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.

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

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. 

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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.

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.

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.  

Smart Community Sparks: Project OVERCOME Partnerships for Broadband Success