Category: Partners

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces the American Cities Best at Using Data to Improve Residents’ Lives

This press release is from ELGL member What Works Cities. Learn more about What Works Cities in the GovLove episode, Podcast: Leveraging Data to Improve Local Government  WASHINGTON – Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the inaugural group of nine cities to achieve What Works Cities Certification, a first-of-its-kind national standard of excellence in city governance. What Works Cities … Continued

GovLove Podcast: The San Antonio Sessions

Not to pat ourselves on the back, but the San Antonio Sessions of the GovLove podcast was some of our best work. In case you’ve been living under a rock or haven’t subscribed to GovLove, we hit the road last month and set up a mobile studio at the ICMA Conference in San Antonio. The GovLove … Continued

Podcast: Serving with Your Whole Heart in the City of Little Rock, AR

  Innovation, performance and public service in Little Rock. Two people from the City of Little Rock, AR join GovLove to talk about their work. Melissa Bridges, Performance & Innovation Coordinator, and Susan Langley, City Clerk, discuss the Commodores, their career paths and a cross-departmental quality of life group. Topics: Lighting round (2:30), how children impacted … Continued

Behavioral Insights PDX: Lessons from the Field

Hat tip to John Horvick (DHM Research) and Lindsey Maser (City of Portland) for extending an invitation to this Behavioral Insights PDX event. The cities of Portland and Gresham have been working with the Behavioral Insights Team for the past year, via the What Works Cities program. ELGL members may be familiar with What Works … Continued

Certified! What Works Cities’ New Certification Program

What Works Cities (WWC) is changing local government. You’ve heard about their impact during a GovLove interview in 2016 and when WWC claimed the top spot in the ELGL Choice Award rankings. WWC returns with more exciting news. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative recently launched a new certification program that will publicly recognize the cities … Continued

Open Data, Open Data, Open Data

ELGL appreciates the work of local government professionals, non-profits, and other organizations committed to increasing the use of open data in local government. Special props to What Works Cities and Code for America. Much of the good work is on display for Open Data Day 2017. Quite frankly, it’s appalling that more local governments have not … Continued

Ideas Worth Sharing: Using Open Data to Engage the Community

By Eric Reese, Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University One of the core services for nearly all local governments is public safety. With several recent high profile incidents involving police use of force and violence targeting law enforcement, many public safety officials in the United States are grappling with how to engage the public. … Continued

Webinar: How to Get Started with Open Data

 MRSC Invites You to Register for the Webinar Listen to the ELGL GovLove Podcast with What Works City Cities collect and retain large amounts of data that the public finds valuable. In the past, this data was only available via paper files and required a public records request, creating an administrative burden for city employees. With … Continued

Twitter Town Hall: Using Data to Drive Results with What Works Cities

You’ve heard the GovLove podcast with Zach Markovits, Director of City Programs, now learn more on how What Works Cities is using data to drive results. Connect with What Works Cities: Facebook, Twitter, and World Wide Web Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities is a national initiative to help 100 mid-sized … Continued

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