Infrastructure matters. It matters, in big ways and in small, to our country, our economy, our quality of life, our safety, and our communities. Roads, bridges, railways, ports, airports, pipes, the power grid, broadband…
This past week has been an exciting one for the Innovation Team. After months of researching, brainstorming, planning, getting buy-in, and making announcements, some of the initiatives that were proposed are now being piloted and launched...
Today, I was named the City of Syracuse’s first Chief Data Officer. It is an exciting opportunity to take on the challenge of building a more data-driven government...
Recently, Bloomberg Philanthropies introduced someone new to the Government Innovation program, a transformer (that looks remarkably similar to Optimus Prime)...
Tonight, Mayor Stephanie Miner delivered the 2016 State of the City address. She talked a lot about our work, and unveiled some of the initiatives we have recommended...
This is a big vision that even the largest cities have just recently started to take on. It will take time and patience, but as we finalize our plans to improve the infrastructure of Syracuse..
Each step of our work is meant to be led by the data that the City has collected. We use this data to diagnose problems and find solutions. For this blog post, I’ll bring you through some of the steps we take to do our data analysis...
