Community Engagement
Community Engagement is essential for local and state government agencies aiming to build trust, encourage public participation, and ensure that policies reflect residents’ needs and concerns. Governments can foster stronger connections with their communities through outreach programs, public forums, and collaborative decision-making. This directory offers articles on community engagement and related topics like Community Development, which focuses on improving the overall well-being and sustainability of communities through targeted initiatives.
Experts say finding enough poll workers is always difficult, even when there isn’t a pandemic
Southern Poverty Law Center announces $30M investment in voter registration and mobilization efforts
Voter outreach organizations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi are eligible for support
“What you stand for is incredibly important, and I appreciate it,” said Durham, N.C., Mayor Steve Schewel after having an “honest conversation” with protesters in front of his home
Small and large cities, rural and metro, can take the fiber journey and become gigabit cities.
A letter from 63 senators to the FCC chair urges funding rural broadband access investments as soon as possible.
Memorial Day was first celebrated in Waterloo, New York, after the Civil War ended.
The Institute for Local Self Reliance explores the successes and addresses the failures of muniband, or publicly owned networks.
According to ACLU, FCC rules do not prevent a city, county or town from providing network neutrality and Internet privacy policies through municipal broadband services.
The Senate’s net neutrality repeal vote cannot overcome a presidential veto and there is much opposition in the House of Representatives to overturning FCC’s decision to do away with its 2015 rule.
Town hall meetings are a mixed bag. Try these strategies to make your town hall meeting more productive, and the ideas and talking points generated shareable with those that cannot attend.
There’s sound social media management reasons for public agencies to disable their Facebook reviews feature, according to marketing communications specialist, Jon Barilone.
Through public voting, the IDC inaugural Smart City North America Awards named 14 cities, one state and one university for award-winning smart cities projects that showcase how technologically-enabled solutions improve public services.
The FCC ruled that Philadelphia’s ordinance banning street-facing satellites infringes on individual rights. Other cities and states have or are considering dish blight ordinances.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington rules that DHS’s decision to end a program for ‘dreamers’ does not explain why DACA is unlawful. The agency has 90 days to respond or start processing applications.
Citizen Problem Reporter is a 311 citizen reporting app tool in ArcGIS. This video explains how cities can create and skin responsive Web-based applications for citizens to report and map non-emergency problems.
Sustainability
In a lawsuit led by Monsanto, a California Appellate Court affirmed the state can require labeling of products containing glyphosate herbicide as toxic under drinking water law. 13 states have state or local glyophosphate bans or restrictions.
Fairlawn, Ohio, found out how to start municipal broadband, and the small town has reaped several rewards: more businesses, home value increases and a 50 percent sign-up rate.
Technologists present a dose of reality, based on their experience, on establishing municipal broadband Internet service. Read about six hurdles, and get their practical advice for moving forward.
A special event standby service in Nevada shares lessons learned from the Route 91 music festival shooting in Las Vegas through five pieces of advice that can improve the utility of an event’s standby service.
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