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Technology: Infrastructure's Savior

Technology is helping public officials make more safety-informed decisions that stretch public dollars.

Technology is beginning to help civil engineers and public officials make more safety-informed decisions that stretch public dollars across multiple demands, writes our colleague Feather O'Connor Houstoun at Management Insights.

Find out how evolving sensor technology can help officials more accurately assess the structural health of existing infrastructure. READ MORE.

Management Insights is published here on Governing.com in collaboration with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. The column is moderated by Stephen Goldsmith, a Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School (on leave), and deputy mayor of operations for the City of New York.

Elizabeth Daigneau is GOVERNING's managing editor.