, and that number is expected to jump to […]
When government agency assets are not proactively managed, it just takes one infrastructure issue for a situation to escalate. Downed powerlines are credited for igniting the catastrophic California wildfires in 2017 that killed 46 people and caused upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars in damage – 10,800 homes and buildings destroyed and 1.2 million […]
The Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) is one of the largest suppliers of geographic information system (GIS) software to organizations around the globe. Esri provides a critically important service because location intelligence is everything when it comes to running a community, city or county successfully. Many of the functions within local government and public […]
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