The FCC requested that initial challenges to the broadband coverage maps be submitted by January 13, 2023. In this post we explain the different types of challenges that government entities and individual consumers can submit and provide links to helpful resources.

US Ignite launched a blog series titled “Discovering Data Science.” We invite all community leaders to follow this series for additional insights, advice, and examples of data science in real projects in communities. 

We recently welcomed South Bend, the 4th largest city in Indiana, as a US Ignite Community. We have worked with them to identify ways to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions that improve the lives of South Bend residents. The first outcome was SolveSB, the first ever South Bend-focused Ideathon!

These five practices on handling partnerships can help any smart city service, project, or application - at any phase - find success.

The US Department of Transportation issued a Request for Information to inform their Thriving Communities Initiative. The Thriving Communities Initiative will provide technical assistance and capacity-building resources to improve and foster thriving communities through transportation improvements. Review our responses to questions 1,2,4, and 7 on the RFI (Docket Number DOT-OST-2022-0082).

US Ignite is pleased to announce published findings on Automated Vehicle shuttles in the new AV Playbook.

Five businesses leveraged the information and skills they learned over six weeks in our Smart City Accelerator to deliver a live pitch for investors, including regional, angel, venture capital, and family office investors.

Revisit the Equity section of the Civic Trust Guide where we provide guidance to cities and communities on how they can understand and embed equity in their operations. In this section, we also include an "Equity Resource Repository for Cities and Connected Communities."

Under NSF’s new Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, this program will provide up to $160 million to partnership groups - or “Engines” - to catalyze innovation ecosystems across the US, nurturing diverse talent, promoting economic growth, and solving societal issues via regional technological innovation and research and development. This piece provides the key highlights of the grant program.

In Clinton County, MO, one of our Project OVERCOME communities, Kathy Kiely, The Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at Missouri University led a media literacy training effort for the Clinton County residents to prevent the spread of misinformation.

US Ignite created the InnovateSLC training, in partnership with the Economic Development Administration, to teach small businesses in the area about the smart city space and its role in economic growth. 

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) and US Ignite partnered to host the Virginia Cybersecurity Challenge, a four-phase competition with the goal of sparking the development of cybersecurity prototypes that leverage unique elements of emerging 5G technologies. Learn more about the four finalists.

At the Spring Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo in Columbus, Ohio, 325 community leaders gathered for three days of in-person networking and content sharing focused on technology, sustainability, and growth. As it happens, our team also came together at the event to celebrate ten years of US Ignite!

US Ignite will partner with Texas A&M University (TAMU) to host a challenge competition that tasks participants to deliver an AI system to help first responders leverage data coming from IoT devices, smart buildings, and other public streams.