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- NYC is 1st to Use Volunteer Techies to Improve Disaster Response
- New York City has created the country's first municipal program that uses volunteer tech experts, including Facebook employees, to improve its emergency response.
- Fingerprinting Helps Homeless Shelters Provide Faster Service
- New Jersey is expanding a local program that helps human services agencies get a more accurate picture of where and when aid is most needed.
- Using GPS to Track Drug Thefts
- The NYPD will soon begin using 'bait bottles' of fake pain-killers equipped with invisible GPS devices to combat a rise in pharmacy robberies.
- Public Fitness Parks Aid Income-Health Inequality
- A nonprofit is helping cities across the country fund free outdoor gyms in public parks to help combat the nation's obesity epidemic.
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- Space Satellite Connects Rural Health Clinics to Broadband
- To connect mobile health units in the hills of rural New England with broadband access, policymakers are looking up -- all the way to space.
- Cities Pushing to Record Conversations on Public Buses
- Despite privacy concerns, a growing number of public transit agencies are adding audio surveillance to buses.
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- D.C. Uses Facebook to Grade Government Agencies
- Customer feedback on social media has become invaluable to private businesses in recent years. Now, cities like Washington, D.C., are turning to it to grade their agencies.
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- New Female State Legislators Learn from Their Elders
- A nonpartisan nonprofit helps newly elected female legislators learn how to serve their constituents better by pairing them with veteran lawmakers.
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- City- and County-Centered Wikis
- Built on the same concept as a typical Wikipedia page, city and county-centered wikis are popping up around the country.
- New Election Monitoring Platform Empowers Voters
- MyFairElection aims to make voters more active in monitoring their polling places to improve the fairness and quality of the electoral process.
- Pennsylvania Launches Unique Career Website
- A new statewide website unveiled this month is designed to help residents identify career paths, get training and find local jobs.
- Recycling Paint in California
- A new law requires paint manufacturers to put a system in place to make recycling leftover paint easier for residential and commercial customers.
- Kansas City Streamlines Fire Hydrant Inspection
- By using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software the city has overhauled a time-consuming process to save time and money while making the city safer.
- Using Radar to Detect Wrong-Way Drivers
- Milwaukee County hopes that radar detection coupled with new signage will stop wrong-way drivers in their tracks.
- Seattle Police Use Neighborhood Twitter Accounts
- The police department has created 51 hyper-local accounts to keep residents informed about crime and police response.
Columns
- What's the Medicaid Expansion Worth to a State?
- The fiscal facts on what a state gains or loses by broadening its Medicaid roles.
- Wisconsin Reignites the Residency Debate
- Should public employees be required to live in the jurisdictions they serve? Gov. Scott Walker doesn't think so.
- Getting Mobile Right: Six Steps to Success in Government
- Mobile technology can be a powerful tool for both productivity and citizen engagement, but there are implementation pitfalls to avoid.
- The Tennessee Department of Children's Services Versus the Media
- Historically, the two have never gotten along. But they need to learn to play nice if they truly want to help children.
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