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Road Work Ahead

Construction Season: Public Engagement Doesn’t Stop At Project Development. For local governments and state departments of transportation (DOT), construction season is a recurrent opportunity to share...

Equity In Planning

Get ahead of the 2020 Census Data Release  In our recent webinar, Census 2020: Opportunities for Equity in Planning, our special guest speakers Lacey Loftin (U.S. Census Bureau) and Sara Ellis (City...

City of Austin, TX celebrates “hyperlocal” engagement

Every 10 years the City of Austin, TX engages in a long-range planning effort that is designed to guide the development and growth of the city’s park system. The most recent plan, Our Parks, Our...

Real-Time, Multilingual Closed Captions

Real-time, multilingual closed captions for livestreamed public meetings According to the 2020 US Census, over 20% of people in America report speaking a language other than English in the home.  For...

What does 2020 Census data mean for public engagement?

As the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy, the US Census Bureau will be releasing its decennial data this fall. What does that mean for government organizations’...

How the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is creating unique opportunities to improve public engagement

tate and local governments will procure $119 billion in technology products and services this year, according to Government Technology. Many of these services will be paid for using funds through the...

Virtual Meetings and Sunshine Laws

Every state has open government laws regarding requirements and policies for public records and public meetings. A year ago, during Sunshine Week 2020, most states enacted emergency...

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