As city leaders struggle to help their communities become “smart cities,” elected officials also grapple with more basic issues. Affordable housing is a priority in every city in the country. America is literally teetering on the brink of declaring an affordable housing crisis. Cities cannot grow – cannot become smart – and cannot function without […]
Something significant happened at the end of 2017.
The federal government signed into law the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act. This signals a massive trend that will sweep the country, touch every state and every jurisdictional level of government. Big changes are coming that will create huge new opportunities for companies that provide technology and services. Government must modernize its old, outdated legacy systems with new and upgraded technology.
As local government leaders finalize fiscal year budgets, many are even more focused on long-range transportation planning. That’s because transportation planning is much harder than planning next year’s budget. How do government officials plan for transportation costs considering the fact that the technology that will be required in three, five or 10 years is still […]
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Problems facing municipal governments continue to compound. Constrained budgets make it almost impossible to address many critical community needs. Additionally, city leaders are faced with a paradox – how to develop a rundown area without pushing out the residents who have lived in the area for many years. Gentrification is sweeping through major cities creating […]
Many intelligent people still blink with confusion when someone mentions blockchain technology. That won’t be the case for long though, because it appears this new technology has reached the “tipping point.” Its upward trajectory indicates universal acceptance. Because of that, it’s now incumbent on all of us to understand more about blockchain. It promises to be a very significant part of our future.
There’s a huge new marketplace emerging and it’s definitely worthy of watching. The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming on strong…so strong, in fact, that the IoT marketplace is expected to exceed $130 billion by 2024.