City officials sometimes assume that the public will celebrate important municipal operational successes. Yet it is rare for such news to capture the attention span of residents pressed w...
Governments often view performance-based contracting as a north star. But while paying for performance can streamline incentives for public works or technology, it can backfire for social...
When San Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo took office in 2015, he prioritized tech innovation as a means of improving service delivery and quality of life. Speaking about San Jose's smart...
As one of America's fastest-growing cities, Seattle is a hotbed for development. City officials estimate that they will see more than 95,000 new housing units by 2035 to account for the c...
In 2015, Pew released a staggering report highlighting the drastic decline in summer youth employment in the U.S., with less than one third of American youths holding a summer job in the ...
