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If you’re like most cities, you pay a lot of attention to how much tax revenue you collect. But if you stop there, you could end up in serious budget trouble. A Washington, D.C., tax manager stole nearly $50 million from the city over a 15-year...
Article - 05/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Finance and procurement
A program to overhaul the way that tax returns are handled in Kentucky is netting big bucks for police and other vital services. But there’s also a reason for the public to like it: Those who have paid more than their fair share are getting their...
Article - 02/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Finance and procurement
To see what’s wrong with the government procurement process, one just needs to look at Philadelphia. It’s not a cheap shot. Andrew Buss, the city’s director of innovation management, openly acknowledges it.He’s hardly alone. Shyam Kannan, managing...
Article - 09/16/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Finance and procurement
There’s never been a time when it has been so easy for cities large and small to buy technology and expertise. But for the investment to be a success, it’s not just what they buy — it’s how they buy it.Council Lead Partner IBM conducts an annual...
Article - 05/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
When your city is short of cash and raising taxes just isn’t an option, what can you do? Some cities are getting the money they need by doing a better job of collecting the on the taxes they already collect. And technology is making it easier to for...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Analytics, Computing resources, Finance and procurement
Frost & Sullivan is a leading research and consulting firm and Brian Cotton leads their Information and Communications Technology Consulting (ICT) practice. Since ICT is the core of a smart city, I'm pleased that we can share this guest post...
Article - 10/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management, Finance and procurement, Instrumentation and control