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Curious about smart cities? Our blog explores community-led applications and services, strategies for public-private partnership, approaches to data management, breakthroughs in wireless technology, and more. Read on!

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What you need to know about challenging the FCC Broadband Coverage Maps

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12/15/2022
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.
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Discovering the Power of Data in Communities

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12/14/2022
Review three easy-to-understand examples that demonstrate the power of data science for communities to address resource allocation, forecasting, and decision-making challenges.  
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Discovering Data Science - A Blog Series

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11/10/2022
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. 
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What does a Collaborative Brainstorming Competition Look Like?

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10/04/2022
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!
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Five Model Practices for Partnerships in Smart City Projects

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09/28/2022
These five practices on handling partnerships can help any smart city service, project, or application - at any phase - find success.
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Announcing New AV Playbook - Lessons from Mountain Express Shuttle at Fort Carson

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07/28/2022
US Ignite is pleased to announce published findings on Automated Vehicle shuttles in the new AV Playbook.
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Spread Media Literacy - Not False Information

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06/01/2022
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.
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What Communities Should Know About the BEAD Program NOFO

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05/25/2022
A review of the NOFO for the BEAD program where we point out the key parts to which communities should pay special attention.
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Innovate SLC: Seize Business Opportunities in the Smart City Space

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05/06/2022
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. 
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Paintball, Community, Entrepreneurship

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03/24/2022
Haga clic aquí para español All pictures provided by Eli Jacobs - Fantauzzi
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Part 2: Engaging State-Level Offices

Date
03/08/2022
In this second part of our analysis of the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act we explain the role of state broadband offices, where to find them, and how to initiate a successful partnership.
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Part 1: A State-Sized Tsunami of Federal Funding

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03/02/2022
Part of an upcoming state-sized "tsunami of federal funding” is intended to enable the expansion of broadband access to unserved and underserved populations across local, state, and tribal jurisdictions. Read our breakdown of the stimulus funding.
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Ethical Smart City Initiatives

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02/16/2022
Dr. Rebecca Hammons is an Associate Professor at Ball State University with 40 years of experience working as a software executive. Recently, Dr. Hammons also served as the IEEE IoT Initiative’s Smart Cities Working Group co-chair. Given her expertise in ethics, we asked her for recommendations on how smart communities can operationalize ethics.
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Tower Installation at Yonkers NY

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Project OVERCOME Prepares Communities for Federal Connectivity Funding

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02/03/2022
Project OVERCOME, funded by the National Science Foundation with support from Schmidt Futures, is helping communities prepare for new broadband money by supporting pilot network deployments and gathering insights to ensure federal dollars are put to their most effective use.
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Preserving Privacy in Smart Communities

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01/31/2022
Over the last eight months, our proposed Civic Trust Framework has helped our communities evaluate their smart city projects through the people and policy lens. Here we go through the most common privacy concerns communities express and four narrative traps that community leaders must avoid.  
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Project OVERCOME Partnerships for Broadband Success

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01/11/2022
Smart Community Sparks: Project OVERCOME Partnerships for Broadband Success
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