We have been following GovTech startups for more than three years, from their co-working spaces to their meetings with venture capitalists - and tracking their progress as they close funding rounds, pilot and win business in state and local gov

004 SXSW Review: Cities Own the Future

Mar 14th, 2018 15m 36s

With high power validation from an international colleague - London Mayor Sadiq Khan - some three-dozen American mayors immersed themselves in four days of discussion and experience at SXSW the annual technology, policy and arts festival in Aus

003 SXSW Preview: On Innovation and Experimentation with Mayors Steinberg and Freeman-Wilson

Mar 9th, 2018 7m 30s

Mayors Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Indiana and Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento arrived on the eve of Civic I/O, a special program organized by the US Conference of Mayors. They talked about their expectations for SXSW, what was going on back

002 Cash Incentives and Other Nudges in Public Health

Mar 8th, 2018 11m 1s

There are lots of things governments do to nudge citizens toward making certain decisions. Whether it’s getting parents to vaccinate their kids, trying to get residents to reduce their energy consumption or persuading high schoolers to enroll i

001 Moon Shot: Helping Cities Solve Problems

Feb 21st, 2018 15m 51s

Go Public is a new podcast from Governing and Government Technology. Every episode, we'll be exploring successful public-sector innovations and stories of government getting the job done. In this debut episode of Go Public, we look at two init

Syracuse: An Old City Leverages New Data to Invest in Infrastructure

Jul 25th, 2017 1m 49s

In this episode of GoldsmithonGov, Steve Goldsmith sits down with Stephanie Miner, mayor of Syracuse, to discuss how her city is using data to preemptively invest in infrastructure repairs before expensive damage can even happen. The mayor shar

San Jose: Partnerships Enable Digital Inclusion in San José

Apr 7th, 2017 1m 41s

In this episode of Goldsmith On Government, San José Mayor Sam Liccardo discusses efforts to bolster digital inclusion in his city by convening the private, nonprofit, and public sectors. The California mayor is engaging partners such as Facebo

Providence: Using Measurement to Drive Results in Providence

Apr 7th, 2017 2m 21s

In this episode of Goldsmith On Government, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza discusses restructuring Providence Talks, an important program he inherited that is working to close the “word gap” between low-income children and their higher-income pe

Louisville: How to Drive Both Performance and Innovation in City Government

Apr 7th, 2017 2m 16s

In this episode of Goldsmith On Government, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer asserts that driving both an innovation agenda and performance improvements requires intentionality. The city’s performance program, LouieStat, emphasizes training employ

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