Nationwide Network of Urban Chief Data Officers Prompts Collaboration to Address Social Issues

Government Technology: The public sector has the unfortunate reputation of being slow to adopt new innovations and meaningful solutions. It isn’t for lack of trying, of course. It’s more tied to the tar-like pace of bureaucracy and the fact that information sharing is often absent between like-minded individuals divided by departments, organizations and geography.

Despite the quickly recognizable limitations placed on those in the greater government space, one project is looking to reduce some of these barriers and open up information sharing that could equate to some good being done on city streets across the country.

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