Civic Innovation

Federal grants can fund rural broadband projects local budgets cannot afford alone.

A decade of investment and hard lessons lifted Atlanta to the nation's top smart city.

Framing smart infrastructure as job creation unlocks federal flexibility most applicants overlook.

Government pays only when prize-winning solutions prove they actually work.

How Porto Alegre's experiment in direct democracy spread globally—and what gets lost in translation.

Federal broadband programs are dismantling just as construction was beginning to start.

Why governments are building internal R&D labs to escape contractor dependency.

Four distinct value pathways from open data require different strategies and conditions to succeed.

Civic tech startups are reshaping how governments deliver services to residents.

Resident-centered design deliberately includes non-citizens in government services equity.