With $10-thousand prize for a first-place finish, a handful of startup founders pitched a panel of mayors convened by the US Conference of Mayors and the non-profil Civic I/O, a group of self-styled civic innovators bound together by a commitme

The GovTech 100: Solving Problems for Government

Jan 8th, 2019 23m 4s

This week's release of the 2019 GovTech 100 list, compiled and published by Government Technology, marks the maturation of what began four years ago as a way to recognize companies founded to solve problems unique to the public sector. Together

The Debate over Universal Basic Income (UBI)

Nov 1st, 2018 11m 27s

By 2030, as many as 73 million U.S. jobs could be lost to automation, according to global management consultants McKinsey and Company. The prediction has governments, activists and even venture capitalists dusting off an old idea to give cash d

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Oct 18th, 2018 11m 52s

010 The Move @ MIT: An Experiment in Civic Engagement

Jul 26th, 2018 11m 45s

The government's struggle to communicate with its constituents has consequences. Public trust in government is at a near historic low. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are trying something new to see if they can at

009 Governments Don't Always Pay Hackers, But What If They Did?

May 31st, 2018 16m 30s

A new generation of state technology leaders is rethinking the conventional wisdom (and FBI's advice) about cybersecurity. When a government agencies' computers and files are locked by hackers, the FBI advises against giving in to their monetar

008 Data Is Improving Government Services, But at What Cost to Citizens' Privacy?

May 16th, 2018 16m 59s

For many policymakers, troves of data can seem impenetrable. It can be hard to parse the gathered information, and even harder to apply that information to policy problems. Some cities, however, are getting better at using data to fix problems

007 Managing Citizen Engagement Overload

Apr 19th, 2018 15m 58s

Government gets more feedback than it can handle. In part, that's because public-sector leaders have asked for it. Public officials want increased citizen engagement. But part of the overload comes from advocacy groups that have launched campai

006 A Better Way Around The Cardboard Sign Problem

Apr 5th, 2018 15m 46s

During our first half dozen episodes of the Go Public podcast, we have focused in large part on technology-driven startups and entrepreneurs working on solving civic problems. This time, we take a decidedly low tech turn with a look at a novel

005 The Anatomy of a GovTech Pitch

Mar 22nd, 2018 18m 19s

We have been following GovTech startups for more than three years, from their co-working spaces to their meetings with venture capitalists - and tracking their progress as they close funding rounds, pilot and win business in state and local gov

004 SXSW Review: Cities Own the Future

Mar 14th, 2018 15m 36s

With high power validation from an international colleague - London Mayor Sadiq Khan - some three-dozen American mayors immersed themselves in four days of discussion and experience at SXSW the annual technology, policy and arts festival in Aus

003 SXSW Preview: On Innovation and Experimentation with Mayors Steinberg and Freeman-Wilson

Mar 9th, 2018 7m 30s

Mayors Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Indiana and Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento arrived on the eve of Civic I/O, a special program organized by the US Conference of Mayors. They talked about their expectations for SXSW, what was going on back

002 Cash Incentives and Other Nudges in Public Health

Mar 8th, 2018 11m 1s

There are lots of things governments do to nudge citizens toward making certain decisions. Whether it’s getting parents to vaccinate their kids, trying to get residents to reduce their energy consumption or persuading high schoolers to enroll

001 Moon Shot: Helping Cities Solve Problems

Feb 20th, 2018 15m 51s

Go Public is a new podcast from Governing and Government Technology. Every episode, we'll be exploring successful public-sector innovations and stories of government getting the job done. In this debut episode of Go Public, we look at two initi

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