What to Build in Local Government When AI Won’t Sit Still
AI is moving fast. Faster than local government’s project cycles, faster than our procurement timelines, and definitely faster than…
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AI Ate My GIS Department (and That’s a Good Thing)
From GIS Director to Digital Information Director: Why I Made the Leap About two years ago, I started to…
What a Single Day of AI Use in a Small County Government Actually Looks Like
Van Buren County, Michigan (pop. 75,000) Discussions about AI in government often drift into the abstract, like a strategic…
Why Telling the Public You Use AI in Local Government Could Be Hurting Your Credibility
With a Detour Through Van Buren County’s AI Policy Artificial Intelligence is no longer the domain of futuristic novels…
From Hype to Policy: Local Governments Need Pragmatic AI Rules…Now
(I recently had the pleasure to participate on a recent panel hosted by The Elections Group and the AI…
In Local Government, Collaboration Is Key. So Why Do We Keep Hiding the Key?
In local government, we say collaboration is key. We say it at retreats. We say it in strategic plans.…
The Hidden Tax on Small Governments
Every local government leader frets about property tax rates, millages, and the perennial “what will this mean for the…
The GIS Department is Dead. Long Live Digital Innovation.
Confessions of a GIS Lifer: Our Field Is Too Small for the Future By Jerry Happel, Director of Digital…
Douglas Adams and the Accidental Prophecy of AI
Douglas Adams and the Accidental Prophecy of AI Or: How We Ended Up Building Deep Thought with Fewer Marble…