How to Implement Innovations
Innovation is more than a process: It’s a culture. Here’s how Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology makes it happen.
Posts Tagged: Philadelphia
Case Studies About Building Trust Through Data-Sharing
To tackle pressing issues, state and local agencies are improving their processes of collaborating and sharing data to drive solutions. Here are some examples.
How Philadelphia Utilizes Place-Based Budgeting for Social Justice
The public wanted to see where investments were being made in different locations around the city and identify neighborhoods that needed greater support.
Electric Scooters and Equity: All on a Map
Maps, dashboards and charts can be generated in real time, displaying and contextualizing the latest information.
Engaging Citizens in Your Digital Services
This post is an interview excerpted from GovLoop’s recent guide, The Future of Digital Services. In the guide, we explore five trends that are transforming the way government serves citizens in the digital age. There’s more to digital services strategy than placing information online. You also have to draw citizens to your portal and getRead… Read more »
Community-Specific Tools to Solve Civic Problems
Philadelphia is the fifth largest US city with a population of 1.5 million. The City sought a better way to serve and connect with its diverse community, and to empower its residents to participate in improving their quality of life. The City partnered with PublicStuff to supplement its 311 call center with an interactive mobile… Read more »
How Philly is Bridging the Gap Between Gov & Innovation
On Tuesday April 8th, GovLoop hosted our third annual Government Innovators Virtual Summit. This year we focused on “Innovations that Matter” and how to make innovation stick at your agency. Read this recap of our session on a new open-source solution in Philadephia and head here for the full recordings. More blog coverage of theRead… Read more »
The Tax Man Cometh: Philadelphia Narrows it Tax Gap with the Suburbs
By Tess Mullen, Associate Consultant When I worked in Congress prior to coming to Fels, I quickly learned that debates over taxes dominate the House and Senate floor on a near weekly basis. As such, I came to graduate school with a desire to dig into the details of how different tax policies actually playRead… Read more »
How Philadelphia is Changing Community Engagement
Citizen engagement is one of the most popular topics today in municipal government. There’s not a city out there that isn’t trying to figure out a way to get their citizens more involved and it’s understandable why. A new study came out that showed cities and states that have higher levels of citizen engagement, actuallyRead… Read more »
Takeaways from Voter ID Discussion
By Kimberly Leichtner, Associate Consultant On Tuesday June 26th, Fels alum Talia Stinson, ’10, moderated a lively discussion on the new voter ID law between Carol Aichele, Secretary of the Commonwealth; Tony Payton, Jr., State Representative for the 179th Legislative District; and Al Schmidt, Philadelphia City Commissioner. Act 18 was signed into law by GovernorRead… Read more »