Government Technology
San Francisco Aims to Close the Digital Divide with Citywide Fiber Project
San Francisco (CA) plans to narrow its digital divide with a new network of high-speed fiber connectivity. The city is scheduled to begin the first phase of a three-year buildout in the first quarter of 2020, San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell said. “We believe this is one of the most important broadband projects in our country today,” said Mayor Farrell, as he reiterated a need to bring affordable high-speed Internet access into every home and business.
LA Councilmember Proposes Municipal Broadband Feasibility Study
Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian has introduced a motion to study the feasibility of a municipal broadband network that would provide at-cost high-speed Internet to the city's local businesses and residents. The motion calls for a study into the creation of a new public department to oversee what is essentially an effort to improve the city’s broadband capabilities.
FCC Ruling on 5G Infrastructure May Hurt Cities
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to make a directive on 5G, the next-generation, high-speed wireless standard, that could significantly affect local government control of infrastructure. Two cities, San Jose (CA) which lies in the heart of Silicon Valley, and Lincoln (NE) an innovative university and capitol city, both could be profoundly affected if the FCC decides to “cut red tape” with modifications to small cell antenna deployment rules.
Creating a More Democratic Information Infrastructure (Government Technology)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 03/13/2018 - 14:43Google Tests 911 Cellphone Service to Pinpoint Caller Location (Government Technology)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 17:14Are Open Data Efforts Working? (Government Technology)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 03/05/2018 - 12:20The Quest for Digital Equity
Digital equity refers to whether people can access and effectively use the technology necessary to participate in modern society. Another phrase, “digital inclusion,” denotes efforts to remedy deficits in digital equity. Simply put, digital equity is what cities and states want, and digital inclusion is the work they and their partners are doing to create it.