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• 1 U.S. City Makes "Most Intelligent" List
• Apr 5, 2013
• Of the more than 400 cities that competed for the designation, Columbus, Ohio, is the only U.S. city to be named in this year's top seven.

• Police Discover New Uses for Old Technology
• Apr 2, 2013
• Radio transmitters help police track stolen items, such as bicycles, laptops, boats and firearms -- even drugs.

• Government Apps Highly Susceptible to Cyberattacks
• Mar 25, 2013
• A new report shows that Web apps used by the public- and private-sector continue to be vulnerable to attack.
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• On Infrastructure, West Coast Collaborates with British Columbia
• Mar 19, 2013
• California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia have formed the West Coast Infrastructure Exchange to find innovative ways to invest in infrastructure.

• Awards Highlight Transparent State, Local Government Websites
• Mar 14, 2013
• Florida, Virginia and Illinois may be considered the most transparent states in the nation after jurisdictions within their borders won the most 2013 Sunny Awards – given to government agencies by the Sunshine Review to recognize efforts in transparency.
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• New York Launches Open Data Portal
• Mar 12, 2013
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a new open data website in an effort to open up data across the federal, state and local levels of government.
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• Municipal-Broadband Battle Spreads to Georgia
• Feb 21, 2013
• Georgia is the latest battleground in a conflict pitting big-name telecommunications providers against local governments looking to get into the Internet business to provide better connectivity for residents.
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• 5 Cities Accept Citizenville Challenge to Make Tech Transformation
• Feb 8, 2013
• Five local governments have committed to taking steps toward building a government for the 21st century, using technology to transform the way government and citizens interact.
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• Kansas City Joins States, Cities with Chief Innovation Officers
• Jan 25, 2013
• The list of Chief Innovation Officers in public agencies is growing, as evidenced by appointments at the state and local levels -- Maryland, Massachusetts, San Francisco and Philadelphia, to name a few.

• States Save Millions Helping Veterans Get Federal Aid
• Jan 24, 2013
• Using an existing reporting tool, states are moving vets off Medicaid rolls by connecting them to better federal benefits they may not have known about.
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• Yelp, San Francisco Partner to Publicize Health Inspection Data
• Jan 18, 2013
• San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced on a partnership with Yelp, a popular restaurant review website, to link the city's restaurant health score data and to standardize health score data nationwide.

• Pinterest Helps Police Catch Criminals
• Jan 3, 2013
• The widely used, visually-oriented platform is helping social media-savvy law enforcement agencies drive up arrest rates.

• Texting 911 Option Available Nationwide in 2014
• Dec 10, 2012
• This program is part of the FCC’s Next Generation 911 services, which attempts to upgrade the rules and regulations of the landline era to the current mobile and IP world.
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• New York City Seeks to Reinvent the Pay Phone
• Dec 7, 2012
• The city is asking citizens for ideas on how to reinvent pay phone sites and their surrounding enclosures.

• Some Health Exchanges to be Paid for with Surcharges Instead of Taxes
• Dec 4, 2012
• Federally-run health insurance exchanges as well as some some state-run exchanges will be paid for using insurance premium surcharges, not separate taxes.